Re: [Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches
I have a dozen use cases for some sort of Puppet 'proxy' client that could supply facts and act as a provider for (e.g. load balancers, rackspace cloud, web services, embedded devices) where running Puppet locally was not practical. Does anyone know of such a thing? On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: > Just to add a similar 'this would be neat' comment to it, I know > several of the Cobbler guys have talked about wanting to see a > "libswitch" kind of similar to a libvirt. > > If we had such a thing, making a Puppet type for it seems quite logical. > > This sounds like it would be along similar lines. > > Next steps: X-10 home automation hooks :) > > --Michael > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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-us...@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.
Re: [Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches
On May 5, 2010, at 9:02 AM, seph wrote: > Geoff Crompton writes: > >> This might be a crazy idea, but it just popped into my head, and I >> wanted to know if it's possible. Perhaps not possible right now, but >> possible in a theoretical sense. >> >> Is it possible that puppet could be modified to be used to manage >> switches that have a command line based interface? > > I think there's a lot of value in configuration management system for > network stuff. Though I don't think puppet is a good fit. Puppet has > lots of types that don't really make sense in that context. > > http://www.netomata.com is the most recent thing I've seen in this > space. I'm not sure how far along they are. I am currently using the ncg, from Netomata to manage my switches/routers. Its's great, I recommend it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
Re: [Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Geoff Crompton wrote: > seph wrote: >> >> Geoff Crompton writes: >> >>> This might be a crazy idea, but it just popped into my head, and I >>> wanted to know if it's possible. Perhaps not possible right now, but >>> possible in a theoretical sense. >>> >>> Is it possible that puppet could be modified to be used to manage >>> switches that have a command line based interface? >> >> I think there's a lot of value in configuration management system for >> network stuff. Though I don't think puppet is a good fit. Puppet has >> lots of types that don't really make sense in that context. >> >> http://www.netomata.com is the most recent thing I've seen in this >> space. I'm not sure how far along they are. >> >> seph >> > > I posted a similar question on sage-au just after my puppet post. Someone > pointed me to http://www.netomata.com. While it looks like it has a little > way to go, it looks so good that it deflated my enthusiasm for using puppet > for this. Naturally TMTOWTDI. > > -- > +-Geoff Crompton > +--Debian System Administrator > +---Trinity College > Just to add a similar 'this would be neat' comment to it, I know several of the Cobbler guys have talked about wanting to see a "libswitch" kind of similar to a libvirt. If we had such a thing, making a Puppet type for it seems quite logical. This sounds like it would be along similar lines. Next steps: X-10 home automation hooks :) --Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
Re: [Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches
seph wrote: Geoff Crompton writes: This might be a crazy idea, but it just popped into my head, and I wanted to know if it's possible. Perhaps not possible right now, but possible in a theoretical sense. Is it possible that puppet could be modified to be used to manage switches that have a command line based interface? I think there's a lot of value in configuration management system for network stuff. Though I don't think puppet is a good fit. Puppet has lots of types that don't really make sense in that context. http://www.netomata.com is the most recent thing I've seen in this space. I'm not sure how far along they are. seph I posted a similar question on sage-au just after my puppet post. Someone pointed me to http://www.netomata.com. While it looks like it has a little way to go, it looks so good that it deflated my enthusiasm for using puppet for this. Naturally TMTOWTDI. -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +---Trinity College -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
[Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches
Geoff Crompton writes: > This might be a crazy idea, but it just popped into my head, and I > wanted to know if it's possible. Perhaps not possible right now, but > possible in a theoretical sense. > > Is it possible that puppet could be modified to be used to manage > switches that have a command line based interface? I think there's a lot of value in configuration management system for network stuff. Though I don't think puppet is a good fit. Puppet has lots of types that don't really make sense in that context. http://www.netomata.com is the most recent thing I've seen in this space. I'm not sure how far along they are. seph -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
