Mcollective uses a message queue. If the host isn't online, it just won't show up. If your laptop is turned off, it wouldn't be reporting either way.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Khoury Brazil <khoury.bra...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Jacob Helwig <ja...@puppetlabs.com> > wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:28:37 -0700, Khoury wrote: > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Does anyone have any experience with debian/ubuntu and or OS X with > >> regard to reporting on updates? I'm interested in getting update > >> (specifically security) states for compliance (SOX, PCI, etc) > >> purposes. I know there's spacewalk for things like this, but I'm kind > >> of hoping to avoid going the centos/redhat route for my servers. I'm > >> thinking of using unattended-upgrade --debug --dry-run on Debian/ > >> Ubuntu and maybe softwareupdate on OS X to build custom facts. > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Best, > >> Khoury > >> > > > > Sounds like you want the collection functionality that you get with > > MCollective. > > > > I'm afraid I haven't played around with it as much as I'd like, but I'm > > sure others can chime in with details. > > > > -- > > Jacob Helwig > > ,---- > > | Join us for PuppetConf, September 22nd and 23rd in Portland, OR > > | http://bit.ly/puppetconfsig > > `---- > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJOK45iAAoJEHJabXWGiqEBtMgMALpWYg+B9DqmcVgZMkg1sNVo > > MGQaIXL9WGtZWH37CeTdP92SDIXK2GPUUFL7GZCzEBf0sSAbjg1FI5UaGUduH5/K > > 6USlI/85NEBdf84iwhJ/MUIKcjaGkYZPlHJe7vFeKry3+TEpPWgNAfXk9s+IoqVS > > XAECFczwJOJZbgJ9zPG8fayXe5cMjHhvHYvWKO9selMxAVEFkteOamQ/hjKKEb92 > > C9hKuYOfwOdgodzEPn5KQYb3OQLQ1yqP09mcaKlNjdBoYvGuIUNM0tyBkuH3YqT2 > > rvLz0cBfrQ4IbTnbI4oLIApzRgqbAwUXP9J2Aou18AydTMhVmLxoBTCsVCz+lG13 > > WmcgLyc1ly1tzGptDVZc+0z/6cTZSbpUg6qW2JLTEOzKjiR1DhYs8n2MlOuKNE53 > > FulPKJmeiGAnSTH+noeOlfpSXlkigAVBY+jMs4aUsAUfamEkdSD1cnvZtnDhnee0 > > XSfGcS6Qmrz2Ghgnb9RH2wbYS+elqsDUrbBa0vBycQ== > > =QUn5 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > Unfortunately mcollective wouldn't really work for me. It would, for > servers, for the most part. So I might utilize it for those. But I'm > looking at managing OS X clients too, many of which are laptops. My > understanding of mcollective is that it requires the connectivity > between the servers to be always on. That wouldn't work well for > laptops. Thanks for the recommendation though. I'd completely spaced > that mcollective existed. > > -- > 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.
