[Puppet Users] Re: puppet questions

2012-02-01 Thread Dustin Little
Thanks Gary and Nan for the information. I find puppet/mcollective/ factor trio intriguing and I think I'll try to make it work in my scenario. On Feb 1, 7:06 pm, Nan Liu wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Dustin Little wrote: > > Hoping to get some insight from the community. Can puppet/m

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Questions

2009-02-10 Thread Frank Sweetser
Joel Merrick wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've got a few questions regarding Puppet. We're currently investigating > it for deployment at the ISP where I work. > > Here's some questions that have been raised; > > Why the pull architecture? > > How can this be achieved using a push, what are the limi

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Questions

2009-02-10 Thread chakkerz
I'll go with a general response, re push vs pull: Pull is generally preferred in these settings because the server is not forced to be updated, but requests them. Security is a big reason, since the client does not have an open port it is less likely to be attacked. Another reason is consistency,