Setting up the Puppet agent
Much like the Puppet master, the Puppet agent is configured with sensible default settings out of the box. In fact, in most cases, you will not need to make any changes. The only exception, generally, is if you are using a separate reporting server; in this case, you will need to specify the host that you have assigned this role to.
You can adjust the Puppet agent's reporting behavior using the report setting within the [agent] configuration block of the Puppet configuration file. This is a simple Boolean switch that defines the behavior of the Puppet agent during a run, and by default, it is set to true. Sometimes, you may find that you wish to explicitly set this to true to aid anyone who is less familiar with Puppet. ...
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