On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Jed <jedbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > ok so I did sometesting.. > > > apparently, this is how it breaks down so far... > > -PUPPET CLIENT- > namespaceauth.conf: you need this or else it dies on startup > auth.conf : you do not need this normally, however if you want to do a > 'puppetrun' from the master->client, this files needs to be present > and you need to have your puppet master listed in the proper sections > (ie. /run), also regarding 'puppetrun' command, you need the > [puppetrunner] section defined in the namespaceauth.conf file on the > puppetclient - in that section you need to list your puppetmaster FQDN/ > IP. > > -PUPPET MASTER- > namespaceauth.conf: not sure if this is need on the puppet master, > i'll remove it and test. > auth.conf: well...this is needed as per the documents. > > this is where it gets fun [/s] > > i have a custom spec/rpm built for the puppetmaster/puppetclient, all > this happens in once shot (from source its configured/compiled/built > and then broken out into a server/client rpm package) -- not a big > deal. > > however, the million dollar question is....will the options for the > puppet master and the puppet client (in either file , auth.conf or > namespaceauth.conf) conflict? since i would like to use a global > version of both files and dist. to the puppetmaster and all > puppetclients. Furthermore, it sort of needs to happen like that, > since i have a puppetmaster, but on that master the puppet client will > be installed so the master can manage itself -- needless to say, the > puppetmaster and the puppetclient (on the same machine/instance) store > the same config/file/names in the same directory(/etc/puppet) > > I'm sure it fairly trivial once you know what it is that's trivial ;-) > > the puppet docs are just horrible (I hated Cfengine, but dammit, there > documentation was anal retentive) > > for instance... the docs say "ohhh you have an 'auth' section in the > auth.conf file and here are the 8 different values (yes, > no ...etc)....however, nowhere, anywhere at all in blogs/sites/wiki > and even Turbulls puppet book does it say WHAT THE HELL THOSE OPTIONS > MEAN/DO/DONT DO..... > > ok ok..now i'm venting -- sorry, but its been a long 3-day weekend of > trying to get puppet up and running on a last minute time-frame cause > i work for a bunch of monkeys(errr managers) with their heads in their > #(#*$* > > I feel your pain...
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