[Puppet Users] Is there a way to limit the number of agents that can run concurrently?

2012-05-19 Thread Karim
Hi all, I've set up a Puppet environment with a master managing around 80 agents. I would like to set a limit on the number of agents that can be performing puppet runs at any given moment...so, for example, if there are already 3 puppet runs ongoing, the 4th agent should be put on hold until one

[Puppet Users] Re: install Rubygem-package on a machine without Rubygems preinstalled, Provider gem is not functional on this host

2012-05-19 Thread Ingo Fischer
Since I'm getting no answer here, I get the impression that installing Rubygems with Puppet on a system without Rubygems preinstalled is not possible. Are there at least any workarounds? Am Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2012 23:43:58 UTC+2 schrieb Ingo Fischer: On a clean Debian system - without

[Puppet Users] Re: Is there a way to limit the number of agents that can run concurrently?

2012-05-19 Thread Vlad
For a similar scenario I use mcollective http://puppetlabs.com/mcollective/introduction/with puppetd agenthttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/mcollective-plugins/wiki/AgentPuppetd and puppet commanderhttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/mcollective-plugins/wiki/ToolPuppetcommander It

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: install Rubygem-package on a machine without Rubygems preinstalled, Provider gem is not functional on this host

2012-05-19 Thread Nan Liu
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Ingo Fischer ingo.fisc...@profitbricks.com wrote: Since I'm getting no answer here, I get the impression that installing Rubygems with Puppet on a system without Rubygems preinstalled is not possible. Are there at least any workarounds? This should be fixed

[Puppet Users] erb logic with a hiera value

2012-05-19 Thread Wolf Noble
so I've set a hiera key, and trying to display some different data in motd depending on if the value of said key is true or false… it gets set accordingly.. but my motd template doesn't seem to be properly reacting when the value of it changes.. it's as if the variable never matches true not

Re: [Puppet Users] erb logic with a hiera value

2012-05-19 Thread Gary Larizza
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Wolf Noble wno...@datapipe.com wrote: so I've set a hiera key, and trying to display some different data in motd depending on if the value of said key is true or false… it gets set accordingly.. but my motd template doesn't seem to be properly reacting when

Re: [Puppet Users] erb logic with a hiera value

2012-05-19 Thread Wolf Noble
Thanks Gary, I knew it was something simple. Appreciate the help % if foostatus == true -% This is the problem - you're trying to compare a boolean value of true to a string value of 'true'. Just do something like: % if foostatus -% That should work for you :)

Re: [Puppet Users] odd behaviour on file ensure = absent

2012-05-19 Thread Stefan Schulte
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 01:05:03PM -0400, Christopher Wood wrote: Here's my test (done on Debian Stable with puppet 2.7.13 from the puppetlabs apt repository): $ cat /tmp/t1.pp file { '/tmp/xx/yy/zz/1': ensure = absent, } $ ls /tmp/xx ls: cannot access /tmp/xx: No such file or

[Puppet Users] Puppet for installation of ofed-infiniband stack

2012-05-19 Thread Jon Tegner
Hi, I need to install ofed-rpms (1.5.4.1) on several cluster nodes, I have used the install script to generate the rpms (and install them on one of the nodes). Then I put the relevant rpm-files on a local repository, and created a puppet module for installing them on the nodes (in this module

[Puppet Users] can puppet replace NIS?

2012-05-19 Thread ConradL
Hi folks -- Does anyone out there have experienced replacing NIS, using puppet? If so, can you kindly share to me some advise, gotchas, and whatnot, etc... Thanks in advance for your help -Conrad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Puppet Users

Re: [Puppet Users] can puppet replace NIS?

2012-05-19 Thread Dan White
In my experience, replacements for NIS are things like LDAP and DNS While Puppet can help with the implementation, IMHO it cannot do the actual work of any of these services. Or did I misunderstand the question ? On May 19, 2012, at 7:51 PM, ConradL wrote: Hi folks -- Does anyone out

Re: [Puppet Users] can puppet replace NIS?

2012-05-19 Thread Alan Evans
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: In my experience, replacements for NIS are things like LDAP and DNS While Puppet can help with the implementation, IMHO it cannot do the actual work of any of these services. I tend to agree with Dan on this one. I am a fan