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Installing Bolt

Bolt can be installed via a number of methods, all described at https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/0.x/bolt_installing.html:

A downloadable package from http://downloads.puppet.com/
A public Chocolatey package
OSX Homebrew installation
Linux native package repositories
Rubygems

Bolt works remotely over standard connection protocols. Try installing it and using it on your workstation, instead of the Puppet Master, during this lesson.

On my MacBook, I'll install Bolt using Homebrew:

rary at Ryans-MacBook-Pro in ~/workspace/packt$ brew cask install puppetlabs/puppet/puppet-bolt==> Tapping puppetlabs/puppetCloning into '/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/puppetlabs/homebrew-puppet'...remote: Counting objects: 15, done.remote: Compressing ...

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