On 05/03/2011 09:16 AM, Stefan Schulte wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know how your workflow looks like when you're writing > manifests. Currently we have the following construct: > > * 1 git repository with all modules > * 3 git branches: dev, staging, prod > * 3 puppet environments: dev, staging, prod > > The modulepath of each environment is a checkout of the corresponding > branch. Writing/Editing manifests only happens in dev. If you're done > you commit your work to a central repo. If dev is somewhat stable > it is merged into staging (fast-forward-merge) etc. > > This comes with a few problems: > * If all your systems are running prod and you change something big > (e.g. new filesystem layout) you only have too options: Change all your > machines to follow the new standard or take the machines you cannot > change out of puppet control. > * There are changes I make in dev that I want to take immediate effect. > Example: Deploy the SSH-Key of a new employee to all machines. I can > add the key in dev and then cherry-pick the commit in the other > branches but I'm not yet sure if that is really a good idea. > > So how do you use environments and branches? One Repository for each > module or one repository for all modules? Do you use git tag to tag > certain revisions? Do you run your servers agains different "releases" of > your manifests or do you just have one "prod" environment? >
I'd recommend one repository per module. I don't use tags at all. Changes are introduced into the development branch and get merged into the production branch. Differences between servers are typically handled within the module classes (i.e. subclass/conditionals/selectors) rather than having them run against different versions of the module. I can't see how you could keep a sane environment otherwise. -- Russell A Jackson <r...@csub.edu> Network Analyst California State University, Bakersfield -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
