[Puppet Users] Re: Using deb package management for gems (was Re: NYC Puppet Meetup)

2009-01-19 Thread Jason Kohles
tion that your application is requiring more resources that the current instances can handle' rather than simply the system load average. In my particular case most of my instances are processing requests from a queue, and my definition of load encompasses primarily the lengt

[Puppet Users] Re: Using deb package management for gems (was Re: NYC Puppet Meetup)

2009-01-19 Thread Jason Kohles
an! Press this button!" step in the >> autoscaling >> process.) >> I usually go with an "automated within reason" definition, something along the lines of: when ( load is greater X for Y minutes ) { total=count_total_number_of_running_instances() recent=cou

[Puppet Users] Re: exported resources work sometimes

2009-01-16 Thread Jason Kohles
"MySQL server has gone away" means you lost your connection to mysql, most likely because there is a configured idle timeout or the server was restarted. On Jan 15, 2009, at 11:15 PM, gary wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm having an issue with exported resources. I've been using stored > configs for

[Puppet Users] Re: environments & variables

2008-09-12 Thread Jason Kohles
you have hosts that don't include that information in their facter output, make sure you have dmidecode installed on them... -- Jason Kohles, RHCA RHCDS RHCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.jasonkohles.com/ "A witty saying proves nothing." -- Voltaire --~--~-~--~~-