A Git Server

Published on: 2025-01-27

This is the second Lesson in Puppet.

Written by Martin Jindra

What you need

It is important that a

1. Puppet Master
2. and at least one client server is ready for use.

If not please visit the online Puppet documentation.

The second exercise

For the second exercise we will do a little bit more than last time. The final product should be a server that can be used as a GitHub alternative. The content of this website is irrelevant. The import things should be

• A webserver like Apache httpd or Nginx is running on the client.
• The webserver connects to the ports 80 and 443.
• The content of the webpage is viewable by a web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
• The webserver proxies web requests to Forgejo.
• A database is installed and configured with puppet.
• Forgejo is installed and configured with Puppet.

The installation and configuration of this software depends on a bunch of steps like a database etc. Follow the instructions on the homepage of Forgejo. Per default Forgejo uses SQLite3 as a database, but we will use MySQl/MariaDB or Postgres for this exercise.

Tips and Tricks.

1. Before starting with the exercise snapshot your VMs. This can restore if a mishap happens, or you start a new exercise.
2. Use Modules from the Puppet Forge.
3. Beware of Selinux. Some files may not be accessible. Simply disable Selinux because this is just an exercise.
4. Don’t buy an expensive SSL Certificate just use certbot from Lets Encrypt.