On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Scott Smith <sc...@ohlol.net> wrote: > Mcollective uses a message queue. If the host isn't online, it just won't > show up. If your laptop is turned off, it wouldn't be reporting either way.
Right, but I'm wondering if I need something that's a little more consistent because of the transitive nature of laptops/desktops. With facter I get information when the laptop connects again, as soon as it dumps it's facts during a run and I can see what workstations in my report haven't reported and subsequently what information is current or not. I'll look into the message queue. I guess a big question now is: Does anyone know offhand if the message queue timeouts can be configured for mcollective? My initial searches don't reveal much. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Khoury Brazil <khoury.bra...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Jacob Helwig <ja...@puppetlabs.com> >> wrote: >> > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:28:37 -0700, Khoury wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> Does anyone have any experience with debian/ubuntu and or OS X with >> >> regard to reporting on updates? I'm interested in getting update >> >> (specifically security) states for compliance (SOX, PCI, etc) >> >> purposes. I know there's spacewalk for things like this, but I'm kind >> >> of hoping to avoid going the centos/redhat route for my servers. I'm >> >> thinking of using unattended-upgrade --debug --dry-run on Debian/ >> >> Ubuntu and maybe softwareupdate on OS X to build custom facts. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Khoury >> >> >> > >> > Sounds like you want the collection functionality that you get with >> > MCollective. >> > >> > I'm afraid I haven't played around with it as much as I'd like, but I'm >> > sure others can chime in with details. >> > >> > -- >> > Jacob Helwig >> > ,---- >> > | Join us for PuppetConf, September 22nd and 23rd in Portland, OR >> > | http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig >> > `---- >> > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) >> > >> > iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJOK45iAAoJEHJabXWGiqEBtMgMALpWYg+B9DqmcVgZMkg1sNVo >> > MGQaIXL9WGtZWH37CeTdP92SDIXK2GPUUFL7GZCzEBf0sSAbjg1FI5UaGUduH5/K >> > 6USlI/85NEBdf84iwhJ/MUIKcjaGkYZPlHJe7vFeKry3+TEpPWgNAfXk9s+IoqVS >> > XAECFczwJOJZbgJ9zPG8fayXe5cMjHhvHYvWKO9selMxAVEFkteOamQ/hjKKEb92 >> > C9hKuYOfwOdgodzEPn5KQYb3OQLQ1yqP09mcaKlNjdBoYvGuIUNM0tyBkuH3YqT2 >> > rvLz0cBfrQ4IbTnbI4oLIApzRgqbAwUXP9J2Aou18AydTMhVmLxoBTCsVCz+lG13 >> > WmcgLyc1ly1tzGptDVZc+0z/6cTZSbpUg6qW2JLTEOzKjiR1DhYs8n2MlOuKNE53 >> > FulPKJmeiGAnSTH+noeOlfpSXlkigAVBY+jMs4aUsAUfamEkdSD1cnvZtnDhnee0 >> > XSfGcS6Qmrz2Ghgnb9RH2wbYS+elqsDUrbBa0vBycQ== >> > =QUn5 >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > >> > >> >> Unfortunately mcollective wouldn't really work for me. It would, for >> servers, for the most part. So I might utilize it for those. But I'm >> looking at managing OS X clients too, many of which are laptops. My >> understanding of mcollective is that it requires the connectivity >> between the servers to be always on. That wouldn't work well for >> laptops. Thanks for the recommendation though. I'd completely spaced >> that mcollective existed. >> >> -- -- 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.
