On Thursday, 29 March 2012 17:47:15 UTC+1, Justin Stoller wrote: > > > Hi there, >> >> I'm currently using an old version of puppet - my server is running >> puppet-server-0.25.4-1.el5 and my clients are running puppet-0.25.4-1.el5. >> This is on RHEL 5. >> >> I'm thinking of making the jump to the latest stable release - 2.7.12, >> possibly running RHEL 6.2 on the master server. >> >> Questions: >> >> Generally, is there any issue running the master on RHEL 6.2 and the >> clients on RHEL 5? I presume that the version of Ruby would be different >> between RHEL5 and 6 (1.8.5 versus 1.8.7) so would that cause problems? >> >> With my server on 2.7.12, would my older 2.5.4 clients still be able to >> connect to the master? I will be upgrading them over time, but until they >> are upgraded, would they work? >> >> The running of clients more than one minor version difference from the > master is unsupported. You should be able to run 2.6 clients with the 2.7 > master, or your .25 clients with a 2.6 master. Stepping stone the upgrade > by upgrading your master to 2.6.x then moving your agents to 2.6.x, then > doing the 2.7.x upgrade is your best bet. > > >> Grateful for any thoughts. >> >> Richard. >> >> >> Thanks Justin!
If we go with the stepped approach, would the following work? Puppet Master running 2.6.x on RHEL 6.2, serving 2.5.x clients on RHEL 5? Do the different versions of Ruby come into play at all? Richard. -- 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/-/4EtmuOOp5uwJ. 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.
