Setting puppetmaster and puppet-dashboard with passenger in a Debian Apache server using 'puppet' user.

I will describe my configuration of puppetmaster server and puppet dashboard server running into the Debian's Apache installation, but:

First I recommend you to read the official documentation:

It is supposed that you have a running puppet installation.

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Install

You should first install all needed packages. Be sure of use all last versions, in my case:

I use Debian with lenny-backports so:

apt-get -t lenny-backports install apache2 libapache2-mod-passenger rails librack-ruby libmysql-ruby

Set apache configuration directory to a different location

I have my puppet configuration:

I set all the paths relative to /cgx1/puppet

Will install all apache configuration on /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2

First I clone the apache configuration:

cd /cgx1/puppet/conf
cp -Ra /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2 .
# clean the directories with other site configuration
cd conf.d; rm nagios3.conf gitweb awstats.conf  zabbix.conf; cd ..
# Remove old sites
rm sites-*/
# Remove the mods-available and link all to the /etc/apache2/mods-available/
cd mods-available/; ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/* .; cd ..
# Remove unneded plugins:
cd mods-enabled; rm php5.load php5.conf python.load; cd ..

Then we have to fix the configuration to adapt all the paths:

Then, I use a wrapper to "clone" the apache2ctl, a2enmod, a2dismod, a2ensite and a2dissite scripts. This script will set all needed variables to make these scripts work in the new location and will force the user to 'puppet' with sudo.

# pwd => /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2
mkdir bin

cat <<"EOF" > bin/puppet_apache_wrapper
#!/bin/sh

# Search the real script
SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0 | sed 's/puppet_//')
REAL_SCRIPT=$(which $SCRIPT_NAME 2> /dev/null)

if [ -z "$REAL_SCRIPT" ]; then
        echo "$0: $SCRIPT_NAME not found in \$PATH" 1>&2
        exit 1;
fi

# Set the new location
export APACHE_CONFDIR=/cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2
export APACHE_ENVVARS=/cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/envvars

[ -f "$APACHE_ENVVARS" ] && . $APACHE_ENVVARS

# Run it as $APACHE_RUN_USER
ACTUAL_USER=$(id -u -n)
if [ "$ACTUAL_USER" == "$APACHE_RUN_USER" ]; then
        exec $REAL_SCRIPT "$@"
else
        exec sudo -u puppet -p "User password: " $0 "$@"
fi

EOF

chmod +x bin/puppet_apache_wrapper

# And the create the scripts 
ln -s puppet_apache_wrapper bin/puppet_apache2ctl
ln -s puppet_apache_wrapper bin/puppet_a2dismod 
ln -s puppet_apache_wrapper bin/puppet_a2dissite 
ln -s puppet_apache_wrapper bin/puppet_a2enmod  
ln -s puppet_apache_wrapper bin/puppet_a2ensite 

# Adapt envvars - default environment variables for apache2ctl

cat <<"EOF"
# envvars - default environment variables for apache2ctl

# Since there is no sane way to get the parsed apache2 config in scripts, some
# settings are defined via environment variables and then used in apache2ctl,
# /etc/init.d/apache2, /etc/logrotate.d/apache2, etc.
export APACHE_RUN_USER=puppet
export APACHE_RUN_GROUP=puppet
export APACHE_PID_FILE=/cgx1/puppet/var/run/apache2-puppet.pid

export APACHE_STATUSURL=-https://localhost:8140/server-status
export APACHE_RUN_DIR=/cgx1/puppet/var/run/

export APACHE_ARGUMENTS="-d /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2 \
                         -f /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/apache2.conf"
EOF

Finally, we adapt the ports that will be started:

cat<<EOF > ports.conf
NameVirtualHost *:8140
Listen 8140
NameVirtualHost *:3000
Listen 3000
EOF

Now we can start the server, test configurations... but probably you want create the virtual host first

./bin/puppet_apache2ctl configtest
./bin/puppet_apache2ctl start

Puppetmaster and dashboard virtualhosts

Fisrt we have to create the "public" configuration for librack for the puppetmaster. This step is described in official wiki:

# Create rack/public and config.ru
cd /cgx1/puppet

mkdir -p conf/rack/public/

cat <<"EOF" > conf/rack/config.ru
#-------------------------------------------------
# This options if puppet is out of default the RUBYLIB:
# $:.unshift('/opt/puppet/lib')
$:.unshift('/usr/local/lib/ruby')
$:.unshift('/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8')
$:.unshift('/usr/local/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8')
$:.unshift('/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8')

$0 = "master"

#-------------------------------------------------
# Extra arguments for the puppetmaster
ARGV << "--rack"

# if you want debugging:
# ARGV << "--debug"

# Different configuration path 
ARGV << "--config=/cgx1/puppet/conf/puppet.conf"
require 'puppet/application/master'

#-------------------------------------------------
# we're usually running inside a Rack::Builder.new {} block,
# therefore we need to call run *here*.
run Puppet::Application[:master].run
EOF

And my site configuration file:

cd /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/
cat <<"EOF" > sites-available/puppetmaster-passenger.conf
# Configuration based on
#   http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Using_Passenger

# Puppetmaster listens on: 8140
#Listen 8140

<VirtualHost *:8140>
    # This is a SSL hots
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCipherSuite SSLv2:-LOW:-EXPORT:RC4+RSA

    # Puppetmaster certificates
    SSLCertificateFile /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/certs/myhost.mycompany.com.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/private_keys/myhost.mycompany.com.pem
    SSLCertificateChainFile /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/ca/ca_crt.pem
    SSLCACertificateFile /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/ca/ca_crt.pem

    # Using the technique described in http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Using_Mongrel
    # mkdir /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/server/crl
    # cd /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/server/crl; ln -s /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/ca/ca_crl.pem `openssl crl -in /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/ca/ca_crl.pem -hash -noout`.0
    SSLCARevocationPath     /cgx1/puppet/var/ssl/server/crl

    # SSLVerifyClient: by enabling require, you basically say:
    #  "the client is already suppose to have a certificate that I could verify. "
    #  If certificate is not signed in puppetmaster you will get the error:
    #    err: Could not request certificate: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read finished A: sslv3 alert handshake failure
    # With optional you will simulate the behaviour of an default standalone puppetmaster (without apache).
    SSLVerifyClient optional
    #SSLVerifyClient require
    SSLVerifyDepth  1
    SSLOptions +StdEnvVars

    # Use this to allow SSL signing
    # The following client headers allow the same configuration to work with Pound.
    RequestHeader set X-SSL-Subject %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN}e
    RequestHeader set X-Client-DN %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN}e
    RequestHeader set X-Client-Verify %{SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY}e

    # Logs
    ErrorLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/puppetmaster-error.log
    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/puppetmaster-access.log combined
    CustomLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/puppetmaster-ssl_request.log \
             "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"


    # Passenger configuration
    RackAutoDetect On
    DocumentRoot /cgx1/puppet/conf/rack/public/
    <Directory /cgx1/puppet/conf/rack>
        Options None
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
EOF 
ln -s ../sites-available/puppetmaster-passenger.conf sites-enabled/

Puppet dashboard configuration is easier:

cat <<"EOF" > sites-available/dashboard-passenger.conf
# Dashboard configuration
<VirtualHost *:3000>
    RackAutoDetect On
    DocumentRoot /opt/puppet-dashboard/public/

    # Set the development to serve
    SetEnv RAILS_ENV development

    <Directory /opt/puppet-dashboard/public/>
        Options None
        AllowOverride AuthConfig
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>

    ServerSignature On
    # Logs
    ErrorLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/dashboard-error.log
    LogLevel warn
    CustomLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/dashboard-access.log combined
    CustomLog /cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/dashboard-ssl_request.log \
             "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"

</VirtualHost>
EOF
ln -s ../sites-available/dashboard-passenger.conf sites-enabled/

Now you restart and test the configuration:

/cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/bin/puppet_apache2ctl configtest
/cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/bin/puppet_apache2ctl restart

Putting the points to the i's and crossing the t's[

](http://trac.dclinuxapps1.caixagalicia.cg/wiki/SandBox?version=12#Puttingthepointstotheisandcrossingthets)

Logrotate:

cat <<"EOF" > /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/puppet-passenger.logrotate
/cgx1/puppet/var/log/apache2/*.log {
        weekly
        missingok
        rotate 52
        compress
        delaycompress
        notifempty
        create 640 puppet puppet
        sharedscripts
        postrotate
                if [ -f "`. /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/envvars ; echo ${APACHE_PID_FILE:-/cgx1/puppet/var/run/apache2-puppet.pid}`" ]; then
                        /cgx1/puppet//conf/apache2/bin/puppet_apache2ctl graceful > /dev/null
                fi
        endscript
}
EOF
ln -s /cgx1/puppet/conf/apache2/puppet-passenger.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d