This is my template for Vagrant-based projects with Puppet. This is based on Patrick Debois' blog post Test Driven Infrastructure with Vagrant, Puppet, and Guard and the associated github repo.

There are currently two configuration setings set in config.yml:

• module_prefix: This is the author prefix for modules created using puppet module. This limits running the Puppet RSpec and Cucumber guards to only those modules being developed.
• vms_to_sandbox: This is an array of VMs that should always be sandboxed. These are typically VMs that are used for testing other VMs.

You will need Vagrant installed. You will also need the sahara plugin for Vagrant to enable sandboxing. To install sahara, run this command:

    vagrant plugin install sahara

1. Create a new repository:

   git init
   touch .gitignore
   git add .gitignore
   git commit -m "Initial commit."
   

2. Create a remote branch for the template:

    git remote add template https://github.com/caess/vagrant-puppet-template.git
   

3. Fetch the content from this repo:

    git fetch template
   

4. Create a tracking branch:

    git checkout --track -b template template/master
   

5. Go back to the master branch:

    git checkout master
   

6. Merge in the template:

    git merge --squash template
   

7. Commit with the desired commit message.

(Note that this process is still under review.)

1. Update the remote branch:

    git fetch template
   

2. Check out the template branch:

    git checkout template
   

3. Update the branch:

    git pull
   

4. Using the output from git pull, generate a patch:

    git format-patch oldrev..newrev
   

5. Check out the master branch:

    git checkout master
   

6. Apply the patches:

    git apply <patch1> <patch2> ...
   

7. Add the changed files. Commit with the desired commit message.