On Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:24:05 PM UTC+2, deet wrote: > > > On Jul 20, 12:06 am, "Al @ Lab42" <lab4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm considering the opportunity of adding (basic) Solaris support to my > > Cool. Certainly that will make it easier on Solaris admins new to > puppet. > > Hope so. My intention is at least to setup basic system configuration and adding applications management when needed.
> > > > > > So let's begin with few points: > > > > - What version? > > I'm tempted to begin only with Solaris 10, > > I think initial Solaris 10 support would be the most valuable. > Keep in mind Solaris 11 is going to ship in a few months and I > personally think 10 and 11 will co-exist for years to come. > Additionally what ever you put together for Solaris 10 support would > mostly work on Solaris 9 as well. > > > > > - What packages? > > This might become a nightmare... > > Solaris admins are used to this nightmare:) We build and version our > own packages with the occasional dip into Steve's Sunfreeware package > repo. > > > > > - What package manager? > > We use vanilla Solaris package which is wrapped in a define to give us > package version control. Solaris 11 will come with the new IPS > packaging system so that will be another alternative. I could > imagine using IPS and the traditional pkgadd/pkgrm toolset on the same > host to even complicate things more. > > > > > If someone if interested is collaborating on this effort, just contact > > me.... > > We'd be happy to give you what we have but they are not in > publishable format because of the lacking documentation. > Really thanks, for the notes and the modules. They have been and will be really useful (IMHO you should publish them anyway, whatever the documentation... :-) > Good luck! > Derek. > > > > All the best > > Al -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/f8F-qbjkCL0J. 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.
