http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html#certname
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Dan White <y...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Gary Larizza wrote: > > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Dan White <y...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 30, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Nigel Kersten wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Dan White <y...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> The environment I work in has dev, QA, and production divisions. >>> New machines are built/loaded in dev and then moved, if necessary to QA >>> or production after they have been configured and verified. In moving, the >>> machine in question will change its IP address and hostname. >>> >>> I have set up a Cobbler server to shortcut this, and I am now tasked with >>> adding Puppet to the mixture. >>> >>> Can anyone suggest a maintainable way for Puppet to handle machines that >>> get moved and renamed as described ? >>> >>> My first thought is to remove all the files generated by making the >>> machine a puppet client and then just re-add it as a new client in the new >>> location with the new name, but that feels like a brute-force solution. >>> >> >> Don't use hostnames for your certnames? >> >> I've used UUIDs for this sort of deployment in the past. >> >> >> Details, please. >> > > The certname setting can be changed in the agent section of puppet.conf. > When I managed Puppet down to the desktop, I would typically set the > client's certname to their serial number (which wouldn't change unless the > Motherboard was changed). Because of this, they could change their Hostname > to their heart's content and the SSL certs for Puppet wouldn't be affected. > > > Would an example be possible ? I think I understand what you are saying, > but as a N00b PuppetMaster, I cannot quite figure out how to make it happen. > > -- > 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.
