>From a cursory glance at the new doco, I couldn't find it either (forgive me
>if it is there though). I could find a 'puppet apply' but not 'agent' in the
>'getting started' sections. There is of course the puppet commands page but
>that does provide examples. Anyhoo..
puppet agent --test --verbose --noop --server <servername>
That will do a 'dry-run' on the client. To update the client remove the --noop.
See the man pages for the --test switch, it bundles a few other options (but
doesn't really 'test' anything -- it will apply your manifest on your client).
Cheers,
Den
On 14/06/2011, at 6:57, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com> wrote:
> I've gone over the documentation several times now and I can't figure out how
> to 'apply' a manifest to a client.
>
> The client does have a signed certificate but the only thing in the
> /etc/puppet folder on the client is an ssl directory.
>
> I have a manifest that works fine on the puppet 'master'
>
> I have added the client into /etc/puppet/manifests/nodes.pp
>
> I see a page on the website that talks about 'puppet device' but i don't seem
> to have that option:
>
> # puppet
> Usage: puppet command <space separated arguments>
> Available commands are: agent, apply, cert, describe, doc, filebucket,
> inspect, kick, master, queue, resource
>
> How do I get the puppet client to run the manifest?
>
> # cat /etc/puppet/manifests/nodes.pp
> node ubuntu.ttinet {
> include ntp
> }
>
> node ubuntu2.ttinet {
> include ntp
> }
>
> # cat /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp
> # ntp.pp
>
> class ntp {
> case $operatingsystem {
> centos, redhat: {
> $service_name = 'ntpd'
> $conf_file = 'ntp.conf.el'
> }
> debian, ubuntu: {
> $service_name = 'ntp'
> $conf_file = 'ntp.conf.debian'
> }
> }
>
> package { 'ntp':
> ensure => installed,
> }
>
> service { 'ntp':
> name => $service_name,
> ensure => running,
> enable => true,
> subscribe => File['ntp.conf'],
> }
>
> file { 'ntp.conf':
> path => '/etc/ntp.conf',
> ensure => file,
> require => Package['ntp'],
> source => "puppet:///files/ntp/${conf_file}",
> }
> }
>
> # class {'ntp': }
>
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