PuppetCommander is another option: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/mcollective-plugins/wiki/ToolPuppetcommander
It deals with 'splay' globally instead of on a per node basis with random sleeps. ken. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Christopher Wood <christopher_w...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 12:41:50PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: >> Nigel, As you've said, the time chosen for the run cycle will be >> consistent. All of these settings are already set -- this isn't a >> question of how to change how often to run, it's how to affect the chosen >> runtime? > > I thought the chosen run time was selected on the agent. It sounds like > you'll have to reconfigure the agent to have it decide differently. So far > your options seem to be, from reading this thread: > > -run via puppetized fqdn_rand() cron > -use splay (if you don't mind living without puppet kick) > -change the runinterval for each puppet agent > > There's possibly other cheap/dirty ways like having a cron job restart the > puppet agent at an interval shorter than when they converge, or setting an at > job to do it, or similar. Perhaps you could use a cronjob on the puppet > master to check logs for run times and kick the groups that are teaming up. > And so forth. > >> I've got an awful lot of systems (> 100) which have decided to all roll at >> 28 and 58 minutes after the hour. How can I rebalance them? >> On Nov 3, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Nigel Kersten wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jo Rhett <[1]jrh...@netconsonance.com> >> wrote: >> >> For a long time it appeared that run cycles were fairly balanced -- a >> few every 30 seconds over the 30 minute period. Right now I'm seeing >> more than 100 systems hit in the same minute: 28 and 58 minutes after >> the hour. Is there some way to alter the spread of these systems back >> to even out the load? >> >> Or passenger options which could limit the effects of this? >> >> In your puppet.conf agent block: >> # How often puppet agent applies the client configuration; in >> seconds. >> # Note that a runinterval of 0 means "run continuously" rather than >> # "never run." If you want puppet agent to never run, you should >> start >> # it with the `--no-client` option. >> # The default value is '1800'. >> runinterval = 1800 >> ... >> # The maximum time to delay before runs. Defaults to being the same >> as the >> # run interval. >> # The default value is '$runinterval'. >> splaylimit = 1800 >> ... >> # Whether to sleep for a pseudo-random (but consistent) amount of >> time before >> # a run. >> splay = false >> >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source >> and other randomness >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [2]puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [3]puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> [4]http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Nigel Kersten >> Product Manager, Puppet Labs >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [5]puppet-users@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [6]puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> [7]http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and >> other randomness >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> References >> >> Visible links >> 1. mailto:jrh...@netconsonance.com >> 2. mailto:puppet-users@googlegroups.com >> 3. mailto:puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> 4. http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en >> 5. mailto:puppet-users@googlegroups.com >> 6. mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> 7. 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-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. > > -- 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.
