On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com> wrote:
> Nigel, As you've said, the time chosen for the run cycle will be > consistent. All of these settings are already set -- this isn't a question > of how to change how often to run, it's how to affect the chosen runtime? > > I've got an awful lot of systems (> 100) which have decided to all roll at > 28 and 58 minutes after the hour. How can I rebalance them? > This should be what the splay settings do for you Jo. Even though those agents all roll at 28/58 minutes past the hour, if you set splay to true, they'll then wait a random amount of time up to "splaylimit" before they *actually* perform the run. The default setting for "splay" is off, so you won't see this behavior unless you explicitly turn it on. Does that make more sense? > > On Nov 3, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Nigel Kersten wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com> wrote: > >> For a long time it appeared that run cycles were fairly balanced -- a few >> every 30 seconds over the 30 minute period. Right now I'm seeing more than >> 100 systems hit in the same minute: 28 and 58 minutes after the hour. Is >> there some way to alter the spread of these systems back to even out the >> load? >> >> Or passenger options which could limit the effects of this? >> > > In your puppet.conf agent block: > > # How often puppet agent applies the client configuration; in seconds. > # Note that a runinterval of 0 means "run continuously" rather than > # "never run." If you want puppet agent to never run, you should start > # it with the `--no-client` option. > # The default value is '1800'. > runinterval = 1800 > > ... > > # The maximum time to delay before runs. Defaults to being the same > as the > # run interval. > # The default value is '$runinterval'. > splaylimit = 1800 > > ... > > # Whether to sleep for a pseudo-random (but consistent) amount of time > before > # a run. > splay = false > > > > > > >> >> -- >> Jo Rhett >> Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and >> other randomness >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Nigel Kersten > Product Manager, Puppet Labs > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > Jo Rhett > Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and > other randomness > > -- > 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. > -- Nigel Kersten Product Manager, Puppet Labs -- 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.
