[Puppet Users] Re: puppetlabs-inifile versus sudoers

2017-05-03 Thread Warron French
, > replace => true, > } > > Now I haven't coded or tested the above, but theoretically something coded > along these lines should work. As I don't yet have a full grasp on doing > defines and create_resources, I have to stay basic in my coding. > > Hope this hel

Re: [Puppet Users] Subscribe for external module resources

2017-03-14 Thread Warron French
Gleb, you are running a cronjob to control the interval at which your Puppet Clients are checking in? Did you know that you could instead use the option of *runinterval *within the /etc/puppet/puppet.conf file instead? In case you would like to see the help page on it, here:

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet Master and Custom Facts

2017-03-11 Thread Warron French
it. -- Warron French On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Rob Nelson <rnels...@gmail.com <mailto:rnels...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah, a 'profile::base' that does nothing or just updates the motd if you want a very simple manifest would do just fine. On Wed, Mar

Re: [Puppet Users] GDM configurations with a puppet module

2016-10-24 Thread Warron French
figure this out for Gnome (*GDM*). > > Can someone please point me in the best direction to accomplish this? I > haven't found a single Puppet Module at the forge, and there isn't a > resource for KDM/GDM type of behaviors either. > > After I get it working I intend to share it with t

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

2016-10-07 Thread Warron French
mentioned the visiting Red Hat Consultant. Or perhaps there is the customer's RH Sales rep or Technical Account Manager. I would follow up with them. Regards, James On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Warron French <warron.fre...@gmail.com <mailto:warron.fre...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

2016-09-30 Thread Warron French
guring_the_Puppet_Agent <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-satellite/6.2/single/host-configuration-guide#sect-Red_Hat_Satellite-Host_Configuration_Guide-Registration-Installing_and_Configuring_the_Puppet_Agent> I hope this helps, James On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:34 P

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

2016-09-30 Thread Warron French
environment, PE is configured with a PE-Satellite module to take the place of the Puppet inside Satellite. > > If I am not accurate, there are lots of other folks out there in MailingListLand that will step up and correct me :) > >> On Sep 29, 2016, at

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

2016-09-30 Thread Warron French
pet Enterprise in the same environment, PE is configured with a PE-Satellite module to take the place of the Puppet inside Satellite. If I am not accurate, there are lots of other folks out there in MailingListLand that will step up and correct me :) On Sep 29, 2016, at 7:34 PM, Warron French <w

[Puppet Users] Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

2016-09-29 Thread Warron French
I know that according to some official training documentation from Puppet Labs Corp, that VMware has invested in Puppet Labs. Can anyone tell me though, does the Red Hat Satellite implementation of Puppet (the master) work with the Puppet Enterprise agents... assuming the version of agent

Re: [Puppet Users] Smoke testing puppet modules within Red Hat Satellite v6.2 Puppet Master

2016-09-21 Thread Warron French
it module_name2 on disk but mas_shared_mas_menu as the error indicated, difficult to tell from here. Let us know if that helps! Rob Nelson On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Warron French <warron.fre...@gmail.com <mailto:warron.fre...@gmail.com>> wrote: As most of you I know,

[Puppet Users] Smoke testing puppet modules within Red Hat Satellite v6.2 Puppet Master

2016-09-21 Thread Warron French
As most of you I know, I am a total novice at Puppet. I have built, on my own however, a PE Puppet Master at home and it is running on a CentOS-6.7 VM. Now, I am at work, trying to write modules and smoke test them, like I have learned to do much better now at home. At home, I can write some

Re: [Puppet Users] HOWTO ERB Template generate an array of files

2016-09-18 Thread Warron French
have people going around and randomly deleting files in /etc, I would argue that you have a WAY bigger problem than being worried about whether or not a MOTD is displayed, and one that can't be solved with configuration management software. - Peter On 9/18/2016 4:42 AM, Warron French wrote

Re: [Puppet Users] HOWTO ERB Template generate an array of files

2016-09-18 Thread Warron French
, if these 3 files are always to be the same, is to pick one to put the actual content into and then use symlinks or hardlinks for the other two files. On 2016-09-16 02:54 PM, Warron French wrote: Its probably easiest to explain what I want to accomplish. I want to create the following 3 files

[Puppet Users] HOWTO ERB Template generate an array of files

2016-09-16 Thread Warron French
Its probably easiest to explain what I want to accomplish. I want to create the following 3 files: */etc/motd, /etc/issue, /etc/issue.net* from a single (1) puppet file resource using the content => template('template.erb') syntax. I don't want to create 3 separate file resources and use the

Re: [Puppet Users] Basic question

2016-08-03 Thread Warron French
Thanks Sandbeck, that was a very useful link, once I read down towards the bottom! I appreciate it. On 7/21/2016 8:44 AM, Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: "warron.french" writes: Is it possible to extract a tarball using the puppet module, and then set the permission

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Basic question

2016-08-03 Thread Warron French
pet/latest/reference/type.html#exec-attribute-creates On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 8:11:22 PM UTC-4, Warron French wrote: Is it possible to extract a tarball using the puppet module, and then set the permission of all the directory after that? Would one select a provider and the

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Sidedoor module

2016-06-04 Thread Warron French
Have you considered running the puppet client agent on the solaris 10 VM locally, as in without speaking to the master server, via a: puppet apply --noop A "puppet apply" requires the sidedoor code to be on the solaris 10VM https://docs.puppet.com/guides/tests_smoke.html#testing-in-brief

[Puppet Users] Re: Sidedoor module

2016-06-03 Thread Warron French
etlabs/code/environments/production/modules/sidedoor/files/.* Can someone please help me get the directory creation/population portion of this module working? I am trying to learn how to write modules; not necessarily best practices yet. Thanks, Warron -- Warro

[Puppet Users] Re: Sidedoor - Puppet Module

2016-06-02 Thread Warron French
Is there a limit to the number of questions that I can post to Google Groups or this list... in a single day? On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 11:22:10 PM UTC-4, Warron French wrote: > > I have created, a Puppet Module using PE-2015.2. > > The module is called Sidedoor (as opposed

[Puppet Users] Sidedoor - Puppet Module

2016-06-01 Thread Warron French
I have created, a Puppet Module using PE-2015.2. The module is called Sidedoor (as opposed to backdoor) and the intent is to do the following (as I am evolving it): 1. Create a system-group with GID=300, and ensure it is in place, 2. Create a user (mine for example) with starting UID=(300 +

Re: [Puppet Users] How to get modules recognized for use during classification

2016-06-01 Thread Warron French
again, that link helped me to at least get the module recognized; now at least next time I know to look for updating the cache of the Puppet Master to the web interface - and waiting for 3 minutes. ------ Warron French On Wed, Jun

Re: [Puppet Users] How to get modules recognized for use during classification

2016-06-01 Thread Warron French
IDE for writing Puppet Modules? Thanks again, that link helped me to at least get the module recognized; now at least next time I know to look for updating the cache of the Puppet Master to the web interface - and waiting for 3 minutes. ------

Re: [Puppet Users] How to get modules recognized for use during classification

2016-06-01 Thread Warron French
he Gepetto IDE for writing Puppet Modules? Thanks again, that link helped me to at least get the module recognized; now at least next time I know to look for updating the cache of the Puppet Master to the web interface - and waiting for 3 minutes. ------

[Puppet Users] puppet facter for password hashing algorithm on a per OS basis

2016-02-10 Thread Warron French
Hello, I was hoping someone could help with answering this question, for the following scenario. On our network we have some OLD ( I mean 1/06, up to 1/09) Solaris 10 SPARC servers and workstations along with newer Solaris 10 SPARC servers (running even the lastest revisions, like 1/13); and

[Puppet Users] Geppetto + Github,com configurations

2015-12-03 Thread Warron French
Hello, I am trying to learn how to write Puppet Modules. I have taken the free training within the PuppetLabs Learning VM (which was very informative, and self-paced) and wanted to use my Windows 7 machine where I have installed Geppetto-4.3.1. I already had (months ago) installed and

[Puppet Users] Puppet Module Writing - understanding clearly package dependency resolution

2015-11-28 Thread Warron French
Hello, I am working on writing my first puppet module. I am pretty skilled in writing complex shell (bash, ksh, sh) scripts so I have some questions in general about writing a thorough puppet module. I want to write a single puppet module to support installation, configuration and service

[Puppet Users] Access problems to PE 2015.2 Admin Console after successful installation

2015-11-21 Thread Warron French
Hello, my name is Warron. I am relatively new to using PE Puppet, and downloaded and installed the product from PuppetLabs.com. I am running the PE puppet configuration in Monolithic 'style?' and I installed several times unsuccessfully, and the last time successfully (comparing obvious

[Puppet Users] Re: puppet 2015.2 installation problem on Centos 6.5

2015-11-21 Thread Warron French
Bo, the subject of your post implies installation problems on CentOS; however, did you attempt a: *puppet parser /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/pe_repo/manifests/repo.pp * command? On Friday, September 25, 2015 at 12:15:51 PM UTC-4, bo sun wrote: > > Hi guys, > > this is my first try of

[Puppet Users] Re: Access problems to PE 2015.2 Admin Console after successful installation

2015-11-21 Thread Warron French
blem. On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 1:37:46 PM UTC-5, Warron French wrote: > > Hello, my name is Warron. > > I am relatively new to using PE Puppet, and downloaded and installed the > product from PuppetLabs.com. I am running the PE puppet configuration in > Monolithic 's