Hmm interesting idea. While the puppetmaster will work without issue, the issue becomes the client (puppetd) must decode it.
I suspect a code change. -L On Mar 25, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Ben wrote: > > I use, and depend on, puppet extensively and a good portion of the > servers (nodes) are remote, across a WAN. > > I just started a WAN Optimization trial with some Juniper gear, one of > the components of WAN optimization is compression and the puppet > client/server communication is compressing pretty well. According to > the Juniper reporting the puppet data is being compressed between > 25-50%. > > > Is puppet using compression between client and server? > > If it is not, has it been considered? Considering most of the data > exchanged between client and server would be text in the form of > manifests and config files i think it could achieve good compression > with low overhead. > > I have nginx in front of my puppetmasters, if i enable gzip > compression > there will the puppet client still work? > > Any thoughts? > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
