On Friday, October 12, 2012 10:34:57 AM UTC-5, Brian Dunbar wrote:
>
> I apologize in advance - this might be covered elsewhere and I simply lack 
> the vocabulary to find it.
>
> I have Puppet 2.7.
> I have some linux hosts in a sandbox.
> I have some working modules for cron, files, packages, services.
>
> I need to maintain software that isn't in a package.  
> - I have the .bin from the vendor.
> - I have the parameters to pass for 'silent' install.
>
> I see that I can use exec function to run the .bin ... but that doesn't 
> feel like the 'Puppet' way of doing things.
>

You can either use an exec, or use fpm or whatever tool to make a package 
for your os and add it to your local repo then install it using a package 
resource.

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