Yes, with puppet you have a declarative language enabling you to do much more than just storing config files in a version control system. The way people do it around here is storing the code they write in puppets language in a version control system, just like they would store any other source code in a version control system. It is a lot to get the head around and I recommend you start here:
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/DocumentationStart 2008/11/30 Jet Wilda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Are you saying rather then store the actual configuration files in > version control, store everything that is necessary to generate the > configuration file in version control? > > Thanks, > ~Jet > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Mike Renfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Jet wrote: > > > >> We are looking to find something to manage our configuration files. > >> Specifically our Apache web server farm configuration files. We would > >> like to store them in version control and have puppet push them out > >> or have the clients pull them making the necessary customizations for > >> each physical machine. > > > > Not contradicting anything said before, but yes, puppet can handle that. > > Rather than keep a separate copy of each server's configuration file in > > version control, you'll possibly want to keep a template of the > > configuration files in version control, and let the puppetmaster server > > customize those templates for each server as needed. Early on, you'll > > probably want to switch from making piecemeal puppet classes to making > > self-contained modules that contain all the files, templates, and puppet > > manifests to configure a particular service. > > > > Example of such a module for Amanda is at > > > http://blogs.cae.tntech.edu/mwr/2007/08/02/the-new-file-server-puppet-and-modules/ > > -- not trivially simple, but not too complex, either. > > > > -- > > Mike Renfro / R&D Engineer, Center for Manufacturing Research, > > 931 372-3601 / Tennessee Technological University -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
