On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Tony Maro <tonym...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I tried the ignorecache=true on the clients to no avail... the server > would still send the cached node entry. I could watch the output and > it even reported "using cached node blah blah" instead of "Compiling > node blah blah". > > I'm beginning to wonder if it's an LDAP issue... From what I gather of > old user list postings, the server should detect config file changes > and automatically recompile.
ignorecache should only apply to the client-side cache, not the server. I don't use LDAP nodes, and I never have this issue btw. > > On Sep 28, 12:56 am, Chris Blumentritt <cblum...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't know the answer to how long the cache hangs around or how to modify >> how long it will use the cache but I know that if you run puppet with the >> --test option it forces puppet to ignore the cache which is a lot less >> annoying then editing the yaml file. I suppose in the puppet.conf for your >> clients you could put ignorecache = true and it will always compile the >> manifest for you. >> Chris >> >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tony Maro <tonym...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > In my testing, puppet has never caught on to a new config or recipe to >> > distribute unless I manually delete the node entry from the yaml/nodes >> > directory. I couldn't find any documentation on how to clear the >> > cache properly (I stumbled on that method) and I couldn't find any >> > documentation on how long the cache is kept before it recompiles. All >> > I saw were references to "stale timestamps" but no real details. I've >> > waited as long as two days and it just doesn't see the change. >> >> > If one day I decide I need to deploy a new required Gnome key to all >> > of my Linux desktops, what's the poper method of making sure that the >> > server realizes all the nodes need to be recompiled? >> >> > I'm using LDAP for storing my node entries, if this makes a >> > difference. All of my LDAP servers are doing live replication. > > > -- nigel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
