On Monday, September 3, 2012 8:38:49 AM UTC-5, Dom wrote: > > Hi Ajeet, > > Instead of using puppet for these steps, I would recommend the native > package management for your operating system, then use puppet to distribute > and maintain versions. For instance, RPM was designed to do all the things > you require, as well as dealing with changes to the application files > themselves, contained in the .zip you are working with. If any incremental > changes are required, such as a minor point release upgrade, it may be > difficult to deal with using puppet alone. You can also create an in-house > repository to distribute an RPM. > > -Domenick > >> +1
*Always* use native packages for installing software if it is possible to do so, even if that requires building the packages yourself (which is not that hard for most platforms). John -- 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/-/erd3LW_1nusJ. 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.
