But will I need to put all my agents to 3.0 as well? Ugo
On Thursday, November 22, 2012 6:16:26 PM UTC-5, Pete wrote: > > On 22 November 2012 23:20, Ugo Bellavance <ug...@lubik.ca <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We have ~20 Red Hat servers and usually use EPEL as third-party repo. >> I'm currently using the packages provided by this repo (2.6.17-2), but I >> was wondering what were the pros and cons of using puppetlabs' repo >> instead. I can see that it provides puppet 3.x, facter 1.6.14 and hiera >> (which is unavailable in EPEL but I haven't started using it). >> >> I currently have a very basic setup but want to use puppet more in the >> future. I also installed foreman on the same machine, which is not really >> usefull for me because the only thing that works on it is the display of my >> host and facts (I use kickstart scripts for provisionning). I haven't been >> able to make the rest work (partly because I don't use modules yet). I can >> see that puppetlabs' repo provides puppet-dashboard which may do the same >> thing and maybe more. >> >> I can see that there are pros to use this repo but if I do, will I have >> to enable it on all my puppet agents or will my EPEL-provided agents be >> able to talk with the 3.0 puppet-server without restriction? >> > > > Hi Ugo, > > You will get the current versions on the puppetlabs repo but you will also > get versions that may disrupt your setup. > My advice would be to switch to 3.0 before you get to far in. > It adds a bunch of extra functionality and speedups and and switching your > setup to 3.0 later will be a pain. > > If you don't have a testing environment setup I would also recommend you > set one up running 3.0 and test your modules with that before switching > your production environment over. > > Some reference material to help you switch > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/upgrading.html > > > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3/reference/release_notes.html#backwards-incompatible-changes-in-30 > This section primarily but the whole page will help as well. > > Good luck! > (I am in the process of switching my testing environment over to 3.0.1 so > if you get suck I may be able to help) > > Pete. > > >> Thanks, >> >> Ugo >> >> -- >> 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/-/KOjUMvvEDowJ. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/zix1OOFyKnoJ. 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.
