On 04/23/2011 04:01 AM, Steven Acres wrote: > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:34 PM, trey85stang <trey85st...@gmail.com > <mailto:trey85st...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Is there a way to override a schedule for a package if the package is > not installed? > > class packages { > schedule { installs: > range => "2-4", > period => daily, > repeat => 1, > } > package { openssh: > ensure => latest, > schedule => installs, > } > } > > I dont want to check if openssh is the latest package everytime puppet > runs; but I do want it installed if it is not already installed > regardless of the schedule. > > Anyway to do this? > > > Hi, > > Sure, there are many ways to achieve this. You would be better off > defining which packages should be present on which nodes in another > class. Then use an include in the node(s) definition (or whatever method > you have defined for your architecture structure). > > BTW, if you're using yum and you would like to keep pkgs. updated, you > may want to look into yum-cron.
Hi, I don't agree. Telling puppet to "install at all times but update only on a specific schedule" is not trivial if at all possible. Doing the upgrades outside the package provider may indeed be a sensible workaround. Cheers, Felix -- 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.
