This table specifies the file paths in a Puppet installation and the corresponding settings, denoted as :setting. The 3.x column shows the difference of the specification vs the 3.x implementation.
- puppet-agent (*nix)
- puppet-agent (Windows)
- puppet-agent (non-root)
- puppet-db
- puppetserver
- puppetmaster
- Notes
The package will create two services puppet and mcollective, both
running as root by default. It will not create a puppet user or group.
The files annotated by an '*' indicate that they are created by package installation.
Path Setting 3.x
/etc/puppetlabs * n/a
/etc/puppetlabs/code * # :codedir contents moved from :confdir
environments * # :environmentpath
production *
environment.conf *
manifests *
modules *
hiera.yaml * # :hiera_config
hieradata * # n/a
modules * # user modulepath
/etc/puppetlabs/mcollective *
client.cfg *
facts.yaml *
server.cfg *
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet * # :confdir /etc/puppet
auth.conf * # :rest_authconfig
autosign.conf # :autosign
binder_config.yaml # :binder_config
csr_attributes.yaml # :csr_attributes
custom_trusted_oid_mapping.yaml # :trusted_oid_mapping_file
device.conf # :deviceconfig
fileserver.conf # :fileserverconfig
puppet.conf * # :config
routes.yaml # :route_file
ssl # :ssldir /etc/puppet/ssl
/opt/puppetlabs/bin * # symlink targets of puppet related binaries
cfacter@ * -> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/cfacter
facter@ * -> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/facter
hiera@ * -> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/hiera
mco@ * -> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/mco
puppet@ * -> /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/puppet
/opt/puppetlabs/facter
facts.d # external facts directory (not pluginsync'ed)
/opt/puppetlabs/mcollective/
plugins # user installed plugins
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet * # ruby-puppet root
bin *
cfacter *
facter *
gem *
hiera *
mco *
mcollectived *
openssl *
puppet *
ruby *
virt-what *
cache * # :vardir /var/lib/puppet
bucket # :bucketdir
client_yaml # :clientyamldir
client_data # :client_datadir
clientbucket # :clientbucketdir
devices # :devicedir
facts.d # :pluginfactdest (pluginsync'ed)
lib # :libdir
facts # used to generate :factpath
puppet-module # :module_working_dir
reports # :reportdir
server_data # :server_datadir
state # :statedir
yaml # :yamldir
include *
facter *
openssl *
lib *
libaugeas.so *
libcrypto.so *
libfacter.so *
libruby.so *
libssl.so *
ruby *
vendor_ruby * # ruby code
cfacter.rb *
facter.rb *
hiera.rb *
mcollective.rb *
puppet.rb *
virt-what *
virt-what-cpuid-helper *
modules * # system modulepath /usr/share/puppet/modules
share *
augeas *
man *
vim *
ssl *
/var/log/puppetlabs *
mcollective.log
puppet * # :logdir /var/lib/puppet/log
puppet.log # not enabled by default
/var/run/puppetlabs * # :rundir /var/lib/puppet/run
agent.pid # :pidfile
mcollectived.pid
On recent versions of Windows, e.g. 2008 & 2012, the installation path
defaults to C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs and the common app data
directory defaults to C:\ProgramData. On 2003, common app data is
under C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data. Also
when installing puppet-agent 32-bit on 64-bit windows, the
installation path defaults to C:\Program Files (x86)\Puppet Labs. The examples below assume 2008/2012 and puppet-agent (64-bit).
The package will create two services puppet and mcollective
running as LocalSystem by default. It will not create a puppet
user or group.
Path Setting 3.x
C:\ProgramData n/a
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\code * # :codedir contents moved from C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc (:confdir)
environments * # :environmentpath
production *
environment.conf *
manifests *
modules *
hiera.yaml * # :hiera_config
hieradata * # n/a
modules * # user modulepath
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\facter * same
facts.d * # external facts directory (not pluginsync'ed)
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\mcollective
plugins * # user installed plugins
etc * same
client.cfg
facts.yaml
server.cfg
var * same
log *
mcollective.log
C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet
cache # :vardir C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var
bucket # :bucketdir
client_yaml # :clientyamldir
client_data # :client_datadir
clientbucket # :clientbucketdir
devices # :devicedir
facts.d # :pluginfactdest (pluginsync'ed)
lib # :libdir
facts # used to generate :factpath
puppet-module # :module_working_dir
reports # :reportdir
server_data # :server_datadir
state # :statedir
yaml # :yamldir
etc * # :confdir same
auth.conf # :rest_authconfig
autosign.conf # :autosign
binder_config.yaml # :binder_config
csr_attributes.yaml # :csr_attributes
custom_trusted_oid_mapping.yaml # :trusted_oid_mapping_file
device.conf # :deviceconfig
fileserver.conf # :fileserverconfig
puppet.conf * # :config
routes.yaml # :route_file
ssl # :ssldir
var *
log # :logdir same
puppet.log # not enabled by default
run # :rundir same
agent.pid # :pidfile
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\bin *
cfacter.bat * # bat file wrappers
environment.bat * # setup LOAD_PATH
facter.bat *
hiera.bat *
mco.bat *
puppet.bat *
puppet_shell.bat * # targets for shortcuts
run_cfacter_interactive.bat *
run_facter_interactive.bat *
run_puppet_interactive.bat *
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\cfacter *
bin * # executables and dlls
cfacter.exe *
libfacter.so *
lib*.dll *
inc * # cfacter headers
facter *
lib *
cfacter.rb * # ruby bindings
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\facter *
bin *
facter * # ruby bin wrapper
lib *
facter.rb *
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\hiera *
bin *
hiera * # ruby bin wrapper
lib *
hiera.rb *
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\mcollective *
bin *
mcollectived * # ruby bin wrapper
mco *
lib *
mcollective.rb *
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\misc *
LICENSE.rtf * # license
puppetlabs.ico * # icon for start menu shortcut
puppetres.dll * # event log message resource dll
versions.txt * # versions of components
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\puppet *
bin *
puppet * # ruby bin wrapper
lib *
puppet.rb *
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\service *
daemon.rb * # windows service daemon
C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\sys *
ruby *
bin *
ruby.exe *
ssleay32.dll * # openssl dll
include *
lib *
share *
tools *
bin *
elevate.exe * # Used to elevate interactive commands
When running as non-root on *nix and Windows, puppet will use the
following top-level paths, where ~ is expanded to the user's home
directory. On Windows this is C:\Users\username (or C:\Documents and Settings\username for Windows 2003).
Only the top-level paths are different when running as non-root. Files
and directories that descend from the top-level are the same when
running as root and non-root, e.g. puppet.conf is always
$confdir/puppet.conf. As a result, only the top-level paths are shown.
~/.puppetlabs/etc/puppet # :confdir ~/.puppet
~/.puppetlabs/etc/code # :codedir n/a
~/.puppetlabs/opt/puppet/cache # :vardir ~/.puppet/var
~/.puppetlabs/var/run # :rundir ~/.puppet/var/run
~/.puppetlabs/var/log # :logdir ~/.puppet/var/log
~/.puppetlabs/opt/facter/facts.d # n/a ~/.facter/facts.d
These sections describe other Puppet packages that rely on puppet-agent to create the initial directory layout. It does not attempt to specify the full set of file paths for these packages, just cases where the other package has a dependency on puppet-agent.
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet
puppetdb.conf
The package will install a service named puppetserver, create a
puppet user and group, and run the service as the puppet user.
/etc/puppetlabs/puppetserver
logback.xml
conf.d
puppetserver.conf
/opt/puppetlabs/bin # symlinks of puppet server binaries
puppetserver@ -> /opt/puppetlabs/server/apps/puppetserver/bin/puppetserver
/opt/puppetlabs/server # serverside apps live underneath
apps
httpd # httpd app dir
bin
httpd
lib
puppetserver # puppetserver app dir
bin
puppetserver
lib
bin # symlinks of server binaries
httpd@ -> /opt/puppetlabs/server/apps/httpd/bin/httpd
puppetserver@ -> /opt/puppetlabs/server/apps/puppetserver/bin/puppetserver
data
puppetserver # :vardir (and $HOME for services that use it)
bucket # :bucketdir
reports # :reportdir
server_data # :server_datadir
yaml # :yamldir
/var/log/puppetlabs
puppetserver * # writeable by puppetserver
puppetserver.log
/var/run/puppetlabs # :rundir /var/lib/puppet/run
puppetserver # writeable by puppetserver
puppetserver.pid
This is a compatibility package using passenger to serve a ruby based puppetmaster.
The package will install a service named puppetmaster, create a
puppet user and group, and run the service as the puppet user.
/opt/puppetlabs/server * # serverside apps live underneath
data *
puppetmaster * # :vardir (and $HOME for services that use it)
bucket # :bucketdir
reports # :reportdir
server_data # :server_datadir
yaml # :yamldir
/var/log/puppetlabs
puppetmaster * # writeable by puppetmaster
puppetmaster.log
/var/run/puppetlabs # :rundir /var/lib/puppet/run
puppetmaster * # writeable by puppetmaster
puppetmaster.pid
The current specification calls for the puppet-agent and puppetserver to continue sharing an ssldir. The main reason being the node running the puppetserver needs to use the agent's private key when acting as an SSL client. There are issues with this approach, but it's not something
we are trying to solve now.