To All, Thanks so much for the input. We have plans on mirroring the repositories that we need to control the production package versions and another mirror for testing/development that will contain upstream versions. The usage of the "ensure => latest" parameter makes sense to us in this context.
Thanks again, Andy On Nov 16, 5:26 pm, Nigel Kersten <ni...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > Using "latest" and controlling the repositories yourself is best practice I > believe. > On Nov 16, 2010 2:16 PM, "jcbollinger" <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote: > > > > > On Nov 16, 11:03 am, Andy <andy....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also, do you typically create your own mirrors of the repositories to > >> control the repository contents? > > > I don't know about Luke, but I do. That provides not only control > > over the repository contents, but also (for me) much better > > performance, as my queries and package retrievals do not have to leave > > my internal network. I also get better availability because the > > repository has fewer clients, and if it ever goes down I can fix it. > > > Moreover, you then have the option to rely on your local repository > > instead of Puppet for control of package versions. That is, maintain > > in your repository only those software versions you want to use, and > > let your Package resources all simply specify the "latest" version. > > No more tweaking manifests when you qualify a new package version! > > > Cheers, > > > John > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Users" group.> To post to this group, send email to > puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > .> For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
