Jira (PDB-704) PuppetDB installing postgresql is not optional

[Aaron Hicks (JIRA)]

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Aaron Hicks commented on an issue   Re: PuppetDB installing postgresql is not optional I'll make a PR and see how it looks from there. The current implementation forces the PostgreSQL server to be installed with only those parameters exposed by the classes in the PuppetDB module. You can't even specify that the data directory should be somewhere else, or if you want PostGIS installed. If some fool has put together a PostgreSQL cluster using Puppet, a PuppetDB database can't be created and managed on it with the PuppetDB module. Even if you did expose all the postgresql::server parameters, you'd need to re-release when new ones are created. Cut-pasting code out of the PuppetDB module is... bad... and will lead to configuration drift and duplicate declarations of resources. Add Comment   PuppetDB / PDB-704 PuppetDB installing postgresql is not optional The puppetlabs-puppetdb module installs PostgreSQL, and this is not optional. This means it is not possible to install postgresql separately with a tuned configuration for your environment, or in a manner that could be reused by other services. Either make the installation of the PuppetDB optiona via a parameter, or remove it completely. By param... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.