I don't really agree with this. If you're defining a whole crazy master/agent relationship with Puppet then it's overkill for them, no doubt. There's a reason

I don't really agree with this. If you're defining a whole crazy master/agent relationship with Puppet then it's overkill for them, no doubt. There's a reason many Vagrant boxes I see use Puppet to instantiate though: It's friggin simple to get started with. More advanced configurations might even end up requiring you to build your own modules and extended manifests, but I expect this configuration detailed in the article would probably amount to a couple hundred lines for the entire manifest. I think this also underscores one of the things I like the most about Puppet (instead of Chef, which is a fine CM system as well); It's easy to get started with but powerful enough to get things done down the road. Honestly, there's never a better time to start working with Puppet than from the very beginning of a project!