On Friday, December 13, 2013 2:43:41 PM UTC-8, David Portabella wrote:
> is there a way to get the list of resources created when using a puppet > apply (instead of puppet agent)? > > the point is that we need this when refactoring puppet modules, in order > to test the modules in a vagrant machine and check that there are not > regression issues. > so, i run our current puppet modules in a vagrant machine, get the list of > all puppet resources created, > then i refactor the puppet modules, i run again the refactored puppet > modules in a new vagrant machine, > and i compare all the files and other resources. > If you are looking to keep track of resources while refactoring, then there are a few approaches you can take: 1. Add another VM to your Vagrant environment that runs a Puppet Master and do the refactoring there. This gives you access to tools such as PuppetDB and the Dashboard while also simulating how your refactor will affect an agent/master setup. 2. Set up your VM such that puppet apply submits the catalog and reports to PuppetDB: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppetdb/1.5/connect_puppet_apply.html 3. Configure configure YAML caching for puppet apply in /etc/puppet/routes.yaml: --- apply: catalog: cache: yaml This will cause puppet apply to save a copy of the last compiled catalog to /var/lib/puppet/state/client_yaml/catalog/<certname>.yaml. The information in this file can be combined with the report in /var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_report.yaml to create a list of applied resources along with their properties and resulting changes. The first two approaches will cut down on the amount of custom code you need to write as the task of parsing and storing the reports and catalogs is handled by PuppetDB or the dashboard. Approach 3 works as well and offers a lot of control, but you will need to write a bit of code that extracts data from the catalog and report files before you can focus on the analysis. -- Charlie Sharpsteen Open Source Support Engineer Puppet Labs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/6892e0dd-61a1-4728-b78f-2407e1124962%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
