How To Install puppet-server on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-server on CentOS 7.
What is puppet-server
Provides the central puppet server daemon which provides manifests to clients. The server can also function as a certificate authority and file server.
We can use yum or dnf to install puppet-server on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install puppet-server.
Install puppet-server on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install puppet-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install puppet-server
Install puppet-server on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install puppet-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install puppet-server
How To Uninstall puppet-server on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the puppet-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove puppet-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.