Yes, the confine system should work well for this situation. -Jeff
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 6:54 PM, James A. Peltier <jpelt...@sfu.ca> wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > On Monday, August 20, 2012, James A. Peltier wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I'm trying to write some plugins that should only be sync'd if they're >> for a specific platform. For example, in our environment we're supporting >> Solaris, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS and Mac OS X. We've developed some OS X >> plugins and some Solaris plugins but we've noticed that our Linux hosts >> have imported our OS X plugins and now throw errors each time the agent is >> started > > > Plugins are always synced, regardless of platform. What types of plugins > are you developing? > > The best way to deal with this is to deactivate the provider or fact on > systems that don't support the behavior. > > -Jeff > > -- > 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. > > > We've developed a set of plugins for managing Macs entirely via puppet. > The providers are available here https://github.com/dayglojesus/x_types > We're also making extensive use of already available modules. > > How do I go about deactivating providers and facts specific to platforms? > > -- > James A. Peltier > Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus > Phone : 778-782-6573 > Fax : 778-782-3045 > E-Mail : jpelt...@sfu.ca > Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices > http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier > > Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached > in life but as by the obstacles they have overcome. - Booker T. Washington > > -- > 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. > > > Never mind. I suspect that you're referring to the confine > :operatingsystem => :darwin or the likes > > > -- > James A. Peltier > Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group > Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus > Phone : 778-782-6573 > Fax : 778-782-3045 > E-Mail : jpelt...@sfu.ca > Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices > http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier > > Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached > in life but as by the obstacles they have overcome. - Booker T. Washington > > -- > 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.
