Thanks David for the detailed response. This helps a lot. I'll take a step back to regroup and look at Vagrant and see if I need to put into better words exactly what it is I'm trying to accomplish. Best regards - Barry
On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 9:49:54 PM UTC-4, David R. wrote: > > Typical puppet use is to write manifests. Manifests can easily install > packages using the package manager of your choice, update configuration > files, start services, run scripts, etc.. so there is probably a way to do > what you want, however, I've never tried to do this using the REST api. > > Furthermore, Puppet really isn't a procedural system. When I first set > out on the road of deciding which way to go, I read any number of opinions > about my options, and primarily looked at Chef vs Puppet. I'm quite happy > with what we've been able to achieve with Puppet, but there are > alternatives that are purported to be far more procedural in nature, like > Chef or perhaps salt stack. > > In a way, we are utilizing vm's in that our cluster is deployed through > aws. Our strategy is to create AMI's for each machine type we need, that > has the majority of the configuration taken care of. We use some scripts > that utilize the AWS rest api to start up the servers, setup dns, and > position the machine where it is needed, and we use puppet to do the rest > of the setup. > > It seems to me that you are looking for something similar, and this is > where in my opinion, you are expecting puppet to do something it's not > designed for... which is getting a machine started with enough > type/identity for it to run. If these are vm's running on a server, then > between xen/vmware/virtualbox/whatever your host os is, there are ways to > start vm's up with enough identity, that a tool like puppet could get you > the rest of the way. Vagrant is a tool that could be used as that glue > that handles what the aws instance API + AMI's provides. > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Barry D > <bdre...@globalinfotek.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> This looks promising. Is this the only way to install VMs using Puppet? >> Thanks >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 8:34:35 PM UTC-4, David R. wrote: >> >>> Have you taken a look at http://www.vagrantup.com/ >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Barry D <bdre...@globalinfotek.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Mainly Linux, but other OSs are fine. >>>> I will need to install VMs. Then uninstall them later. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 7:35:12 PM UTC-4, Ygor wrote: >>>> >>>>> On May 28, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Barry D wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Hi, >>>>> > >>>>> > I am currently evaluating Puppet and have some questions: >>>>> > • How do we (or can we) trigger software installs using the >>>>> REST API? >>>>> > • How can we (can we at all) use the REST API to list what >>>>> software is available to install? >>>>> > • Can a client browse the Puppet repository using a REST >>>>> API, and trigger an install using the APIs? >>>>> > • As the SysAdmin, can I use those REST APIs to >>>>> install/maintain new software on the Puppet Server? >>>>> > • Can you direct me to clean documentation and directions >>>>> needed for this application? >>>>> > • Direct me to some Java samples using the REST API to >>>>> accomplish the functionality requested above. >>>>> > Thanks very much for any assistance you can provide. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> I think you have unrealistic expectations of what Puppet and/or the >>>>> Puppet REST API is capable of. >>>>> >>>>> What operating system are you using ? >>>>> >>>>> What sort of software packages are you looking to install/maintain ? >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> > -- *Global InfoTek, Inc. 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