[Puppet Users] puppet dashboard inventory

On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:09 PM, vioilly wrote:

Just trying to get help here.

My puppetdb server is called puppet-server3. My dashboard server is puppet-server2. I can run inventory commands against my puppetdb and get results.

For example - i have a puppet-client2.test.net machine running the puppet agent

[root@puppet-server3 ~]# curl -H "Accept: application/json" 'http://localhost:8080/status/nodes/puppet-client2.test.net'
{
"name" : "puppet-client2.test.net",
"deactivated" : null,
"catalog_timestamp" : "2012-12-13T17:55:28.704Z",
"facts_timestamp" : "2012-12-13T17:55:28.534Z"

So that tells me the puppetdb is holding facts about my puppet agent

For the dashboard, what inventory server do I specify in settings.yml? It is the puppetdb server (puppet-server3.test.net)

# Hostname of the inventory server.
inventory_server: 'puppet-server3.test.net'

# Port for the inventory server.
inventory_port: 8081

Do I need to set up SSL certs between the dashboard server and the puppetdb server?

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers,
Oli

On Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:26:28 PM UTC, pmbuko wrote:

On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:09 PM, vioilly wrote:

Just trying to get help here.

My puppetdb server is called puppet-server3. My dashboard server is
puppet-server2. I can run inventory commands against my puppetdb and get
results.

For example - i have a puppet-client2.test.net machine running the puppet
agent

[root@puppet-server3 ~]# curl -H "Accept: application/json" '
http://localhost:8080/status/nodes/puppet-client2.test.net'
{
"name" : "puppet-client2.test.net",
"deactivated" : null,
"catalog_timestamp" : "2012-12-13T17:55:28.704Z",
"facts_timestamp" : "2012-12-13T17:55:28.534Z"

So that tells me the puppetdb is holding facts about my puppet agent

For the dashboard, what inventory server do I specify in settings.yml? It
is the puppetdb server (puppet-server3.test.net)

# Hostname of the inventory server.
inventory_server: 'puppet-server3.test.net'

# Port for the inventory server.
inventory_port: 8081

Do I need to set up SSL certs between the dashboard server and the
puppetdb server?

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers,
Oli


You do not need to make any changes to your dashboard server. Instead, you
need to modify two files and add one file to your puppet master. See step 2
on this page for the details:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppetdb/1/connect_puppet_master.html#step-2-edit-config-files

--
Peter

On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:55 PM, vioilly wrote:

Hi,

I believe I have done that.

So on my puppet master (puppet-server1) I have modified the puppet.conf file and added the following:

[master]

storeconfigs = true
storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb

Also puppetdb.conf

[master]
storeconfigs = true
storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb


and added the route.yaml file

I did also edit the auth.conf file - do I need to do on the puppetmaster ?

On the dashboard server I have turned on the inventory service and added the puppetdb server as the invenory_server - wher else would it know how to connect to the puppetdb ?

I have also made sure all the certs have been signed by the puppet CA server and are valid

Thanks,
Oli

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Peter Bukowinski wrote:

On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:55 PM, vioilly wrote:

Hi,

I believe I have done that.

So on my puppet master (puppet-server1) I have modified the puppet.conf
file and added the following:

[master]

storeconfigs = true
storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb

Also puppetdb.conf

[master]
storeconfigs = true
storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb


and added the route.yaml file

I did also edit the auth.conf file - do I need to do on the puppetmaster ?

On the dashboard server I have turned on the inventory service and added
the puppetdb server as the invenory_server - wher else would it know how to
connect to the puppetdb ?

I have also made sure all the certs have been signed by the puppet CA
server and are valid

Thanks,
Oli


The puppetdb plugins you installed on your puppetmaster handle the
communication with puppetdb. Instead of storying inventory data in a local
database, your puppetmaster will send them to puppetdb. So inventory_server
in dashboard's settings.yml should be pointing at your puppetmaster, not
the puppetdb server.

Once you have all the settings correct, just make sure auth.conf on your
puppetmaster is configured to allow access to facts. Mine inventory-related
entry looks like this:

path /facts
auth yes
method find, search
allow dashboard, puppet

--
Peter

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On Friday, December 14, 2012 4:44:28 PM UTC, vioilly wrote:

Hi,

I have tried this config. One thing I have noticed is that my puppet
master is not listening on port 8081. When I put the puppet master, in my
case puppet-server1, in to /usr/share/puppet-dashboard/config/settings.yml
on the dashboard server as follows:


# Hostname of the inventory server.
inventory_server: 'puppet-server1.tcl-oob.net'

# Port for the inventory server.
inventory_port: 8081


I have also tried port 80 and 8140. But this is not working for me.

Could not retrieve facts from inventory service: 403 "Forbidden"

Any ideas?

Oli