On Oct 19, 11:06 pm, "R.I.Pienaar" <r...@devco.net> wrote: > ----- "Al @ Lab42" <lab42...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi List, > > I would like to discuss with whoever is interested one topic that I > > suppose has general interest. > > > I want to implement some kind of automatic testing on the status of a > > node after a Puppet Run. > > These tests involve trivial and less trivial things things like: > > - A local service is running > > - A local port is open > > - A remote server on a remote port is reachable by the node > > - An URL replies with an expected content > > - Some specific function needed by the node and provided by a remote > > host is working (ie: ldap acces for users authentication, ntp > > sync...) > > - Whatever other check that asserts that the node is correctly > > working > > sounds like things you want to monitor anyway in an ongoing manner?
Generally yes. > > So assuming you have monitoring for all of this, is the problem that you > want visibility of the state right now after a run and not when nagios > gets round to doing its next checks which might be many minutes? Yes, but also I want direct correlation between a puppet run and an eventual failure. > I favor nrpe - cos I can deploy my check logic with puppet - but I really > think you want your monitoring to cover all of this. > > To answer the 'now' part of it, I'd just notify via mcollective my nagios > box to do a check for all services on the node post puppet run. That could be an option but it wouldn't directly correlate the check's failure with a Puppet run. I think I would prefer to use the existing checks (so nrpe is perfect) but be able run them also outside Nagios. BTW, an implementation question. How do you suggest to manage the triggering of an action on the mcollective client from the PupetMaster, after a Puppet run on one of its clients? I suppose that using a custom report is the most logic approach, but what's the sanest way to actually deliver it? Having a service listening on a mcollective client node and send reports there? Using stomp messaging? How? Al -- 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.
