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Modernize openvox-server install docs into structured section
Replaces the single outdated install_from_packages page with a proper "Installing and upgrading" nav section modeled on the openvox agent docs. New pages cover prerequisites (with current platform/arch/Java info), installation steps split by apt and yum/dnf, file layout, and upgrade procedure. Removes all puppet.com links and EOL platform references. Closes #147 Signed-off-by: Michael Harp <mike@mikeharp.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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‎_data/nav/openvox-server_8x.yml‎

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link: deprecated_features.html
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- text: Compatibility with Puppet agent
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- text: Installing Puppet Server
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link: install_from_packages.html
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- text: Installing and upgrading
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items:
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- text: Before you begin
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link: install_pre.html
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- text: Install OpenVox Server
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link: install_from_packages.html
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- text: What gets installed and where
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link: install_what_and_where.html
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- text: Upgrading OpenVox Server
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‎docs/_openvox-server_8x/install_from_packages.markdown‎

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layout: default
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title: "Install Puppet Server"
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canonical: "/puppetserver/latest/install_from_packages.html"
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title: "Install OpenVox Server"
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[repodocs]: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/puppet_platform.html
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[prereqs]: ./install_pre.html
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[tuning]: ./tuning_guide.html
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[install_linux]: /openvox/latest/install_linux.html
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[openvoxdb]: /openvoxdb/latest/install_via_module.html
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[downloads_page]: https://voxpupuli.org/openvox/install/
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Puppet Server is a required application that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It controls the configuration information for one or more managed agent nodes.
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Install `openvox-server` on the host that will act as the Puppet CA and catalog
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compiler for your infrastructure.
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> Note: If you have any issues with the steps below, submit these to our [bug tracker](https://tickets.puppet.com/browse/SERVER).
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**Before you begin:** Review the [pre-install tasks][prereqs] to confirm your
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platform is supported, your Java version is correct, and port 8140 is open.
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## Before you begin
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1. Enable the OpenVox repository for your distribution.
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Review the supported operating systems and make sure you have a supported version of Java.
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[apt.voxpupuli.org](https://apt.voxpupuli.org). For example, on Ubuntu 22.04:
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### Supported operating systems
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```bash
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wget https://apt.voxpupuli.org/openvox8-release-ubuntu22.04.deb
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sudo dpkg -i openvox8-release-ubuntu22.04.deb
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sudo apt update
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```
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Puppet provides official packages that install Puppet Server 6 and all of its prerequisites on x86_64 architectures for the following platforms:
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On yum/dnf-based systems, install the release package for your OS from
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[yum.voxpupuli.org](https://yum.voxpupuli.org). For example, on EL 9:
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* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7
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* Debian 8 (Jessie), 9 (Stretch), 10 (Buster)
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* Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial), 18.04 (Bionic)
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* SLES 12 SP1
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sudo rpm -Uvh https://yum.voxpupuli.org/openvox8-release-el-9.noarch.rpm
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### Java support
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[Installing OpenVox][downloads_page] page.
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| Puppet Server | Java |
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| 2.x | 7, 8 |
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| 6.6 and later | 8, 11 |
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Some Java versions may work with other Puppet Server versions, but we do not test or support those cases. Community submitted patches for support greater than Java 11 are welcome. Both Java 8 and 11 are considered long-term support versions and are planned to be supported by upstream maintainers until 2022 or later.
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```bash
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> Note: Java 8 runtime packages do not exist in the standard repositories for Debian 8 (Jessie) or Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic). To install Puppet Server on Jessie, [configure the `jessie-backports` repository](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/). To install Puppet Server on Bionic, enable the [universe repository](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu).
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Puppet Server is configured to use 2 GB of RAM by default. If you're just testing an installation on a Virtual Machine, this much memory is not necessary. To change the memory allocation, see [Running Puppet Server on a VM](#Running-Puppet-Server-on-a-VM).
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title: "Installing OpenVox Server: Before you begin"
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[architecture]: /openvox/latest/architecture.html
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| `/opt/puppetlabs/server/bin/` | Private server binaries — not on `PATH` by default |
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