[Puppet Users] problems with exported exec resources

2012-11-25 Thread Geoff Crompton
host_name => $hostname, } And collecting them with: Nagios_service <<| |>> Nagios_host <<| |>> I'm also seeing in my mysql database entries in the 'resources' table that have restype='Exec' and have a title like commvault_subclie

[Puppet Users] debconf10 puppet bof

2010-08-01 Thread Geoff Crompton
JustiIn case you weren't aware, at debconf10 day 3 there will be a BoF on puppet. http://penta.debconf.org/dc10_schedule/events/587.en.html Cheers, Geoff Crompton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to t

[Puppet Users] problems with puppetmaster using intermediate CA cert

2010-06-17 Thread Geoff Crompton
ne know how I can arrange for the puppet client to successfully trust the masters certificate? (1) By hybrid I mean that the puppet masters certificate and private key have been generated by me, but I want the puppet master to act as the CA like it normally does for the puppet clients that connec

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: puppet for switches

2010-05-05 Thread Geoff Crompton
seph wrote: Geoff Crompton writes: This might be a crazy idea, but it just popped into my head, and I wanted to know if it's possible. Perhaps not possible right now, but possible in a theoretical sense. Is it possible that puppet could be modified to be used to manage switches that h

[Puppet Users] puppet for switches

2010-05-04 Thread Geoff Crompton
} include gvrp include stp::rstp stp::portfast { "1/e1-e48,2/e1-48",3/e1-48": } } Now I know we probably can't get puppet to run on the switch, but we can get a host to ssh or telnet to the switch, and to download the current configuration of the switch. -- +-Geoff Cro

[Puppet Users] removing resources no longer specified

2009-06-14 Thread Geoff Crompton
built in), could you make puppet automatically remove that resource from the client system if it detects a resource has been removed? -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +---Trinity College --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you a

[Puppet Users] Re: Restricted puppet?

2009-06-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
et master than what your root puppetd connects to, you would get past the SSL problem I've got here, and start having a puppetd running with the permissions of that user. Either that or you'd find a few other minor issues to work around. -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +

[Puppet Users] use of the resource resource

2009-06-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
have an explicit file resource for? Including files installed by package resources? -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +---Trinity College --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet

[Puppet Users] Re: You should be using schedules :)

2009-06-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
Avi Miller wrote: > Hey, > > Geoff Crompton wrote: >> How do I use that in other classes and resources? The Language tutorial >> http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/LanguageTutorial doesn't >> mention them. > > The TypeReference page does. Check the

[Puppet Users] Re: You should be using schedules :)

2009-06-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
James Turnbull wrote: > Geoff Crompton wrote: >> Mark Plaksin wrote: >>> Maybe we're the last to the party but wow do schedules make a huge >>> difference! Especially with file serving. We added schedules to a few >>> file-heavy modules and cut

[Puppet Users] Re: You should be using schedules :)

2009-06-01 Thread Geoff Crompton
verything once an hour these > modules are now scheduled to run just twice a day. Have you got a url on schedules? I'm not familiar with it, unless this is just a term for some technique of using cron? -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administ

[Puppet Users] Re: Best uses for virtual resources

2009-05-20 Thread Geoff Crompton
esource to a host. Can't a define achieve the same end? Specify the resource collection in the define at one place, and choose to deploy it in multiple other places. -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +---Trinity College --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[Puppet Users] scoping of variables in modules for reuse

2009-03-20 Thread Geoff Crompton
Hi All, I wanted to make a module of mine to be more re-usable by declaring a variable somewhere in it. I wanted users to be able to override the variable, but I also wanted the module to work if they instantiated the class directly. I'm using puppet 0.24.5 (and the -3 debian subversion) and I fo

[Puppet Users] exporter resource to push out nss-db files

2009-02-26 Thread Geoff Crompton
nd on the puppet master install a cronjob that updates that file, where ever nss.db might be on the filesystem. But I'd prefer not to do this because my manifest is in svn, and the cronjob would be creating files inside an svn working directory that were not under revision control. Also

[Puppet Users] filebucket retrieval

2009-02-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
r this is to build a /var/lib/misc/passwd.db and group.db on the puppet master (using nss_updatedb, from ldap), and then push out those .db files to the puppet clients. Thanks! -- +-Geoff Crompton +--Debian System Administrator +---Trinity College --~--~-~--~~~---~-