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+#!/bin/bash
+# to use:
+# curl http://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-bootstrap/raw/master/bootstrap.sh | bash
+rpm -ql zsh > /dev/null || yum install -y zsh
+mkdir -p /opt/puppetlabs
+cd /opt/puppetlabs
+[ -d /opt/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-bootstrap ] || git clone git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-bootstrap.git
+
+echo ${PATH} | grep -q puppetlabs-bootstrap || export PATH=/opt/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-bootstrap/bin:$PATH
+
+for command in pb_init_00_epel pb_init_10_ruby pb_init_11_git  pb_init_50_puppet pb_init_51_facter pb_setup_11_selinuxoff pb_setup_20_mock ; do 
+  echo "Running ${command}"
+  eval ${command} || exit 1
+done
+
+exit 0 
+# these might break aws
+#pb_init_20_sshauthorizedkeys
+#pb_init_30_puppetusergroup
+#pb_init_40_account
+#pb_init_41_sudo
+#pb_runmanifest
+#pb_update
+#puppet-bootstrap