Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Patrick
On Oct 25, 2010, at 1:55 PM, donavan wrote: > On Oct 25, 11:13 am, "R.I.Pienaar" wrote: >> In this scenario puppetd will use the old catalog BUT it will still fetch >> files with source from the master. > > This is also possible during your VCSs 'update' if /etc/puppet is a > workdir. This came

[Puppet Users] Re: Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread donavan
On Oct 25, 8:12 am, Alaric wrote: >  Are there any pro/cons to using templates exclusively? > Besides the already mentioned there are some security issues with using the file server from puppet. Richard Crowley covered this a bit in his puppetcamp talk[1]. He also distributes all of his configs

[Puppet Users] Re: Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread donavan
On Oct 25, 11:13 am, "R.I.Pienaar" wrote: > In this scenario puppetd will use the old catalog BUT it will still fetch > files with source from the master. This is also possible during your VCSs 'update' if /etc/puppet is a workdir. This came up at puppet camp, and I think two groups mentioned see

[Puppet Users] Passenger Problems

2010-10-25 Thread Taylor Leese
Hi all, I'm new to Puppet and I'm trying to setup a puppet master and a client on Amazon EC2 using Passenger. I've gone through the steps described here (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/passenger.html) and here (http://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/tree/master/ext/rack). However, I am still havin

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Installing Software via Puppet

2010-10-25 Thread Todd Zullinger
Maciej Skrzetuski wrote: > Do you mean hosting your own yum repository in your own network? > That is not a bad idea but it would be easier to just copy the files > over to the puppets and then just rpm -ihv , wouldn't it? No, it wouldn't be. You lose yum's ability to install depndencies for one.

Re: MCollective Client Languages (WAS Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Accessing Facter in other languages than Ruby?)

2010-10-25 Thread R.I.Pienaar
- li...@truthisfreedom.org.uk wrote: > We have a team of system administrators within our organisation who love the > look and power of MCollective but are currently "unable" to utilise it fully > as they don't know ruby (for some reason Python is the language of > choice here!). > > I'm wri

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread R.I.Pienaar
- "Nigel Kersten" wrote: > Also, in case it wasn't clear, there are fundamental differences > between file/template and a source specified file like > puppet:///foo/bar > > > The former will: > > > * be shipped as part of the catalog > * always be shipped to the client in the catalog re

[Puppet Users] Re: Installing Software via Puppet

2010-10-25 Thread Maciej Skrzetuski
Do you mean hosting your own yum repository in your own network? That is not a bad idea but it would be easier to just copy the files over to the puppets and then just rpm -ihv , wouldn't it? Another question in this context is: How can I install software (for example RPMs) on all my puppets only

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Patrick wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Patrick
On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > Hi folks, > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files > I want to

Re: [Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Alaric wrote: > Hi folks, > > This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb > > recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm > wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files > I want to

Re: [Puppet Users] Installing Software via Puppet

2010-10-25 Thread Patrick
On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Maciej Skrzetuski wrote: > Hello there, > > I would like to install software on my puppets. I have two > installation options: > > - RPMs lying on the master > - silent installation routine lying on the master > > What is the standard/pattern for puppet to install

[Puppet Users] Installing Software via Puppet

2010-10-25 Thread Maciej Skrzetuski
Hello there, I would like to install software on my puppets. I have two installation options: - RPMs lying on the master - silent installation routine lying on the master What is the standard/pattern for puppet to install software from the puppet master if it is not installed? Kind regards Maci

[Puppet Users] Multiple errors on puppet client runs: "A section with name updates already exists"

2010-10-25 Thread Brad
Hello, I'm currently running Puppet 0.25.5-1 on CentOS 5.5. Everything has been going swimmingly until a couple of weeks ago, when I began receiving errors on one of my nodes. The node in question is also my puppetmaster, but the errors seem client-related. The errors are: err: //yumrepos::cen

[Puppet Users] Custom Fact Location Issues

2010-10-25 Thread Tomehb
Hi Guys, I have tried changing the default location of puppet facts /var/lib/ puppet/facts to /etc/puppet/development/modules/custom/lib/facter . However, it fails to check the new location, and still pulls the facts from the default location. My puppet.conf is as follows: [main] logdir=/var/log/

Re: MCollective Client Languages (WAS Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Accessing Facter in other languages than Ruby?)

2010-10-25 Thread Rob McBroom
On Oct 25, 2010, at 10:45 AM, li...@truthisfreedom.org.uk wrote: > We have a team of system administrators within our organisation who love the > look and power of MCollective but are currently "unable" to utilise it fully > as they don't know ruby (for some reason Python is the language of choice

[Puppet Users] Templates VS static files

2010-10-25 Thread Alaric
Hi folks, This may be a totally dumb question, but hey.. sometimes I'm dumb recently I've been rocking template's like a crazy person.. and I'm wondering, is there any reason why I shouldn't use templates for *all* files I want to manage, rather then have some files defined under files direc

MCollective Client Languages (WAS Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Accessing Facter in other languages than Ruby?)

2010-10-25 Thread lists
Quoting "R.I.Pienaar" : - "macwall" wrote: LOL, we're already using MCollective, this is for a project I'm working on that will (eventually) enable us to interface MCollective with other languages from a client-basis, not just an agent. would you mind elaborating on this? Other langua

Re: [Puppet Users] Problem overriding file resource in 2.6.x

2010-10-25 Thread Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale
Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale writes: > What am I doing wrong? I had an old puppetd process running while it should have been killed weeks ago. I have killed it this afternoon and it looks like everything is working properly now. -- Arnaud -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Accessing Facter in other languages than Ruby?

2010-10-25 Thread R.I.Pienaar
- "macwall" wrote: > LOL, we're already using MCollective, this is for a project I'm > working on that will (eventually) enable us to interface MCollective > with other languages from a client-basis, not just an agent. would you mind elaborating on this? Other language support is on my lis

[Puppet Users] Re: Accessing Facter in other languages than Ruby?

2010-10-25 Thread macwall
On Oct 25, 2:36 am, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > I see Matthew's concerns about security, but I'd argue you simply wouldn't > > take input that gets used in actual commands. Facter doesn't do this, and a > > wrapper script wouldn't either. That's a good point and has started me thinking about how

Re: [Puppet Users] show dependency tree?

2010-10-25 Thread David Schmitt
On 10/22/2010 5:26 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Matt Wise mailto:w...@wiredgeek.net>> wrote: I'd really like to see puppet-dashboard do this dynamically show you these graphs by pointing puppet dashboard to a local copy of your puppet configs... Thought

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet Application Server Deployment

2010-10-25 Thread James Turnbull
ajinkya prabhune wrote: > Hi, > > So what do u thing is good and better than Puppet ? > > thanks I second Nigel's question. I know a number of people who deploy Java, Ruby, PHP, etc, etc applications with Puppet. Regards James Turnbull -- Puppet Labs - http://www.puppetlabs.com C: 503-734-8