In my environment I'd probably do something like this with Func (https://fedorahosted.org/func/). It's primarily used with RedHat based systems. If that's not a problem for you, then you can write scripts on your "overlord" that run commands on any systems running the func daemon and reporting to your "overlord". Your specific issue could be solved mostly with the "Command" and "CopyFile" module or, with a little Python experience, you could write your own module using the available api.
It takes some work getting Func implemented but can be done quite easily with an existing puppet infrastructure or with something like Cobbler. byron -----Original Message----- From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:puppet-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Doug Warner Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:19 AM To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Subject: [Puppet Users] Using puppet to automate tasks (ex: mysql slave setup) I'm not sure if puppet can be coerced to do something like this, but I wanted to throw it out there as it's a process that seems fairly easy to automate. To create new mysql slaves my process goes something like this: 1) run innobackupex [1] on mysql master 2a) copy data from master to slave (takes a decent amount of time depending on wire speed and database size; usually on the order of 6-24 hrs) 2b) setup mysql slave w/ data from mysql master to start replicating binary log 3) import backup using innobackupex The problem here seems to be that I need to do things on two different hosts and only once certain things have happened. I figured I could easily specify the node that is the master and the slave in the manifests, but I'm not sure how far this gets me. I imagine through the creative use of exec's and "onlyif"s this should be doable, but I wanted to get other people's experiences with automating processes like this. -Doug [1] http://www.percona.com/docs/wiki/percona-xtrabackup:xtrabackup_manual#setting_up_a_new_slave_from_a_backup_in_replication -- 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.
