Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Installing Packages from puppet files

2013-08-14 Thread Dan M
Alternatively, you can use two-step approach to install RPM located at Puppet Master: 1. Copy the rpm file from Puppet Master to Puppet Agent 2. Install the rpm file on Puppet Agent from local path This looks like following: class ...{ ... package { 'python-boto': ensure = installed,

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Installing Packages from puppet files

2009-11-17 Thread Chad Huneycutt
Creating your own repo obviously will come in handy, but here is another option. The problem is that the default package provider you are using (probably yum) does not support the puppet protocol for retrieving packages. What I have done in a couple of cases is put the package on a web server

[Puppet Users] Re: Installing Packages from puppet files

2009-11-16 Thread jokeeffe
yes, it does, starting on my repo now. thanks On Nov 15, 6:52 pm, Avi Miller avi.mil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, jokeeffe wrote: Hi, I'm a puppet newbie. Is there a way to install an rpm from the files served by the puppet master? If so, what am I doing wrong (see below)? If this isn't

[Puppet Users] Re: Installing Packages from puppet files

2009-11-15 Thread Avi Miller
Hi, jokeeffe wrote: Hi, I'm a puppet newbie. Is there a way to install an rpm from the files served by the puppet master? If so, what am I doing wrong (see below)? If this isn't possible, how should I be installing custom rpms? High-level explanation: You need to create a Yum repository