diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d89cb9..7482360 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ This module is also designed to work with External Node Classifiers (ENC), for i
 
 * install repo rpm (this will create the repo definitions)
 * install packages depending on whether the host fqdn equals either master fqdn, db fqdn or none (agent).
+* open firewall ports depending on fqdn choices
+* start services as required
 
 ## Support
 
diff --git a/manifests/main/dirs.pp b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
index 729f2c2..ae4bfb6 100644
--- a/manifests/main/dirs.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/dirs.pp
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@
 ###############################################################################
 class puppet_cd::main::dirs (
 
-) inherits puppet_cd::params  {
-
+) inherits puppet_cd::params {
   require puppet_cd::main::install
 
+  file { $pt_main_dir:
+    ensure   => directory,
+    path     => $pt_main_dir,
+    owner    => 'root',
+    group    => 'root',
+    mode     => '0750',
+    selrange => s0,
+    selrole  => object_r,
+    seltype  => puppet_etc_t,
+    seluser  => system_u,
+  }
 }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 983f96d..9cb715c 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ class puppet_cd::params (
 ) {
   $fqdn                     = $facts['networking']['fqdn']
 
+# directories
+  $pt_main_dir              = '/etc/puppetlabs'
+  $pt_puppetdir             = "${pt_main_dir}/puppet"
+  $pt_code_dir              = "${pt_main_dir}/code"
+  $pt_environmentspath      = "${pt_code_dir}/environments"
+  $pt_ssldir                = "${pt_puppetdir}/ssl"
+  $pt_privatekeydir         = "${pt_ssldir}/private_keys"
+  $pt_rundir                = '/var/run/puppetlabs'
+  $pt_rundir_master         = '/var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver'
+  $pt_vardir                = '/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache'
+  $pt_vardir_master         = '/opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver'
+
 # service
   $pt_server_service        = 'puppetserver'
   $pt_agent_service         = 'puppet'