Re: [Puppet Users] Default profile or role

2016-10-18 Thread Matthew Nicholson
Yeah, agreed, my default node looks like: node default { $role=hiera('role') include $role } and the lowest priority/default-est part of my hiera hierarchy has role: role::base. other actually classified things get role set at various parts of the hierarchy as needed. On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 a

Re: [Puppet Users] Keeping compile masters consistent

2016-06-14 Thread Matthew Nicholson
We push r10k runs via consul execs from Jenkins, and after and only after a successful update, invalidate the environment cache(for the given environment), so even if a deploy fails , the master(s) will keep serving the "old" version as opposed to an incomplete deploy. On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:52

[Puppet Users] http keep alive timeout in puppetserver (ie, NOT apache)

2016-06-07 Thread Matthew Nicholson
So, in my shops setup we're doing puppetmaster load balancing via consul DNS, so, when agents run, they ask for puppetserver.service.consul, which returns what basically looks like RRDNS for the puppetservers which are up and available at that time. These records are, by design, served with a TTL o

Re: [Puppet Users] how to safely distibute SSL keys with PuppetMaster

2016-03-07 Thread Matthew Nicholson
So I've done this simple with hiera email and using the contents of the ssl keys and certs as strings for file resources to use with created resources On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:57 PM Sans wrote: > > Hi there , > > I've a situation here, where I need to provide SSL key-pair for Nginx > configuratio

[Puppet Users] package_updates module face doesn't load?

2016-01-13 Thread Matthew Nicholson
So i just submitted an issue but I'm not sure if the github page for this new module is really watched, so, I wanted to post here as well: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-package_updates/issues/6 It basically boils down to : I installed the module, gave a client the class, cron job was c

[Puppet Users] Moving away from Puppet Enterrpize piecemeal?

2014-09-05 Thread Matthew Nicholson
this done well, but don't want to reinvent the wheel if I can stand on the shoulders of others! -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

[Puppet Users] rsync yum.puppetlabs.com failing...

2014-06-17 Thread Matthew Nicholson
- try again later rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1503) [receiver=3.0.6] Are some other mirrors holding connections open, or is there a way this limit can get bumped? Thanks! -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

[Puppet Users] emulate "puppet cert clean" via API...

2014-04-25 Thread Matthew Nicholson
s/passenger-3.0.7/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:357:in `server_main_loop'","/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7/lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:206:in `start_synchronously'","/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.7/helper-scripts/p

Re: [Puppet Users] ports, protocols, and directionality

2013-11-18 Thread Matthew Nicholson
cussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/626baa41-0975-4437-a128-3e538b48cc5b%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed t

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet Nagios resources

2013-07-22 Thread Matthew Nicholson
scribe@**googlegroups.com > . > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/puppet-users<http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users> > . > For more options, visit > https://

Re: [Puppet Users] environment set by client issues on nodes running 3.0.0

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16789 On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jeff McCune wrote: > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Matthew Nicholson > wrote: >> File a bug report ? or is this an already tracked issue? > > If you could file a bug report and then reply he

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: redmine verification emails not working?

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
ccounts too often! >> >> just eager to open the 3.0 environment issue I'm seeing. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -- >> Matthew Nicholson > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users&qu

[Puppet Users] redmine verification emails not working?

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
3.0 environment issue I'm seeing. Thanks! -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to p

Re: [Puppet Users] environment set by client issues on nodes running 3.0.0

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
File a bug report ? or is this an already tracked issue? On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Matthew Nicholson wrote: > correct, no enc, just nodes.pp (node_terminus=plain)(ugh, yes, i know). > > previously had the following in puppet.conf on our master(s): > > environment = produc

Re: [Puppet Users] environment set by client issues on nodes running 3.0.0

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
would always default to production unless specified. i commented out the environment = production line just to test, and there were no changes. On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Jeff McCune wrote: > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Matthew Nicholson > wrote: >> So, we use dynamic enviro

[Puppet Users] environment set by client issues on nodes running 3.0.0

2012-10-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
ttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/16275 but has this not been merged to the release 3.0.0 code yet? Thanks! -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@g

Re: [Puppet Users] puppetdb = rise in exection expired notices?

2012-07-09 Thread Matthew Nicholson
gin via psql to this DB you just created. Then just supply PuppetDB with > the DB host, port, name, and credentials you’ve just configured, and we’ll > take care of the rest!" > > Hope this helps! > > On Jul 10, 2012 1:41 AM, "Matthew Nicholson" > wrote: >> &g

[Puppet Users] puppetdb = rise in exection expired notices?

2012-07-09 Thread Matthew Nicholson
petdb in terms of threads and heap size, as both of those SEEM okay right now...would either affect collection query time? -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email t

[Puppet Users] plugin sync in masterless mode

2012-07-07 Thread Matthew Nicholson
type stuff happening, and the custom facts I've got defined never end up in scope for facter. any thoughts? -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@goo

[Puppet Users] yum.puppetlabs.com for fedora 17

2012-07-02 Thread Matthew Nicholson
I notice fedora 17 isn't in there yet.Any time frame for this release being packaged up? Glad to help out rebuilding srpms -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send

[Puppet Users] 2 storedconfig questions, both Sshkey related...

2012-05-06 Thread Matthew Nicholson
quot;,"$fqdn"], and most likly can really get away with just $hostname, but I'd like all 3 aliases, but I'd rather have it be written once and not over and over. Thanks! -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pu

[Puppet Users] storeconfigs duplicate hosts?

2012-03-05 Thread Matthew Nicholson
27; I've found the only way to prevent this to to use the puppetstoredconfigclean.rb script and kill the host from the database. For now I've simply wrapped this so one can clean the cert and kill the db entry in one pass. Is this correct/normal? I assumed, and have been told in IRC, tha

[Puppet Users] Re: issues with new clients certs

2012-03-02 Thread Matthew Nicholson
Furthermore I can verify the cert client side w/ the ca: root::wave { 10:34:20 Fri Mar 02 } ~-> openssl verify -CAfile /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/wave.pem /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/wave.pem: OK ? On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Matthew Nicholson wrote: >

[Puppet Users] issues with new clients certs

2012-03-02 Thread Matthew Nicholson
nd have to clear client certs on everything (about 2k systems)... Help? -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: proper way to mirror apt.puppetlabs.com?

2012-02-04 Thread Matthew Nicholson
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. > -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group.

[Puppet Users] filtering exported resources...

2011-12-15 Thread Matthew Nicholson
do something like: class ssh::knownhosts { Sshkey <<| type= 'rsa' |>> {ensure => present} } to only hand out the rsa ssh keys? -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Use

Re: [Puppet Users] URL too long...

2011-10-12 Thread Matthew Nicholson
chu...@taunusstein.net> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 03:52:21PM -0400, Matthew Nicholson wrote: > > So, I've got a system that does this: > > > > root@emcbackup8 puppet]# puppet agent -t > > info: Loading facts in php_version > > info: Loading facts in lsf_

[Puppet Users] URL too long...

2011-10-11 Thread Matthew Nicholson
Any thoughts on where to look deeper on this one? --debug shows nothing useful, as the error is coming from Apache.. Thanks! Matt -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send em

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Official puppetlabs position on cron vs puppet as a service?

2011-10-08 Thread Matthew Nicholson
> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group,

[Puppet Users] Re: issues with a custom fact, runs fine manually, not via the puppet service...

2011-08-26 Thread Matthew Nicholson
s, it is ONLY then in the report/yaml. Why would this happen? Matt On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Matthew Nicholson < matthew.a.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think i'm missing something small... > > So, I've got a couple custom facts, this is the one I'm

[Puppet Users] issues with a custom fact, runs fine manually, not via the puppet service...

2011-08-26 Thread Matthew Nicholson
shell user, so I can't execute this as the puppet user... Any ideas on why this isn't working and/or how to run this in the same way the service runs to I can see whats going wrong when invoked that way? -- Matthew Nicholson -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [Puppet Users] migrating to new puppet servers

2011-08-25 Thread Matthew Nicholson
Did this recently, basically: Create a new module to do the work, that: Upgrades the client Drops in a new config Removes old cert from client Bounces the service Did about 98% of our ~1600 systems with this, worked well, moved things as they checked in instead of one big push. On Aug 25, 2011 4