Puppet Client Quickstart
From Kyle's Wiki
First add your server to your /etc/puppet/puppet.conf:
[agent] server=puppet.xkyle.com
Now connect once to get your client cert on the other side:
puppet agent --verbose --no-daemonize
Sign the cert on the server:
$ puppet cert sign --all
Now you can either start the daemon:
/etc/init.d/puppet start
Or run it in a terminal to watch it:
puppet agent --verbose --no-daemonize