How to install Foreman in CentOS
To Install and Configure Foreman on Centos
Foreman is an open source application to configure, manage and monitor servers to perform tasks using the tools like puppet, chef and ansible. We will discuss about foreman with puppet tool in this article.
Set up a DNS Server or create entry in /etc/hosts file as follows.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.5.64 linuxhelp.example.com linuxhelp
Run the following command to enable repositories.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# rpm -ivh http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-7.noarch.rpm
Retrieving http://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-7.noarch.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.8PW6vV: Header V4 RSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 4bd6ec30: NOKEY
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:puppetlabs-release-7-12 ################################# [100%]
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum -y install epel-release http://yum.theforeman.org/releases/1.11/el7/x86_64/foreman-release.rpm
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
* extras: centos-hn.viettelidc.com.vn
* updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
foreman-release.rpm | 15 kB 00:00:00
Examining /var/tmp/yum-root-yAts7l/foreman-release.rpm: foreman-release-1.11.3-1.el7.noarch
Marking /var/tmp/yum-root-yAts7l/foreman-release.rpm to be installed
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-6 will be installed
---> Package foreman-release.noarch 0:1.11.3-1.el7 will be installed
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Installed:
epel-release.noarch 0:7-6 foreman-release.noarch 0:1.11.3-1.el7
Complete!
Utilise the following command to install the foreman installer.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# yum install foreman-installer -y
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
* epel: epel.mirror.net.in
* extras: mirror.tadu.vn
* updates: mirrors.nhanhoa.com
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package foreman-installer.noarch 1:1.11.3-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: rubygem-kafo > = 0.7.1 for package: 1:foreman-installer-1.11.3-1.el7.noarch
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little-plugger.noarch 0:1.1.3-20.el7 rubygem-logging.noarch 0:1.8.2-3.el7
rubygem-mime-types.noarch 0:1.19-3.el7 rubygem-multi_json.noarch 0:1.10.1-3.el7 rubygem-netrc.noarch 0:0.7.7-7.el7
rubygem-oauth.noarch 0:0.4.7-8.el7 rubygem-powerbar.noarch 0:1.0.11-11.el7 rubygem-rest-client.noarch 0:1.6.7-4.el7
Complete!
Execute the following command to install foreman.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# foreman-installer
Installing Done [100%] [........................................................]
Success!
* Foreman is running at https://linuxhelp.example.com
Initial credentials are admin / jqzmMfcfrQDhDwes
* Foreman Proxy is running at https://linuxhelp.example.com:8443
* Puppetmaster is running at port 8140
The full log is at /var/log/foreman-installer/foreman.log
Enable the following ports in the firewall.
Port Protocol Requires 53 tcp DNS Server 67,68 udp DHCP Server 69 udp TFTP Server 80 tcp HTTP Server 443 tcp HTTPS Server 3000 tcp HTTP access to foreman web UI 3306 tcp MYSQL Database 5910-5930 tcp Server VNC Consoles 5432 tcp PostgresQL Database 8140 tcp Puppet Master 8443 tcp Smart Proxy for foreman
[root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=53/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=67-69/udp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=443/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3000/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=3306/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5910-5930/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5432/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8140/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8443/tcp success [root@linuxhelp ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success
Open your browser and navigate to https://< hostname>
Then Login with the user credentials that was generated during the installation.
Now open your terminal to configure a host by running the following command.
[root@linuxhelp ~]# puppet agent -td --server=linuxhelp.example.com
Debug: Evicting cache entry for environment ' production'
Debug: Caching environment ' production' (ttl = 0 sec)
Debug: Evicting cache entry for environment ' production'
Debug: Caching environment ' production' (ttl = 0 sec)
Debug: Evicting cache entry for environment ' production'
Debug: Caching environment ' production' (ttl = 0 sec)
Debug: Evicting cache entry for environment ' production'
Debug: Caching environment ' production' (ttl = 0 sec)
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Debug: Storing state
Debug: Stored state in 0.17 seconds
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.35 seconds
Debug: Using cached connection for https://linuxhelp.example.com:8140
Debug: Caching connection for https://linuxhelp.example.com:8140
Debug: Closing connection for https://linuxhelp.example.com:8140
Open the browser and click reload button to view the Host Configuration Chart now.
To view all host information, click Hosts tab.
Click your host to view more details.
To view reports, click reports tab.
Go to My account to change admin password.
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