[Puppet Users] Re: Multi-tiered puppet mastery (a.k.a. masters configuring other masters...)

2010-09-22 Thread Jewels
Network segmentation and firewalling prevents that option... > > Why not have a single puppet server with teams owning different > environments and/or modules? > > That's what we do here. > > > > > Cheers, > > m -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppe

[Puppet Users] Re: Multi-tiered puppet mastery (a.k.a. masters configuring other masters...)

2010-09-22 Thread Jewels
take a look at this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/20fcb69d59a09979/40d3b0894ea9effe?lnk=gst&q=jewels#40d3b0894ea9effe I am doing the same thing -- a puppet master populates an area on another puppet master, which then configures hosts that I do

[Puppet Users] chroot'ed daemon restart error

2010-09-22 Thread Jewels
Hi all.. Having a strange problem and searhed through the groups, can't find anything. Have a couple of chrooted daemons that are giving an error with "ensure => running", even with a "hasrestart = true" Simply put it errors with a return code of 1 saying "xyzzy start returned 1" and yet if I run

[Puppet Users] Chained puppet servers

2010-09-16 Thread Jewels
I think this should work - but I don't want to break production - so.. There are several firewalls involved, but I can open 8140 as needed. So if I have a master server in one subnet and a client/master in another net - here is what I am thinking. The first master is well protected, call it "A" a

[Puppet Users] Re: revoked host can't be re-added?

2010-04-21 Thread Jewels
That was it... I kept forgetting the client. So stupid. I kept thinking it was based on the server. My bad. THANK YOU FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE! I am back in operation again... Yay! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this

[Puppet Users] revoked host can't be re-added?

2010-04-21 Thread Jewels
I have a problem I can't figure out. I was having cert problems with a host - it seemed to have multiple host names (mot likely from dns changes in the past) and all the certs were valid. Although it was giving an error about a cert I could not identify. So I tried: puppetca --revoke hostname pupp

[Puppet Users] client to client problem

2010-03-30 Thread Jewels
Good morning, Not sure if this is even possible. I have a situation with a server and 2 clients. I have a file that gets created on 1 client that needs to be moved to the other client within the 30 minute time frame of being created. I could use a cron job with rsync, but was wondering if there mi

[Puppet Users] Package install and upgrade?

2010-01-14 Thread Jewels
I searched through the archives and can't seem to find this. I have a package that has rpms for install, and i am able to do that, not a problem. I am looking for a way to ensure it is upgraded? I have version 1.0 installed and want 2.5.3 installed on all systems. so *IF* you can't upgrade to 2.

[Puppet Users] AIX support and printers?

2009-06-23 Thread Jewels
Hi all, just wondering how AIX support is going? I saw some notes on 22.4, but not on 22.8. Also, I want to move printer configs from an HP-UX world to AIX - any suggestions? thanks ~J~ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

[Puppet Users] watching a file remotely / trigger a command?

2009-03-17 Thread Jewels
Hi, Been racking my brain and I don't think there is a way to do it so I come to the experts. I have a puppet server and a client. Pretty simple - so here is the problem. I have a job that runs on the CLIENT and creates a file. I want puppet to notice when this file changes on the CLIENT and then

[Puppet Users] Re: other end went away - ONLY on HP-UX

2009-03-04 Thread Jewels
Hmmm - been running 24.7 for sometime now. Still there. > > This should be fixed in 0.24.x; search for that string in the ticket   > db and you'll see the ticket and its dupes. > > -- > Measure with a micrometer. Mark with chalk. Cut with an axe. >

[Puppet Users] other end went away - ONLY on HP-UX

2009-03-03 Thread Jewels
I have spent the last week researching and trying to figure out this problem. I know there are a lot of issues with "other end went away" but I can find any relation to how I am seeing it. Only coming from clients with HP-UX. No other system (Linux, Solaris) has this issue. All my other software

[Puppet Users] mixing up2date and yum for packages

2009-02-24 Thread Jewels
Hi all.. If you have a sytem running both up2date and yum (to keep a current redhat repo) and want to install packages using either/or - is there a way to specify which app to use for package control? I would like to be able to control on a per package basis if possible. Or should I just bite the

[Puppet Users] Re: Force puppet client reload?

2009-02-17 Thread Jewels
That is exactly what I was looking for - THANK YOU BOTH! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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

[Puppet Users] Force puppet client reload?

2009-02-17 Thread Jewels
Without changing the normal 30 minutes timer, I was wondering if there was a way to have a puppet MASTER force a client to reload somehow? Here is why - I am giving my help desk access to a webpage on a puppet Master. It will allow them to edit a single file. I need that file to update to the spe

[Puppet Users] alternative to file by file?

2009-01-14 Thread Jewels
Hi, If I wanted to monitor and serve up every file in a folder) i.e all .db files in a folder for DNS server, is there an easy way to do it without having to list each file? Can I use wildcards? I don't have a test server right now, so I thought I would ask. thanks ~J~ --~--~-~--~~--

[Puppet Users] restarting something that is not a service

2008-12-04 Thread Jewels
HI all, I would like to use puppet to restart something when a conf file has changed, but it is not a service per se. it is IPF on HP-UX, so it does have an init.d script - ipfboot - but it does not run anything so i was wondering how do I tell HP-UX to force the script to stop then start (there

[Puppet Users] Re: Ensuring a process is NOT running

2008-09-12 Thread Jewels
Oh sure - so simple - couldn't you have made it harder so i would not feel so stupid ;-) Thank you! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-u

[Puppet Users] Ensuring a process is NOT running

2008-09-10 Thread Jewels
Hi, here is an interesting problem. I don't want to remove sendmail from a system, BUT, it should never be running unless an admin starts it (and shuts it down) so I was wondering if there might be a way to use "ensure" to make sure a process is NOT running.. Any ideas? thanks ~J~ --~--~---