Re: [Puppet Users] Best practice using puppet and SVN in a production environment
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 07:34:19AM -0700, Christian wrote: Hello community, As you all know a good infrastructure deployment in production state should not involve much technical infrastructure staff anymore. Routine work should be able to perform by the users themselfs who should not know anything about the infrastructure implementation details. I don't think I agree with this, but nothing in your message makes it clear what you mean by users. What kind of systems are you managing, what is the relationship between you and the users (are they people in another department, customers or what?) and what are their skills? -- Bruce Hierophant: someone who remembers, when you are on the way down, everything you did to them on the way up. -- 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] exec and subsribe
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:32:15PM -0700, Luc Suryo wrote: Hello simple question ... if 2 or more EXEC subcribes to a file and that file is changed would then all the EXECs be run ? Yes - unless some other condition prevents it (e.g. a failed dependency). or does it depend whatever the FILE notifies the EXEC? No. Notify and subscribe set up the same relationship, just like before and require. -- Bruce Remember you're a Womble. -- 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] best way to include a variable in many modules ?
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:31:26PM +0100, R.I.Pienaar wrote: I have two sites with a small number of machines at each. Each site is functionally identical. I would like to set up a bunch of templates for the various services at each site, with a handful of variables that indicate which site the service is configured for. What would be best practice way to accomplish this in Puppet ? You should consider using extlookup. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/2.6.1/function.html#extlookup Why? It seems odd to be stepping outside the puppet DSL for something so basic. -- Bruce If the universe were simple enough to be understood, we would be too simple to understand 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: FreeBSD Puppet 2.6.1 odd core-dump
On 09/21/2010 12:47 PM, FreddieB wrote: Splendid! The time was off by months. Apparently FreeBSD's ntpd doesn't handle this to well (it just quits) so an initial ntpdate -b got it back on track, and after that both nptd and puppet works fine. I've always set my machines to boot with ntpdate_enable=YES. -- Russell A. Jackson r...@csub.edu Network Analyst California State University, Bakersfield -- 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] best way to include a variable in many modules ?
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.orgwrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:31:26PM +0100, R.I.Pienaar wrote: I have two sites with a small number of machines at each. Each site is functionally identical. I would like to set up a bunch of templates for the various services at each site, with a handful of variables that indicate which site the service is configured for. What would be best practice way to accomplish this in Puppet ? You should consider using extlookup. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/2.6.1/function.html#extlookup Why? It seems odd to be stepping outside the puppet DSL for something so basic. The same could be said for puppet's awful variable scoping. Should be simple, but it's not. I'd be dead without extlookup. Doug. -- 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] noop Out of sync reporting
Hi John, On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:44 PM, John Warburton jwarbur...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All I am looking to report on all servers that are Out of sync. Currently we run puppet in noop mode hourly, and so we get reports saying there are X resources Out of sync. Unfortunately, because it is a noop, puppet reports those X resources out of date as successfully applied, which makes Puppet Dashboard (downloaded the HEAD this morning) think that everything is good and green, which isn't what I was hoping for. - - !ruby/sym applied - Applied - 12 - - !ruby/sym out_of_sync - Out of sync - 12 How do others report on Out of sync, and will/does Dashboard (or Foreman) support reporting noop Out of sync as an warning? My google, and reading of issues/roadmaps were not illuminating A ticket already exists for this feature. It may be worth noting that a differentiation between applied changes as opposed to reported changes (with noop) would be useful. http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3535 Thanks John -- 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.compuppet-users%2bunsubscr...@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] exec and subsribe
Thanks Bruce! On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.orgwrote: On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:32:15PM -0700, Luc Suryo wrote: Hello simple question ... if 2 or more EXEC subcribes to a file and that file is changed would then all the EXECs be run ? Yes - unless some other condition prevents it (e.g. a failed dependency). or does it depend whatever the FILE notifies the EXEC? No. Notify and subscribe set up the same relationship, just like before and require. -- Bruce Remember you're a Womble. -- 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.compuppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- -ls -- 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] best way to include a variable in many modules ?
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Douglas Garstang doug.garst...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 08:31:26PM +0100, R.I.Pienaar wrote: I have two sites with a small number of machines at each. Each site is functionally identical. I would like to set up a bunch of templates for the various services at each site, with a handful of variables that indicate which site the service is configured for. What would be best practice way to accomplish this in Puppet ? You should consider using extlookup. http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/2.6.1/function.html#extlookup Why? It seems odd to be stepping outside the puppet DSL for something so basic. The same could be said for puppet's awful variable scoping. Should be simple, but it's not. I'd be dead without extlookup. Doug, have we got any bug reports or feature requests from you about this yet? -- 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] noop Out of sync reporting
Thanks Dan The subject line to Feature #3535 wasn't obvious that was what I was looking for. I have updated the feature with my reasons we need an out of sync report Regards John On 27 September 2010 07:31, Dan Bode d...@puppetlabs.com wrote: Hi John, On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:44 PM, John Warburton jwarbur...@gmail.comwrote: Hi All I am looking to report on all servers that are Out of sync. Currently we run puppet in noop mode hourly, and so we get reports saying there are X resources Out of sync. Unfortunately, because it is a noop, puppet reports those X resources out of date as successfully applied, which makes Puppet Dashboard (downloaded the HEAD this morning) think that everything is good and green, which isn't what I was hoping for. - - !ruby/sym applied - Applied - 12 - - !ruby/sym out_of_sync - Out of sync - 12 How do others report on Out of sync, and will/does Dashboard (or Foreman) support reporting noop Out of sync as an warning? My google, and reading of issues/roadmaps were not illuminating A ticket already exists for this feature. It may be worth noting that a differentiation between applied changes as opposed to reported changes (with noop) would be useful. http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3535 Thanks John -- 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.compuppet-users%2bunsubscr...@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.compuppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- John Warburton Ph: 0417 299 600 Email: jwarbur...@gmail.com -- 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] noop Out of sync reporting
On 27 September 2010 13:09, James Turnbull ja...@puppetlabs.com wrote: Have you also seen the pseudo-Tripwire audit capability introduced in 2.6.0? http://www.puppetlabs.com/blog/all-about-auditing-with-puppet/ That might interest too. Thanks James No - I haven't seen the audit capability - but it looks like what I am needing. It isn't mentioned in the Release Notes. Should I be looking somewhere else? Cheers John -- 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.
