Can I install puppet modules through puppet manifest?

Question

Primary goal is to add all puppet modules automatically, so that all dev-env\'s and prod-env could be started with one command. How can I install puppet modules through puppet m

Answer 1

Seems that writing module for installing puppet modules is possible - it'll be just wrapper for puppet module tool. However, I didn't hear about such module yet.

I suppose this mechanism of installation is not popular because often you need to modify installed module, do some customizations. Practical tool for management of such modifications is version control system. For example, in our team we keep /etc/puppetlabs/puppet directory in git repostitory. After installation of any module from Puppet Forge we add its files to version control and push it to remote git server. Our internally developed modules are also kept in this repository. This way, several puppet masters (dev and prod environments) are synchronized with this central repository and always have up-to-date versions of all modules.