Re: [Puppet Users] Hiera Error 400 on SERVER: Could not find data item classes in any Hiera data file and no default supplied

2016-04-19 Thread Rob Nelson
test 3.x version now, and 4.x as soon as you can, as SO MANY hiera bugs were fixed in 3.7/3.8 and then 4.3/4.4 that it's very likely that any bug you run into is already fixed by moving past 3.6.2. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, &

Re: [Puppet Users] pdxcat-nrpe, hiera data in command

2016-04-21 Thread Rob Nelson
Can you link directly to the module you're using, on the forge or on github? -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- 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

Re: [Puppet Users] pdxcat-nrpe, hiera data in command

2016-04-21 Thread Rob Nelson
ables you want to pass to nrpe::command instances parameters of the class, and hiera can do the heavy lifting. That should give you the best of both worlds. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > > > On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 3:25:35 PM UTC-

Re: [Puppet Users] using multiple EXECs

2016-04-22 Thread Rob Nelson
nerally be your last resort. Find another way when possible! Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 1:24 AM, wrote: > Hi all, > > I am building this module which has rpm packages in it and execs commands. > What is the best way to build this module.. does writing n

Re: [Puppet Users] python on puppet

2016-04-22 Thread Rob Nelson
rally more interesting than non-approved modules, but you should always review modules to find which is the best fit for you now and in the future. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 2:04 PM, wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to manage python packages from puppet.I wan

Re: [Puppet Users] manage passwords on several systems

2016-04-26 Thread Rob Nelson
u show the code you're using? Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:36 PM, filip hosten wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing a manifest to distribute the puppet master's shadow passwords > for selected users to the clients. > > If a user want to change

Re: [Puppet Users] Setting var to undef does not override class or define defaults

2016-04-26 Thread Rob Nelson
Passing undef to a parameter doesn't unset it. It's the same as not passing it. I do not believe there is a standard way to unset a parameter with a default value. You can set it to '', 0, false, or another appropriate "unset" value depending on how it is to be us

Re: [Puppet Users] Way to pass "arguments" into a subclass?

2016-04-28 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] PE missing referents for production modules

2016-05-03 Thread Rob Nelson
Doesthe module show up with 'puppet module list'? You may need to add '--environment=production' and/or '--modulepath=/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules'. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Matthew Pounsett < mat

Re: [Puppet Users] Upgrading Puppet from 2.7 to 4

2016-05-06 Thread Rob Nelson
/watch?v=D7rbUlNWOg4&list=PLV86BgbREluUDlJW_jAqnWPj0THx7eXBA&index=23 There are a ton of other talks about Puppet 4 in the playlist, though maybe not dealing specifically with upgrades. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &qu

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet fails to convert plist hash to binary after password changed on OS X agent

2016-05-09 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] fixtures from Puppetfile in puppetlabs_spec_helper

2016-05-12 Thread Rob Nelson
file, though - https://github.com/puppetlabs/r10k/blob/master/doc/updating-your-puppetfile.mkd. I wrote the last one, generate-puppetfile, which can create a very naive .fixtures.yml for you, assuming you want to test against HEAD. If you want to do specific versions, you'll have to do something el

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet enterprise code manager issue

2016-05-12 Thread Rob Nelson
connect to in all releases. Otherwise you'll have to wait for > the next Puppet Enterprise release to use code-manager. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop rec

Re: [Puppet Users] Test coverage behaviour changed between 3.x/4.x

2016-05-13 Thread Rob Nelson
I don't believe so. I filed a similar report on how custom facts are treated, #356. Sounds like similar behavior, maybe a similar cause? Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Matt Dainty wrote: > I have an open bug report with the rspec-puppet project

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: How to control who can add/update permissions in sudoers

2016-05-19 Thread Rob Nelson
your data. As I read the recommendations, there are certainly valid reasons to keep some things out of the control repo, but only if you explicitly need to. It's up to you to determine if you need to, or if your code review and gating processes are sufficient. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com O

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet 4 environments git feedback?

2016-05-19 Thread Rob Nelson
ration tests to your code, that are automatically run by GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins/etc, which could lead to removing the qa level as well. But that's down the road a bit. There is a lot of room for improvement here as you have time to focus on your pipeline. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet 4 environments git feedback?

2016-05-19 Thread Rob Nelson
We use a cron job in addition to git hooks. The hooks work 99% of the time, and the cron job handles the occasional miss because the network burped. They're very complimentary. On Thursday, May 19, 2016, Christopher Wood wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 11:39:30AM -0400, Rob Nels

Re: [Puppet Users] How to control who can add/update permissions in sudoers

2016-05-19 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] Is there a way to publish a module via the Forge API?

2016-05-20 Thread Rob Nelson
I love blacksmith, it's great. It does require the forge password be known to the person running it, however. You can "level up" your deployments to allow others with write access to your repo, but not the forge credentials, in a mature pipeline with Travis CI's automated deployments

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet server 4: hiera set up?

2016-05-20 Thread Rob Nelson
Doug, You could add --trace to see where it's looking. I would also try tossing something into common, which requires NO facts, to ensure base hiera functionality before moving on to tiers dependent upon fact values. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 3:11 PM, dko

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-22 Thread Rob Nelson
s.com . > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/ac7d5df1-1798-e7d2-0215-b05166dc7b71%40puppet.com > . > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this me

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-23 Thread Rob Nelson
; > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAJ%2BQ1PVrqBsaznadB9z9wTAS6s%3DdEHMZZpwNAqtCtYES7OMCyg%40mail.gmail.com > . > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > > >> > -- &g

Re: [Puppet Users] What is the meaning of all these different version commands

2016-05-24 Thread Rob Nelson
tions all the way through before beginning, as there are sometimes warnings and gotchas you need to be aware of. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Jim wrote: > root@jim-Ubuntu1504:/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments# puppet --version > 4.4.1 > root@jim-U

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-25 Thread Rob Nelson
server A it would get the basic firewall. > > The next step is if I had profile "app A" > if it had something like > rules to add to from anywhere > allow inbound port 80 > allow inbound port 443 > > rules to add to only from local network > allow inbound port 8080

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-26 Thread Rob Nelson
ll is from the forge > https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-firewall this one ? > > I notice you have your modules / code on github aren't you concerned > about having it in a public place ? > > A > > On 26 May 2016 at 11:01, Rob Nelson > > wrote: > >

Re: [Puppet Users] 3.8.5 Master with 3.7.2 Agents

2016-05-27 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] How to deliberately cause modules to conflict?

2016-05-28 Thread Rob Nelson
quot; class which installs dma by > default, but parameterize it such that postfix is another option. Are > there any other ways? > > -Dan > > -- > > Dan Mahoney > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM &g

Re: [Puppet Users] Multiple resource bodies?

2016-05-30 Thread Rob Nelson
27;expéditeur > par retour de courriel et supprimer le courriel. Merci! > > Confidentiality Warning: This message, including any attachment, is sent > only for the use of the intended recipient; it is confidential and may > constitute privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, > you ar

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet 4.5 and git & R10K

2016-05-31 Thread Rob Nelson
hat module, the r10k.yaml file will be created in the correct location for you. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 2:40 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > New install, I am doing this on Centos 6.x > I have installed the repo RPM > > I believe this is PC1 re

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-31 Thread Rob Nelson
igure hiera and r10k. Whether you place those in your controlrepo or another repo is up to you. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Alex Samad wrote: > Hi > > > Finally got some time to look at this > > > On 24 May 2016 at 11:22, Rob Nelson wrote:

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet and SVN

2016-05-31 Thread Rob Nelson
ss up, as I can attest to! On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Alex Samad wrote: > Thanks. I did get onto the code control section which seems to > suggest I should use it instead of git/r10k as it hids this away > behind the scene ! > > > > On 31 May 2016 at 22:36, Rob Nelson > &g

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet 4.5 and git & R10K

2016-05-31 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] Re-issuing agent certs from a newer Puppet Master

2016-06-01 Thread Rob Nelson
If you run `puppet agent -t [--server ]` and there is a mismatch, it should provide directions to remedy the situation. In your case, wiping out the ssldir on the client should suffice. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:39 PM, warron.french wrote: > Hello again, >

Re: [Puppet Users] Trying to understand hiera and use in site.pp

2016-06-01 Thread Rob Nelson
that, you could try running puppet against it as is, then turn one of the service_* values to false/stopped and you should see the state change. If it changes from running to stopped, and back again if you revert the changes, you know things are working. If not, it gets you closer to the issue.

Re: [Puppet Users] Trying to understand hiera and use in site.pp

2016-06-01 Thread Rob Nelson
"Works" in this case would mean that when you set ntp::service_enable: false, on the next puppet run, the service would be disabled. If that's the case, hiera is working and any errors are likely to do with typos or yaml formatting issues with the other settings. Rob Nelson rne

Re: [Puppet Users] How to get modules recognized for use during classification

2016-06-01 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] how to escape %{ in hiera

2016-06-06 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] Run Puppet Class only once

2016-06-07 Thread Rob Nelson
r resource types that are better suited to your needs. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Christoph wrote: > Hi there, > > I want to run a whole puppet class only once when provisioning a system > for the first time. > > Unfortunately I do not find

Re: [Puppet Users] Trouble creating a release RPM from puppetlabs/puppet source repo

2016-06-08 Thread Rob Nelson
I believe most reason for concern with AIO is that it installs a separate version of ruby, openssl, and other applications and libraries on your system. These need upgrading, just like your system apps/libs, and Puppet may both expose you to different vulnerabilities, since their versions are l

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet 4.5 and git & R10K

2016-06-08 Thread Rob Nelson
lse, }, }, manage_modulepath => false } # bootstrap.sh snippets mkdir -p /root/bootstrap/modules puppet module install --modulepath=/root/bootstrap/modules zack/r10k --version 3.2.0 puppet apply --modulepath=/root/bootstrap/modules r10k_installation.pp r10k deploy environment -p Since I don'

Re: [Puppet Users] Trouble creating a release RPM from puppetlabs/puppet source repo

2016-06-09 Thread Rob Nelson
Eric Sidebar question I've always had. There's the puppet gem that is commonly used for rspec-puppet. Could that gem (plus its deps, facter, hiera, etc.) suffice for some or all use cases? Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Eric Sorenson wrote: > Matt,

Re: [Puppet Users] Issue copying files if package exists

2016-06-12 Thread Rob Nelson
> Am I missing the obvious? > > $ puppet -V > 3.8.7 > $ lsb_release -d > Description:Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS > > Thank you > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this

Re: [Puppet Users] Issue copying files if package exists

2016-06-13 Thread Rob Nelson
ys, of course, "beat" the computer and figure out a workaround, but you're losing out on the strengths of the CM tool you have chosen. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Helmut Schneider wrote: > Craig Dunn wrote: > > > Given the above, what

Re: [Puppet Users] Removing unmanaged path /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/ - r10k

2016-06-17 Thread Rob Nelson
stepping all over it. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Ali wrote: > > r10k deployment is failing, if my repo paths has "modules" in it . if > I change modules to any other word or even module it works fine . In order > to correctly map en

Re: [Puppet Users] Newbie question re Hiera

2016-06-21 Thread Rob Nelson
discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/8236b18c-2b1c-4733-a744-7dbeb281784c%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/8236b18c-2b1c-4733-a744-7dbeb281784c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > F

Re: [Puppet Users] external node classifier my setup

2016-06-23 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] external node classifier my setup

2016-06-24 Thread Rob Nelson
id say you haven't managed a puppet install yet, and I think if you set something up in vagrant or a lab, some of the concepts would become clear a lot quicker than when we discuss them in the abstract. -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscrib

Re: [Puppet Users] Working with hiera and debugging

2016-06-26 Thread Rob Nelson
emails from it, send an > > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/a7bb4a4b-d61b-4db0-bdff-57030d75cb51%40googlegroups.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.goog

Re: [Puppet Users] R10k Post Recieve Hook Git/Github

2016-06-30 Thread Rob Nelson
;m using to this day. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 1:50 PM, broncosd183 wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently using the open source version of puppet and am looking to > automate the deployment of environments whenever a change is pushed to the > control repo

Re: [Puppet Users] Dependacies with Custom Types

2016-07-11 Thread Rob Nelson
<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/845debad-5c81-41b8-b3c9-a1a1405ef3b5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because yo

Re: [Puppet Users] Custom facts are updated in the next execution of "puppet agent --test"

2016-07-12 Thread Rob Nelson
ooglegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/060a4391-03a0-4074-b322-72a7784fcab0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You receiv

Re: [Puppet Users] Dependacies with Custom Types

2016-07-13 Thread Rob Nelson
I second this motion, that was a great explanation. I'd love to see that documented well and maybe in a git repo with a 'bad' and 'good' branch to better examine the differences, if at all possible! Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:51 AM, jcbo

Re: [Puppet Users] LDAP Service failed to start: Difference between interactive shell commands and puppet commands

2016-07-15 Thread Rob Nelson
, rather than execs, as you can see how fragile an difficult to debug they can be. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 6:20 AM, gogan wrote: > I want to replace some files from an archive. > > > I'm running following commands successfull on the shell. > >

Re: [Puppet Users] Changing parameters for default/global classes inside a role

2016-07-17 Thread Rob Nelson
nsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/329bc309-4780-4a6c-9bd6-15b9f8b0827c%40googlegroups.com > <https://gr

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet module and Hiera variable access

2016-07-18 Thread Rob Nelson
gets into details of default values and whatnot as well. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Tobias Köck wrote: > Hi, > > for testing Hiera a have written a common.yaml with > > qmonitoring::db::icinga2_ido_password: "mypwd34" > qmonitoring:

Re: [Puppet Users] Hiera Lookups Fail with variables

2016-07-19 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] Hiera Lookups Fail with variables

2016-07-19 Thread Rob Nelson
That is correct, when those values are not found, hiera doesn't search those tiers at all. The debug information could be more helpful about it, though. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Gavin Williams wrote: > John > > I'm pretty sure when you&

Re: [Puppet Users] Hiera Lookups Fail with variables

2016-07-19 Thread Rob Nelson
:package_name' environment=production >>>> DEBUG: 2016-07-18 20:49:30 -0400: Hiera YAML backend starting >>>> DEBUG: 2016-07-18 20:49:30 -0400: Looking up dhcpd::package_name in >>>> YAML backend >>>> DEBUG: 2016-07-18 20:49:30 -0400: Looking for dat

Re: [Puppet Users] Basic question

2016-07-21 Thread Rob Nelson
l.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAJdJdQm8h_NaqqodD8-3%3D%2BA713EVrRYm%2Bh4B5MVpW36V35jyzQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You r

Re: [Puppet Users] Recommended/Suggested R10k Deployment Strategy

2016-07-27 Thread Rob Nelson
I don't do any central modules, but everything in an environment modulepath. That way there's no confusion about what module may be loaded. It also keeps the configuration as simple as can be, no environment is special in any way. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 a

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet web server stops after being started

2016-07-29 Thread Rob Nelson
/puppetserver/latest/install_from_packages.html#system-requirements if that seems a likely cause. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 12:18 PM, 'Michael Wildey' via Puppet Users < puppet-users@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I installed an puppetserver just like ist is wr

Re: [Puppet Users] puppetserver custom mount Error 400

2016-08-07 Thread Rob Nelson
links=>"manage", :checksum_type=>"md5", > :source_permissions=>"ignore"} > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Service entry for puppet agents not working

2016-08-08 Thread Rob Nelson
me as what the service file expected, rather than to hardcode it to the correct value, in case it changed in the future. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and s

Re: [Puppet Users] exec not working in manifest with powershell commmand

2016-08-09 Thread Rob Nelson
Can you share the logs from your puppet run showing the error(s) received? Also, you may want to look at the module https://forge.puppet.com/puppet/iis, which may either handle this already, or be a good example of code you can build on if the feature is not present. Rob Nelson rnels

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Service entry for puppet agents not working

2016-08-09 Thread Rob Nelson
debug, but I think it's best to determine if it's an issue at all before banging your head against that wall. Just grasping at straws here, admittedly. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" g

Re: [Puppet Users] managing vmware-tools with puppet

2016-08-11 Thread Rob Nelson
ls/actions to remediate your findings, like VUM. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 7:00 AM, Dan White wrote: > Did you know that VMWare encourages the use of the open-vm-tools ? > You might want to reconsider. > > Dan White

Re: [Puppet Users] managing vmware-tools with puppet

2016-08-11 Thread Rob Nelson
e surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in > the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” (Bill Waterson: > Calvin & Hobbes) > > > On Aug 11, 2016, at 08:03 AM, Rob Nelson > wrote: > > This. open-vm-tools upgrades seamlessly if you upgra

Re: [Puppet Users] managing vmware-tools with puppet

2016-08-11 Thread Rob Nelson
n VC as 3rd party... I will check out the KB. > > > Thanks > Alex > > On 11 August 2016 at 22:03, Rob Nelson > > wrote: > > This. open-vm-tools upgrades seamlessly if you upgrade your kernel, the > > official tools do not. They are only recommended when ope

Re: [Puppet Users] module design: different module sections manipulating files in single directory

2016-08-15 Thread Rob Nelson
ile/manifests/base.pp#L29-L38). That code is dated and needs a little improvement (stop using `create_resources()`!) but should get you started quickly. I'm sure there's an equivalent for Apt. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Dan Mahoney wrote: > On Mon, 1

Re: [Puppet Users] Can I include hieradata in my puppet repo?

2016-08-16 Thread Rob Nelson
Including hieradata in your controlrepo is a common practice recommended now by Puppet. See http://garylarizza.com/blog/2015/11/16/workflows-evolved-even-besterer-practices/ for an explanation of why and https://github.com/puppetlabs/control-repo for an example layout. Rob Nelson rnels

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet control, Hiera data, puppetfile, and r10k and git merging woes

2016-08-18 Thread Rob Nelson
gle.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/9d9e18a4- >> a6e4-4d04-b0b3-377b848a8504%40googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit [3]https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > &quo

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet control, Hiera data, puppetfile, and r10k and git merging woes

2016-08-18 Thread Rob Nelson
sed workflows and the various types of environments on this list quite a bit this Spring/Summer. Does anyone have a good reference article for this already, or do we need to come up with one? I think this is an important gap to fill. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Mike

[Puppet Users] puppet-lint 2.0.1 is released

2016-08-18 Thread Rob Nelson
oming months. Thank you for all your contributions to it over the years! https://rubygems.org/gems/puppet-lint https://github.com/rodjek/puppet-lint/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Us

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet control, Hiera data, puppetfile, and r10k and git merging woes

2016-08-18 Thread Rob Nelson
gt; --environment is the best solution plus my ENC sets the > environment .. don't want pesky dev guys change environments on me. > > I don't want to have to create a new profile and attach it to the roles I > want to test on. > > So I am thinking ... multiple branche

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet-lint 2.0.1 is released

2016-08-18 Thread Rob Nelson
Ramin, No worries, it's a legitimate complaint. Puppet-lint 2.0.2 was just released which reverted that issue. We're back to the original problem in #504 but it's not worse than it was in 2.0.0 at least. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Ramin K wr

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppet control, Hiera data, puppetfile, and r10k and git merging woes

2016-08-22 Thread Rob Nelson
d/or Continuous Delivery as these are subjects far too deep and wide to properly cover here in the detail they require. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Alex Samad wrote: > On 21 August 2016 at 11:04, Chadwick Banning > wrote: > > As Rob Nelson mentioned a

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppet control, Hiera data, puppetfile, and r10k and git merging woes

2016-08-22 Thread Rob Nelson
ant puppet to undo development efforts) AND have a tier in hiera where we can provide different values to the regular and dev versions. We mostly rely on the hiera tier for data because then there's less manual or even orchestration effort to test on those nodes, except when we want a run immed

Re: [Puppet Users] How to handle predictable network interface names

2016-08-24 Thread Rob Nelson
For example, http://carminebufano.com/?p=108 or http://amolkg.blogspot.in/2015/05/centos-7-change-network-interface-name.html - though there are multiple ways to do it even then. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > I would like

Re: [Puppet Users] How to handle predictable network interface names

2016-08-24 Thread Rob Nelson
ecture ;-) > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view thi

Re: [Puppet Users] How to handle predictable network interface names

2016-08-25 Thread Rob Nelson
erent since the "slot" ends up being the same on the virtual hardware. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:30:20AM -0400, Rob Nelson wrote: > > We use VMware's vSphere, which still

Re: [Puppet Users] mysql package name

2016-08-29 Thread Rob Nelson
uot;Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/148610e9-6fb8-ba33-0348-5af4b6c0e

Re: [Puppet Users] mysql package name

2016-08-29 Thread Rob Nelson
Yes, you can see where the mysql module from Puppet does that, starting on this line: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-mysql/blob/master/manifests/params.pp#L58 Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Suresh Rajagopal wrote: > Hi Rob, > > version is p

Re: [Puppet Users] roles/profiles in the state of the art

2016-09-07 Thread Rob Nelson
it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/20160907143523.gfbu22cz37iyl4qw%40pcjas.obspm.fr. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob

Re: [Puppet Users] Best way to set variables based on packages installed on client?

2016-09-13 Thread Rob Nelson
ath => /etc/pam.d/additional.conf, contents => template('profile/pam/additional.conf.erb'), } This would install the package 'pam-additional-module', then install a configuration file for it based on an ERB template. Just an example you can adapt. I hope that helps!

Re: [Puppet Users] Best way to set variables based on packages installed on client?

2016-09-14 Thread Rob Nelson
ation. Does that make sense? Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 9:32 AM, HPUX_PUPPET wrote: > Thanks Rob! > > I am sort of "starting fresh" so I have a lot of latitude here. The way it > was done before was shoddy and required a lot of files, so I

Re: [Puppet Users] Best way to set variables based on packages installed on client?

2016-09-15 Thread Rob Nelson
e on https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-348 and the RFC for a facter.conf file that includes TTL/caching, since that would be a pretty heavyweight fact to generate. Glad you found a solution. That sounds like a hairy problem in general! Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:53 AM, H

Re: [Puppet Users] Order of removal of resources

2016-09-21 Thread Rob Nelson
15f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe fro

Re: [Puppet Users] Smoke testing puppet modules within Red Hat Satellite v6.2 Puppet Master

2016-09-21 Thread Rob Nelson
/manifests/init.pp to contain the module2 class. That's my first guess, but it could be that you obfuscated your paths and did not call it module_name2 on disk but mas_shared_mas_menu as the error indicated, difficult to tell from here. Let us know if that helps! Rob Nelson On Wednesday, Sept

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppetfile git url representation

2016-09-21 Thread Rob Nelson
in case this might > be useful to someone sometime down the road, especially as this behavior > (IMHO) violates the principle of least astonishment. > > --jtc > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. &

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: How do i set the effective role if there is a subrole

2016-09-21 Thread Rob Nelson
a at https://rnelson0.com/2014/07/14/intro-to-roles-and-profiles-with-puppet-and-hiera/ that may help. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Ivan Arjune wrote: > Are subroles implemented as a conditional statement within the profile > manifest? > > -- > Y

Re: [Puppet Users] heira debug not working

2016-09-24 Thread Rob Nelson
emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > . > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/CAKyjK53nAWV6G9RPK7G4OGcV% > 3DvpEU%3DmQ6TpoA0bGu6ZLp5GXsA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://gr

Re: [Puppet Users] R10K in an existing infrastructure OR How to write yourself into a corner.

2016-09-27 Thread Rob Nelson
own that road. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 6:09 PM, Robert Davidson < robert.david...@nominum.com> wrote: > We're still running puppet 3.6.2, and are finally getting around to trying > to implement R10K. For assorted reasons, we have not been able to do th

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet 3.8 EOL Question

2016-09-28 Thread Rob Nelson
e%40me.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/1d73e7fb-23f1-4d9c-ab1e-387490e90c6e%40me.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com -- You received this message be

Re: [Puppet Users] R10K in an existing infrastructure OR How to write yourself into a corner.

2016-09-28 Thread Rob Nelson
n of that module to every environment that exists > at > > the time. I believe that if you specify a certain ref/branch inside an > > environment, it will deploy that ref/branch, otherwise it deploys the > > default branch of the repo, but would certainly verify that if you g

Re: [Puppet Users] R10K in an existing infrastructure OR How to write yourself into a corner.

2016-09-28 Thread Rob Nelson
from it (agents check in every 30 minutes, though), so it's just a matter of pushing a change to 'master' in that repo and boom, deployed within the hour. On Thursday, September 29, 2016, John Warburton wrote: > > On Thursday, 29 September 2016, Rob Nelson > wrote: &

Re: [Puppet Users] Issue with module from forge - Duplicate declaration Class[Rsyslog]

2016-10-05 Thread Rob Nelson
`create_resources()` calls whose arguments may include `rsyslog` more than once. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.com On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 3:16 PM, wrote: > I installed the puppet module saz-rsyslog from puppet forge. > I use The Foreman to configure nodes. The Foreman is used by puppet via > conf

Re: [Puppet Users] Facts and Resource relationships

2016-10-06 Thread Rob Nelson
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Re: [Puppet Users] Issue with module from forge - Duplicate declaration Class[Rsyslog]

2016-10-06 Thread Rob Nelson
esterday, are > now experiencing it again. > > -RG > > > > > > > > > -- > 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

Re: [Puppet Users] Issue with module from forge - Duplicate declaration Class[Rsyslog]

2016-10-07 Thread Rob Nelson
uld definitely cause a conflict - it's easy with PE, for instance, to have the Node Classifier and your puppet manifests on disk have collisions without being obvious. I would look at what the "overlay" provides - whatever the proper term is for it. Rob Nelson rnels...@gmail.

Re: [Puppet Users] puppet 3 to 2016.4

2016-10-12 Thread Rob Nelson
e.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/1b80712a-f7f5-4e42-b547-52148b82fb81%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/1b80712a-f7f5-4e42-b547-52148b82fb81%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.goo

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