Using puppet to manage puppet upgrades to the agent has been an interesting
dilemma that sometimes has issues. OpenTable came out with this module:
https://forge.puppetlabs.com/opentable/puppetversion to help handle
upgrades. On Windows they set a scheduled task to manage the upgrade just
after the run is complete.
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:30 AM, cko <dert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Any idea?
>
>
> On Saturday, May 10, 2014 12:22:46 PM UTC+2, cko wrote:
>>
>> After the puppet run the agent service is basically stopped.
>>
>> Although when i run "sc queryex puppet" the output is "STOP_PENDING" (not
>> stopped but not running either).
>>
>> So i have to run "taskkill /f /pid 1234" and then start the service again.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, May 9, 2014 9:45:35 PM UTC+2, Rob Reynolds wrote:
>>>
>>> This error is somewhat of a misnomer: "The requested service has already
>>> been started."
>>>
>>> When you say it gets stuck, what do you mean exactly?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 8:08 AM, cko <der...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using puppet to manage the puppet agent (package, config, service)
>>>> in my Windows Server 2003 boxes.
>>>>
>>>> Whenever I update the package, the puppet agent service gets stuck
>>>> (STOP PENDING).
>>>>
>>>> The report returns:
>>>>
>>>> *Fri May 09 12:13:51 +0200 2014
>>>> /Stage[main]/puppet_agent::Windows::Service/Service[puppet] (err): Failed
>>>> to call refresh: Cannot start puppet, error was: Execution of
>>>> 'C:/WINDOWS/system32/net.exe start puppet' returned 2: The requested
>>>> service has already been started.*
>>>> *More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.*
>>>> *Fri May 09 12:13:51 +0200 2014
>>>> /Stage[main]/puppet_agent::Windows::Service/Service[puppet] (err): Cannot
>>>> start puppet, error was: Execution of 'C:/WINDOWS/system32/net.exe start
>>>> puppet' returned 2: The requested service has already been started.*
>>>> *More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182.*
>>>>
>>>> I use the same manifest for Windows Server 2008 nodes without runnning
>>>> into this problem.
>>>>
>>>> My manifest looks like this:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *package { 'Puppet':*
>>>> * ensure => "3.5.1",*
>>>> * source =>
>>>> "\\\\share\\puppet_agent\\windows\\puppet-3.5.1.msi",*
>>>> * provider => windows,*
>>>> * install_options => { 'INSTALLDIR' => 'C:\puppet' } *
>>>> *}*
>>>>
>>>> *file { 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>>>> Data\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\puppet.conf':*
>>>> * content =>
>>>> template("base_puppet_agent/windows/puppet_windows.erb"),
>>>> *
>>>> * notify => Service['puppet'],*
>>>> * require => Package ['Puppet'],*
>>>> *}*
>>>>
>>>> *service { 'puppet':*
>>>> * ensure => running,*
>>>> * enable => true,*
>>>> * require => Package['Puppet'],*
>>>> *}*
>>>>
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