How do i configure my puppet server to be connected to an ENC

Question

I want to connect my puppet server to an external node classifier (ENC). How do i do this?

Answer 1

You need to configure two settings to have Puppet Server connect to an external node classifier.

In the master's puppet.conf file:

1. Set the node_terminus setting to exec.
2. Set the external_nodes setting to the path to the ENC executable.

For example:

[master] node_terminus = exec external_nodes = /usr/local/bin/puppet_node_classifier