>-----Original Message----- >From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com >[mailto:puppet-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Cully >Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:16 AM >To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] Client updates > >On May 25, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Douglas Garstang wrote: > >> I probably waste quite a bit of time each week restarting >the puppet client, and logging systems, and tailing the >messages file, to see if my puppet changes worked. Is there a >better way? How do people normally do this?
We log to a central syslog server, and send out a daily email of any changes/failures. > > I use monit to keep the puppet agent running in case it >craps out, and puppet dashboard to keep an eye on all my nodes. We also use storedconfigs and can just query the compiled time to see if any clients stopped reporting. > >-bjc > >-- >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. > > This email communication and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential and or proprietary information and is provided for the use of the intended recipient only. Any review, retransmission or dissemination of this information by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication and any copies immediately. Thank you. http://www.encana.com -- 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.