Change the PuppetDB port in Puppet Enterprise

PuppetDB uses port 8081. If you have another service that needs to use that port, we recommend that you change the port for the other service. If you can’t do that, you can change the port that PuppetDB uses.

Version and installation information

PE version: All supported versions

Solution

To change the port for PuppetDB, complete these steps.

1. In the console, click Node groups and select the PE Infrastructure group.

2. On the Classes tab, select Class:puppet_enterprise, under Parameter, select puppetdb_port. Change the Value to an integer. For example, 8891. Click Add data and then click Commit 1 change.

3. If disaster recovery is configured, click Node groups and click the + next to PE Infrastructure group. Select the PE Master group.

4. On the Classes tab, under Class: puppet_enterprise::profile::master, under Parameter, select puppetdb_port . Change the value to the integer in step two and format it as a JSON array value. For example, [8891]. Click Add data and then click Commit 1 change.

5. As root, log into the primary server and run puppet agent -t. If disaster recovery is configured, log into the replica and run puppet agent -t.