Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-21 Thread Josh Cooper
Hi Rich, On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Rich Siegel wrote: > My idea on reboots is different. I don't think we should have puppet do > the reboot. If we go down this road, we need autologon, credentials, > runonce, and a subsequent puppet agent run among other things. Why do we need autol

Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-21 Thread jim
Hi Guys The way I get around it now, is by using a powershell script that creates a text file and delete puppetlockd if exists and then reboots, and then puppet checks if text file exists upon next run and ignores e.g. Powershell Add-Content "c:\Installs\Puppet_Confirmation\Joined_AD_domain.t

Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-20 Thread ad
Hi Josh, As you may recall, I'm the odd kid on the block using Puppet to manage many many embedded Windows 7 and XP devices, so my needs are probably not very representative of the Puppet community. I have no need for a reboot message/code. Most our devices already have a nightly scheduled rebo

Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-20 Thread Rich Siegel
My idea on reboots is different. I don't think we should have puppet do the reboot. If we go down this road, we need autologon, credentials, runonce, and a subsequent puppet agent run among other things. Not ideal if a puppet agent service is running during business time. This is orchestrat

Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-19 Thread Rakesh Kathpal
Dear James, So how exactly can I use this resource while doing my operations.. Say.. I want to perform the operation in a following sequence 1) Puppet Run starts 2) Install MSI 3) Reboot 4) Apply another puppet manifest 5) Puppet Run Completes Thanks a lot for your help. Regards, Rakesh K. O

Re: [Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-19 Thread Josh Cooper
On Monday, March 11, 2013, ad wrote: > James, > > Not yet, see http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19162. > > My (ugly) approach for this now is a refreshonly exec with a delayed > shutdown. I'd like to see a reboot => true or such for all resources that > tell the agent to reboot after a run is

[Puppet Users] Windows Reboot

2013-03-11 Thread jim
Hi Guys I'm using puppet for my windows configuration, and was wondering when installing / configuration something windowys, it requires a reboot, how does this effect the "puppet run" e.g. join to domain ? e.g. removing old version of software e.g. host re-name Is there options you can tell p