====== Automated machine administration with puppet and foreman ======
**WIP!**

Puppet:

Foreman:

===== Installation =====

Install puppet ([[http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/puppetlabs_package_repositories.html|more info]]).
<code bash>
wget http://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
dpkg -i puppetlabs-release-precise.deb
apt-get update && apt-get install puppet
</code>


Install foreman (as of version 1.1, see[[http://theforeman.org/manuals/1.1/|foreman docs]])
<code bash>
echo "deb http://deb.theforeman.org/ precise stable" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/foreman.list
wget -q http://deb.theforeman.org/foreman.asc -O- | apt-key add -
apt-get update && apt-get install foreman-installer
</code>

Configure foreman
<code bash>
ruby /usr/share/foreman-installer/generate_answers.rb
</code>
and get some coffee. This will run for a while.

Your config is stored here
/usr/share/foreman-installer/foreman_installer/answers.yaml


===== Usage =====