To enable the puppet agent, add the following to /etc/rc.conf: puppet_enable="YES" To enable the puppetmaster, add the following to /etc/rc.conf: puppetmaster_enable="YES" Individual config files such as %%PREFIX%%/etc/puppetmasterd.conf are deprecated. Use a single file, %%ETCDIR%%/puppet.conf. The default PID directory is /var/run/puppet