Hi all, We have a mixed Linux and Windows environment and have so far just been using Puppet on our Linux servers. Having configured the inventory service, we've got an auditing script that uses the data to report on things like OS version, RAM, etc. This is all so nice that we'd like to extend it to auditing our Windows infrastructure. However, at this point in time, we have no need to apply any manifests to those Windows servers, and they're all Linux-centric anyway.
I've installed the puppet agent on a Windows server but when it starts it obviously tries to apply all the manifests the ENC tells it to (there's a default set of classes that all servers up until now have applied). I think the correct way to tackle this is to have the first run of the agent use the 'noop' parameter, that way the cert exchange will take place, and the facts will be populated, but no classes will be applied. On subsequent runs, the ENC can use the aforementioned inventory service to inspect the 'operatingsystem' fact to determine whether or not to apply any classes. So, I guess, I'm just babbling to the masses here in a request for comments as to whether this is the correct/most efficient method of achieving my goal of only applying classes to Linux servers, but being able to have Windows servers available via the inventory service. Thanks, Matt. -- 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.
