On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Simon J Mudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Loobster) writes:
>
>> I was thinking of creating a little script (ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh) to
>> do that and also figure out which version of reader is installed.
>>
>> -bash-3.00$ /opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread -v
>> 8.1.2
>>
>> So far, this is what I came up with on the puppet side of things:
>>
>> # Omited class and case statements.
>>
>> # create staging directory
>> file { "/sysprov/apps/adobe":
>> owner => puppet,
>> group => puppet,
>> ensure => directory
>> }
>>
>> # copy files the staging area
>> file { "/sysprov/apps/adobe/AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.sparc.tar.gz":
>> owner => puppet,
>> group => puppet,
>> source => "puppet://puppet/apps/adobe/
>> AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.sparc.tar.gz",
>> }
>>
>> file { "/sysprov/apps/adobe/bar-ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh":
>> owner => puppet,
>> group => puppet,
>> source => "puppet://puppet/apps/adobe/adobe/ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh",
>> }
>>
>> # Run the installer
>> exec { "ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh":
>> command => "/sysprov/apps/adobe/ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh",
>> require => File[ "/sysprov/apps/adobe/
>> AdobeReader_enu-8.1.3-1.sparc.tar.gz" ]
>> require => File[ "/sysprov/apps/adobe/ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh" ]
>> refreshonly => true,
>> }
>>
>> I get the feeling that I don't have to create ar-8.1.3-1.install.sh
>> script and that the whole thing can be done in puppet or facteur.
>
> We've started doing this with another non-rpm package on
> Linux. however I was startled to see at least on our setup that it
> took several minutes to copy the directory including the binary and
> install script over. Total space about 40MB. Very slow.
>
> Is this the expected speed?
>
> Our network is 100Mb and puppet is (custom built):
>
> # rpm -q puppet
> puppet-0.24.6-1ce4.1
>
> running x86_64 CentOS 4.
>
Depending on your puppet version, yes. It is a known issue/annoyance
that puppet is lousy at transferring large directories of files. I
under stand that a change to a ReST desgin for the file transfer is
coming that should resolve this.
Evan
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