On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 9:50:30 AM UTC-5, Diego Lagos wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I ask you a hand to better understand if puppet is the right tool to use > in my company. > > I had the task of carrying out an exploratory survey of puppet and this is > a short summary of the various tasks that should be performed. > > 1. copy files from a repository (nexus and ftp) > 2. change file names or folder structure > 3. modify strings in files > 4. execute shell commands (like java run, or run services) > 5. update the environment variables > 6. check the status of the machine > 7. execute complex workflows such as (start process, check the status of > the process, perform another operation immediately depending on what has > happened before) > > If you put your requirements in those terms, then no, Puppet is not the best tool for you. You are looking for bash and a selection of the standard system tools.
That's not to say that any of those tasks are impossible to manage via Puppet -- all can be Puppet-managed -- but Puppet itself takes a higher-level view of the world, and you will be frustrated with it if that is inconsistent with the level at which you want to work. As I have sometimes said before, Puppet is not a script engine. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/da868504-235b-4580-9311-092a5f0118df%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
