On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Marshie8 <markmarsha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Puppet.
>
> I need to monitor a file for changes on a server and if it does, copy it
> immediately to the clients. But it has permissions 640, and must retain
> these.
>
> Can anyone suggest a manifest for this?
Hi,
The idea behind puppet is that it centrally manages/controls your
node's configuration. Given that as a premise, allowing your source
file to be changed on the server is going to quickly get things out of
control again, as puppet, as far as I know, can't monitor remote
server's files for changes to push out to other clients.
My suggestion would be to take a copy of the file as it is on your
server now, and place it under the control of puppet. The following
simple manifest should do what you're after:
class server_file {
file { "/destination/path/to/your/file":
owner => owner,
group => group,
mode => 0640,
source => "puppet:///files/server_file",
}
}
In a default configuration of puppet on a UNIX-like OS, server_file
would be placed at /etc/puppet/files/server_file.
>From now on though, your admins/users are going to have to understand
that any changes to that file need to be made on the puppetmaster.
The above manifest also assumes that server_file is placed in the same
location on both clients and the server.
Hope this helps,
Matt.
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