Let's get to the exciting part! We will now use Puppet apply and Puppet agent to provision a Vagrant machine. We'll look at both options and install the nginx web server. We'll configure it using the Vagrantfile as a base but also add in Puppet-specific configuration such as manifests.
The Puppet apply provision option in Vagrant allows you to get up and running quickly with Puppet. You do not require a separate Puppet master server when using this option. Let's get started:
- Create a new directory for this project and move into it.
- Create a directory and call it
manifests. - In the manifests folder, create a manifest file called
nginx.pp. Inside this file, we'll insert the following instructions:
package { "nginx":
ensure => installed
}
service { "nginx":
require => Package["nginx"],
ensure => running,
enable => true
}Let's break down this manifest file. First of all, we are executing the apt-get update command...