puppet enterprise - How to automate adding a Node to a Group? -

i have switched puppet enterprise 3.8 pe 3.3. use use rake api create groups, classes , nodes. no longer works in pe 3.8 , there not appear documented way, other using dashboard (https://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/latest/console_classes_groups.html#adding-nodes-to-a-node-group), add nodes given group.

can point me documentation of how 1 automates adding of nodes group?

you can use node classifier api add groups, or add nodes group. you'll need run these curl commands on master , include correct certs requests. in commands below, replace "fqdn" qualified domain name of master.

create group named "foo" child of default group

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/fqdn.pem \   --key /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/fqdn.pem \   --cacert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem \   -d '{ "name": "foo",         "parent": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",         "environment": "production",         "classes": {}       }' \   https://fqdn:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups 

get groups can id of newly created group

curl 'https://fqdn:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups' \    -h "content-type: application/json" \    --cert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/fqdn.pem \    --key /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/fqdn.pem \    --cacert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem 

the response request contain newly created group:

{   "environment_trumps": false,   "parent": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",   "name": "foo",   "variables": {},   "id": "085e2797-32f3-4920-9412-8e9decf4ef65",   "environment": "production",   "classes": {} }, 

modify new group "pin" node

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/fqdn.pem \   --key /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/fqdn.pem \   --cacert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem \   -d '{ "rule": ["or", ["=", "name", "u38a.vm"]] }' \   https://fqdn:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups/085e2797-32f3-4920-9412-8e9decf4ef65 

modify new group "pin" node (you must supply complete new rule)

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/fqdn.pem \   --key /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/fqdn.pem \   --cacert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem \   -d '{ "rule": ["or", ["=", "name", "u38a.vm"], ["=", "name", "u38.vm"]] }' \   https://fqdn:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups/085e2797-32f3-4920-9412-8e9decf4ef65 

update 2016-04-12

as of puppet enterprise 2016.1.1 can use new pin/unpin endpoints of classifier api more easily:

to pin nodes

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert $(puppet config print hostcert) \   --key $(puppet config print hostprivkey) \   --cacert $(puppet config print localcacert) \ -d '{"nodes": ["foo.tld", "bar.tld", "baz.tld"]}' \   https://$hostname:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups/<group id>/pin 

to unpin nodes

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert $(puppet config print hostcert) \   --key $(puppet config print hostprivkey) \   --cacert $(puppet config print localcacert) \ -d '{"nodes": ["foo.tld", "bar.tld", "baz.tld"]}' \   https://$hostname:4433/classifier-api/v1/groups/<group id>/unpin 

to unpin nodes groups

use new (tech preview) commands/unpin-from-all endpoint:

curl -x post -h 'content-type: application/json' \   --cert $(puppet config print hostcert) \   --key $(puppet config print hostprivkey) \   --cacert $(puppet config print localcacert) \ -d '{"nodes": ["foo.tld", "bar.tld", "baz.tld"]}' \   https://$hostname:4433/classifier-api/v1/commands/unpin-from-all 

with of these endpoints, can generate token , supply rather using cert-based auth.