Install LAMP stack using Puppet on the Node - How to install LAMP stack using Puppet

How to install LAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack in target node?

Pre-requisites:

Pupper master up and running

Puppet agent is installed on the node.

Login to Puppet Master, follow the below steps:

1. cd /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/modules
2. sudo mkdir lamp
3. cd lamp
4. sudo mkdir manifests

5. cd manifests

6. sudo vi init.pp

6. Copy the below lines in init.pp

class lamp {
# execute 'apt-get update'
exec { 'apt-update':                    # exec resource named 'apt-update'
  command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update'  # command this resource will run
}

# install apache2 package
package { 'apache2':
  require => Exec['apt-update'],        # require 'apt-update' before installing
  ensure => installed,
}

# ensure apache2 service is running
service { 'apache2':
  ensure => running,
}

# install mysql-server package
package { 'mysql-server':
  require => Exec['apt-update'],        # require 'apt-update' before installing
  ensure => installed,
}

# ensure mysql service is running
service { 'mysql':
  ensure => running,
}

# install php7 package
package { 'php7.0-cli':
  require => Exec['apt-update'],        # require 'apt-update' before installing
  ensure => installed,
}

# ensure info.php file exists
file { '/var/www/html/info.php':
  ensure => file,
  content => '<?php  phpinfo(); ?>',    # phpinfo code
  require => Package['apache2'],        # require 'apache2' package before creating
}

}

7. sudo vi /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp
Add below line of code where node should be your target node where you already approved the certificate. the highlighted below section needs to be changed:

node 'your_target_puppet_agent_node_private_DNS_name' {
 include lamp
 }

8. Now to login to puppet agent node, execute the below command:
sudo /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent --test

You should see message like below:

9. Now make sure Apache is running on the target node by entering the target node(Agent's) public IP address on the browser. You should see Apache home page in the browser.

 

You can verify if PHP and MySQL installed in target(Agent) instance.

php --version

mysql --version