In Puppet, on which node should I declare the puppetlabs-aws classes?

Question

If I want to use the puppetlabs-aws module to create Amazon AWS instances, on which node in my puppet hierarchy should I declare those classes? Obviously I can't declare them on the nodes that I'm about to create, so where, then? When and how does the manifest get applied?

Answer 1

It doesn't matter where the manifest runs. You could puppet apply the manifests in your local dev environment as a quick way to get started. In a production environment, you might alternatively have a dedicated node that is classified as your "provisioner" where you choose to run manifests from. There's nothing preventing you from classifying your existing Puppet Master as the "provisioner" either.