puppetmaster installation instructions questions

[Vince Skahan]

I'm trying to set up a puppet master and client under ESXi in a home lab using Debian wheezy.  Following the instructions at https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/install_puppet/post_install.html#configure-a-puppet-master-server quickly got me into a state of confusion regarding what to do.

After the step that sets up the master's cert there is a paragraph saying "You'll want to set a few settings in puppet.conf before putting the new master to work.  See the list of master-related settings for details."

There is indeed a list that sentence links to. Which settings are the bare minimum that I need to have a rudimentary client/server setup on a private network work ok ?

Do I 'need' to configure anything other than ca=true and setting alt_dns_names to match the hostname(s) of the puppet master ?

[kaustubh chaudhari]

No, those are not mandatory. You should be good with the settings you mentioned.

HTH
-Kaustubh