Hi Ohad On Jan 29, 11:22 am, Ohad Levy <ohadl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would run puppet from a script (or cron) and just do something like: > > mount -o remount,rw / > puppetd -o /etc/puppet/puppet.conf -o ..... > mount -o remount,ro /
I could do that, but that would mean constantly remounting the filesystem. If possible, I'd rather do it when something needs to be written to the system. > > another small point, in my embedded playground, ruby/puppet needs at least > 32mb system to run, if you want to run it as a daemon you need more > memory/swap. (so another reason for a script vs service). Thanks for the info on memory requirements. I shouldn't run into problems as they have 512MB (less 64MB for the video card). Cheers Alex. > > cheers, > Ohad > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Alex Kavanagh > <tinwood....@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > I'm evaluating puppet to manage 77 embedded computers around the UK. > > They will be installed in various electronic poster displays and > > kiosks. > > > In order to make the system more robust I intend to have the root file > > system mounted read-only. > > > I'm assuming that puppet needs to have write access to the file system > > in order to make any changes. Thus, I would intend to remount the > > filesystem to read-write prior to puppet making any changes and then > > remount it back to read-only afterwards. > > > Are there any obvious, or key, points in the puppet code where this > > remounting can be done? Is it likely to be a big job? > > > Many thanks for any help. > > Cheers > > Alex. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
