On 08.12.2009 12:17, David Schmitt wrote: > On 07.12.2009 21:01, Silviu Paragina wrote: > >> I forgot to add, I need some resources applied in this case so fail >> won't be enough because it fails before applying any resources. >> >> example: in the case where lsb-release isn't installed on a >> $operatingsystem == "Debian" system I would like to install lsb-realease >> and then fail or restart just to be sure I'm not actually on a Ubuntu system >> >> Another example would be augeas, where, even if in a run augeas would be >> installed, puppet would fail because of missing augeas provider. >> > Put all clients which do not have lsb-release and/or augeas installed > into a separate bootstrap mode. You can use environments and/or tags to > implement this. > > In this special mode just install the tools you need. The next run will > resume with the full information available. > > Normally this "special" bootstrap run is already done from the installer > to make this very easy, e.g. in debian-installer's postcmd: > > puppetd --environment bootstrap-debian --onetime --no-daemonize > > > Regards, DavidS > Can this be automated, if somebody uninstalls lsb-release by mistake for example? aptitude has a bad habit of doing this... And can it be done from a manifest the standard puppet way? One possible way I can think of this is to run puppet (not puppetd) with an exec, but I'm not sure about the locks puppet uses (if the locks are different from puppetd):-? .
Silviu >> >> Silviu >> PS sorry for spamming the list :"> >> >> >> On 07.12.2009 21:31, Silviu Paragina wrote: >> >>> Is this possible? >>> >>> There are some cases when you really require this. Some are related to >>> providers which don't load unless some packages are installed (see >>> augeas, the recent post about cron). >>> >>> The biggest problem where I need to do this is when lsb-release isn't >>> installed on a Ubuntu system and as a result the system is detected as >>> debian, which can seriously damage the system. >>> >>> >>> Silviu >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Puppet Users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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. >> >> >> >> > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
