Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Getting Started with Hiera

2013-01-08 Thread Michael Hall
On Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 8:21 PM, roadtest wrote: > I wish hiera documentation can be brought up to date soon. That is sure to > help many people who just start using hiera. We're a little further along today: We've added documentation for the Hiera command line tool, which is useful

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting Started with Hiera

2012-12-25 Thread roadtest
I wish hiera documentation can be brought up to date soon. That is sure to help many people who just start using hiera. Thanks, carl On Monday, November 19, 2012 12:57:09 PM UTC-5, Michael Hall wrote: > > Yup, we have some work to do on this. I recently joined the Puppet Labs > documentation t

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Getting Started with Hiera

2012-11-19 Thread Jeffrey Watts
I'd like to second Michael's suggestion. Kelsey's various presentations involving Hiera and data bindings were all excellent, and really cleared things up for me. Jeffrey. On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Michael Hall wrote: > Yup, we have some work to do on this. I recently joined the Puppet

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting Started with Hiera

2012-11-19 Thread Michael Hall
Yup, we have some work to do on this. I recently joined the Puppet Labs documentation team, and getting Hiera better documented is high on my list of priorities. If you don't mind spending the time watching a video of a talk, I can recommend Kelsey Hightower's presentation at PuppetConf '12:

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Getting started

2012-04-06 Thread Dan White
http://info.puppetlabs.com/download-pdfs.html “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) - jcbollinger wrote: > > > On Apr 5, 4:14 pm, Jo Rhett wrote: > > [...] But

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started

2012-04-06 Thread jcbollinger
On Apr 5, 4:14 pm, Jo Rhett wrote: > [...] But you should probably be using the docs onwww.puppetlabs.comrather > than the PDF, I suspect they are kept more up to date. There's a PDF? :) John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" gro

[Puppet Users] Re: getting started with naginator?

2009-09-02 Thread Dan Bode
thanks, I got the idea from somewhere that naginator was a module or something using those types for automated nagios configuration. Now its all clear. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" gr

[Puppet Users] Re: getting started with naginator?

2009-09-02 Thread S H
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Dan Bode wrote: > I want to have a look at Naginator. Where is the best place to start > > the link from the Type reference is a dead link > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/naginator > > I downloaded the project from gitrepo and had a glance, but the first thing >

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started with puppet

2009-06-17 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matt Delves wrote: | Hey Folks, | I'm just starting to look into Puppet though am finding it a bit | confusing as to how to get it setup on the network I administer. At the | moment it is a combination of RHEL 4 and SLES 10 boxes with windows and | no

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started with puppet

2009-06-17 Thread Dhruv Soi
I wrote a short howto for our internal use. Probably, could be useful to you as well. This is for CentOS and should work for RHEL as well: http://in.torridnetworks.com/wiki/index.php/Install_Puppet_On_CentOS Many Thanks, Dhruv -Original Message- From: puppet-users@googlegroups.com [mail

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-13 Thread paul matthews
> > > I would strongly advise btw, reading the Understanding Puppet book and > all > > the references in the right hand bar of the wiki (e.g resources ref, > types > > ref, style guides etc) but it sounds like in such a security conscious > > environment as yours puppet definitely fits the bill as

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Jeff
Since you mention Kickstart you might have a look at cobbler: https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ coupled with puppet we have a fairly efficient build/install process. That said, cobbler just builds the initial server spec and installs puppet. Puppet then takes over and finishes loading all the conf

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Evan Hisey
>>> Unfortunately, in-situ file editing does not seem to be one of puppet's >>> strong points at the moment so you may find yourself copying in lots of >>> files or using workarounds involving exec. >> >> I think I only do that a few times but was hoping there were some easy >> ways to manage: >>

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Aaron Lippold
And another ... Thanks, I am done now :) A On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Aaron Lippold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:58 AM, paul matthews > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Being a recent convert and having recently gone through the kickstart >> process I may

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Aaron Lippold
Just adding an interested person to the discussion :) A On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Aaron Lippold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:58 AM, paul matthews > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Being a recent convert and having recently gone through the kickstart >> pr

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Aaron Lippold
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:58 AM, paul matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Being a recent convert and having recently gone through the kickstart > process I may be able to offer a couple of pointers while it's fresh in my > mind. The postinstall can just be used to pull in the puppet pack

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread paul matthews
Hi, Being a recent convert and having recently gone through the kickstart process I may be able to offer a couple of pointers while it's fresh in my mind. The postinstall can just be used to pull in the puppet packages and start script leaving puppet to do the rest. Most of the work in my case see

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started on puppet transition

2008-11-12 Thread Ohad Levy
it seems quite simple to translate your kickstart. First start grouping all of your file permissions and content to logical units (e.g. audit, ssh, etc ) than for each section, try to implement the file security, and than just see if your configuration files are dynamic, or they could always be fi

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started.. quick start guide?

2008-09-16 Thread Mike Renfro
On 9/16/2008 12:21 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > Does anyone know of a guide or site that can get someone going on > puppet quickly, without having to swallow the whole system at once? Same recommendations as everyone else (James Turnbull's book, haven't read it, but everyone else says it's great),

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started.. quick start guide?

2008-09-16 Thread Bjørn Dyre Dyresen
I recommend getting the book "pulling strings with puppet" It is well laid out and will teach you what you need to know in a rapid fashion with clear and easy to understand examples. The other thing is you have to ask your self what you want puppet to manage. Do you want puppet to manage a nfs se

[Puppet Users] Re: Getting started.. quick start guide?

2008-09-16 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Brian Mathis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From what I've been reading about puppet I think it's the answer to my > (and every sysadmin's) prayers. I've been going over the docs at the > reductive labs web site, and I've found a short introduction using the > 'su