drmikecrowe wrote: > I created this little batch file I put in cron.hourly (You can adapt > to put in crontab to run on the hours you want it to): > > ########################################################## > #!/bin/bash > SERVER="--server URL.PUPPETMASTER.COM" > FIRST=`echo $RANDOM%1800 | bc` > sleep $FIRST > /usr/sbin/puppetd --onetime --no-daemonize --logdest syslog $SERVER -- > waitforcert 60 > SECOND=$((1800-$FIRST+`echo $RANDOM%1800 | bc`)) > sleep $SECOND > /usr/sbin/puppetd --onetime --no-daemonize --logdest syslog $SERVER -- > waitforcert 60 > ########################################################## > > This runs randomly between 0-30 minutes, then after 30m, another > random interval. So, it runs twice/hour randomly (to help with load > spreading). YMMV....
You might want to look into creating a true cronjob using fqdn_rand() to avoid blocking the cron.hourly run. Regards, DavidS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
