Thanks! Has anybody seen docs / information on using, for instance, xCAT or Cobbler with Puppet?
Thank you, Luis On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > As far as guis and provisioning, those are covered by Foreman (under heavy > development at http://theforeman.org/) > > (It doesn't do class building either, afaik nothing does right now.) > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Luis Miguel Silva > <luismiguelferreirasi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you so much Luke, that was very helpful! >> >> Luis >> >> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 1:52 AM, luke.bigum <luke.bi...@fasthosts.co.uk> >> wrote: >> > On Feb 28, 7:50 pm, Luis Miguel Silva >> > <luismiguelferreirasi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> I'm a software integrator and i'm currently evaluating Puppet to >> >> understand how we can potentially integrate our products with it. >> >> I've been reading documentation on it and i'm currently installing a >> >> Puppet system but i have some questions that i was hoping someone >> >> could answer? >> >> >> >> a) In this page, it says that Puppet Enterprise supports provisioning >> >> but the documentation i've seen so far only shows the maintenance >> >> aspects of >> >> Puppet?http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-enterprise/faq/ >> >> a.1) does Puppet do provisioning? >> > >> > Not in the sense that I think you're thinking of. You can't PXE boot >> > and kickstart a server with Puppet - it's not a replacement for >> > Cobbler. However, depending on your definition of provisioning, if you >> > had a single server image that just had Puppet on it, from there you >> > could continue it's installation with Puppet into some server type you >> > use Puppet to describe. >> > >> >> b) Also, i've seen references to >> >> Windows:http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/platforms.html >> >> b.1) Does Puppet run on Windows? >> >> b.2) Does it actually support doing maintenance on Windows OSes? >> > >> > Yes, but I believe this is no where near as functional as Puppet on >> > *nix servers. Someone from Puppet Labs can probably give you a better >> > idea of exactly what is and isn't possible with a Windows Puppet >> > client. >> > >> >> c) I've read somewhere that Puppet has some sort of graphical >> >> interface where you can edit the RAL classes and graphically insert >> >> logic into them (i.e. dependencies and stuff) >> > >> > The closest thing to a GUI interface is Puppet Dashboard. IMO it's >> > still maturing and more useful as a reporting tool at the moment. You >> > can't write a module from Puppet Dashboard, so it's not a replacement >> > for a text editor and the command line. If you use Puppet Dashboard as >> > your external node classifier, then you've got some control over the >> > behaviour of your nodes and classes, however you cannot "edit classes >> > and graphically insert logic into them" from Dashboard. >> > >> >> c.1) Where can i find that interface? >> > >> > http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/related-projects/dashboard/ >> > >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Luis Silva >> > >> > Hope that helps, >> > >> > -Luke >> > >> > -- >> > 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. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
