Re: [Puppet Users] Re: if( defined( Class[software::mongodb] ) ) throws an error

2011-01-19 Thread Felix Frank
On 01/19/2011 12:39 AM, MJ wrote: I'm suspect it is one of the subtle and strange behavoir. I suppose I should have just posted a link to the code in git hub. I guess I was expecting that this would be something that was going to jump out as something obvious. My apologies for not doing so.

Re: [Puppet Users] Failed SSL with CNAME'd puppetserver

2011-01-19 Thread Robert Scheer
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 10:57 -0800, Jeff McCune wrote: puppet cert --confdir ~/.puppet/conf_test --certdnsnames puppet-old.domain:puppet-new.domain:puppet-old:puppet-new --generate puppet-new.domain Thank you, this works! Robert Scheer -- You received this message because you are

[Puppet Users] Re: Parameter alias failed

2011-01-19 Thread Lithium
Sorry, I missed that part. Site is a define. Looking at the logs I'm also getting a different message at random: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Parameter alias failed: Munging failed for value scisoc.uwaterloo.ca in class alias: Cannot alias

Re: [Puppet Users] Set client environment on master

2011-01-19 Thread Stefan Schulte
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 06:41:26PM -0800, Bostjan Skufca wrote: Hi again! Is there any way to override client-specified environment in puppet master? I would like my puppetmaster node definition to set the real environment the node is in. Tnx for info, b. I dont think this will work

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Parameter alias failed

2011-01-19 Thread Denmat
Without seeing your code, does the user 'scisoc.uwaterloo.ca' already exist in your manifest? Or maybe you didn't fully revert your changes? Also puppet doesn't revert changes made to nodes unless you tell it how. Other tip would be to try virtualizing the resource and realize it, or striping

[Puppet Users] Re: Parameter alias failed

2011-01-19 Thread Lithium
Den, It was the second problem, not reverting all of my code. I still had a drupal6::site with the alias parameter (which I renamed to not conflict with the meta params to sitealias) set to 'scisoc.uwaterloo.ca'. After I changed alias to sitealias puppet ran fine. It was hard to pin down from the

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Parameter alias failed

2011-01-19 Thread Denmat
My pleasure. On 20/01/2011, at 8:45, Lithium brad.kr...@gmail.com wrote: Den, It was the second problem, not reverting all of my code. I still had a drupal6::site with the alias parameter (which I renamed to not conflict with the meta params to sitealias) set to 'scisoc.uwaterloo.ca'.

[Puppet Users] Re: if( defined( Class[software::mongodb] ) ) throws an error

2011-01-19 Thread MJ
On Jan 19, 12:58 am, Felix Frank felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de wrote: On 01/19/2011 12:39 AM, MJ wrote: I'm suspect it is one of the subtle and strange behavoir.  I suppose I should have just posted a link to the code in git hub.  I guess I was expecting that this would be something

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Set client environment on master

2011-01-19 Thread John Warburton
On 19 January 2011 17:41, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:10:56PM +1100, John Warburton wrote: wishes - https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3910 *Looks at discussion* Ouch. If the client were still allowed to override the environment, even when

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppetmaster module path specification with wildcards

2011-01-19 Thread Bostjan Skufca
(...or, y'know, write the patch. We are really happy to accept that sort of thing.) Aaah, I always forget that these sorts of things are easy with scripted languages:) Anyway, ticked has been opened as #5936 and feature has been implemented in here:

[Puppet Users] Re: Set client environment on master

2011-01-19 Thread Bostjan Skufca
The way John sums it up really makes sense. Feature request? b. On 20 jan., 00:04, John Warburton jwarbur...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 January 2011 17:41, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:10:56PM +1100, John Warburton wrote: wishes

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Set client environment on master

2011-01-19 Thread John Warburton
On 20 January 2011 13:18, Bostjan Skufca bostjan.skufca.w...@gmail.comwrote: The way John sums it up really makes sense. Feature request? Alan Barrett did this in note 17 - https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3910#note-17 John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Multiple packages installation in one yum call

2011-01-19 Thread Mike Lococo
On 01/18/2011 03:06 PM, Avi Miller wrote: Mike Lococo wrote: 2) Use the yum-driven options *AND* run your own satellite server so you can ping it as often as you like. You don't need a Satellite Server for this, just a plain Yum server will do, which is essentially just httpd + createrepo

[Puppet Users] Problem with specifying server name

2011-01-19 Thread Basil Kurian
I 'm configuring puppet in an ubuntu server and a client. When I define the server's IP as hostname puppet, things are working well. But When I try to change the hostname to something different it is not working root@client ~# puppetd --test --server server.example.local err: Could not retrieve

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppetmaster module path specification with wildcards

2011-01-19 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 17:33, Bostjan Skufca bostjan.skufca.w...@gmail.com wrote: (...or, y'know, write the patch.  We are really happy to accept that sort of thing.) Aaah, I always forget that these sorts of things are easy with scripted languages:) Anyway, ticked has been opened as #5936

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppetmaster module path specification with wildcards

2011-01-19 Thread Derek J. Balling
On Jan 18, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Bostjan Skufca wrote: Would anyone else fancy a wildcard path expansion in module path specification? Example: modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules/* ---[ above should expand to this equivalent ]-- [ provided that repo1 and

[Puppet Users] pre-compiling gems

2011-01-19 Thread John Warburton
Hi I have a small number of gems I install on my puppet server, and manage to get them compiled and they pick up my non standard environment and install OK However, I need to send some options to the mysql gem to get it to compile. Hence I do it by hand, which is now biting, as well as not the

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppetmaster module path specification with wildcards

2011-01-19 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 20:01, Derek J. Balling dr...@megacity.org wrote: On Jan 18, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Bostjan Skufca wrote: Would anyone else fancy a wildcard path expansion in module path specification? [...] There are a couple potential caveats to that, the most serious being sort

Re: [Puppet Users] pre-compiling gems

2011-01-19 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 20:02, John Warburton jwarbur...@gmail.com wrote: I have a small number of gems I install on my puppet server, and manage to get them compiled and they pick up my non standard environment and install OK I can't help with the gem provider, but my general advice is:

Re: [Puppet Users] pre-compiling gems

2011-01-19 Thread John Warburton
On 20 January 2011 15:08, Daniel Pittman dan...@puppetlabs.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 20:02, John Warburton jwarbur...@gmail.com wrote: 2) Trying to pre-compile the gem and install it. Since I have no idea what I This. Always do this. It gives you predictable, uniform behaviour,

[Puppet Users] Re: Problem with specifying server name

2011-01-19 Thread Nicolas Aizier
I know that's not the exact answer you want but why not filling up the hosts file with additional puppet on the concerned server ? Or in the DNS if you're in a biggest organization ... On Jan 20, 12:06 am, Basil Kurian basilkur...@gmail.com wrote: I 'm configuring puppet in an ubuntu server and

Re: [Puppet Users] Problem with specifying server name

2011-01-19 Thread Patrick
On Jan 19, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Basil Kurian wrote: root@client ~# puppetd --test err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: undefined method `closed?' for nil:NilClass warning: Not using cache on failed catalog err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run This

Re: [Puppet Users] Problem with specifying server name

2011-01-19 Thread Tim Nicholas
I had a problem like this when I changed the hostname I was using to access the puppet server (from puppet to something else). I think in the end I regenerated the ssl keys on the server and it started working. Not sure if that was a required fix or a coincidental fix as I didn't do any

[Puppet Users] Re: Schedules. Who uses them and why?

2011-01-19 Thread donavan
On Jan 17, 6:38 pm, Nigel Kersten ni...@puppetlabs.com wrote: I'm trying to get a feel for the actual use cases for the Schedule type in Puppet. Anyone care to help me out with some real world examples? Schedules go great with exported resources. My use case is getting applied changes on

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Set client environment on master

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Richardson
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:04:37AM +1100, John Warburton wrote: On 19 January 2011 17:41, Bruce Richardson itsbr...@workshy.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 05:10:56PM +1100, John Warburton wrote: wishes - https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3910 *Looks at discussion* Ouch. If