Auto-signing client certificates on Puppet Master Server

I am currently using Puppet to automate infrastructure within a cloud offering, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for those interested!.  As part of deployment of new instances, I require the client certificate to be automatically signed by the Puppet master server to immediately begin the configuration.  This can be achieved by allowing the master server to … More Auto-signing client certificates on Puppet Master Server

Enabling Active Directory authentication for Puppet Console Authentication

As part of my Puppet Master server installation I wanted to enable Active Directory authentication based on the membership of security group to restrict access to the console rather than using the default local console authentication mechanism. Firstly, you are required to disable the console authentication by running the following with elevated root privelages: sudo … More Enabling Active Directory authentication for Puppet Console Authentication