[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Camp codefest prelude

2009-09-13 Thread Al @ Lab42
I'm supposed to arrive at SF the evening of 29, lodging at the Serrano. At disposal for documentation and test support. cu Alessandro Franceschi > It starts as soon as you get there. > > I didn't see anyone actually set a time yet, which is sort of what I was > hoping to get out of this thread.

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Camp codefest prelude

2009-09-13 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm in on the morning of the 26th but I want to have a few days off - - might go to Napa/Sonoma/Muir Woods if anyone wants to tag along. So the 30th suits me any time after perhaps 10am and somewhere near the Serrano. Cheers James Turnbull - -- Au

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Camp codefest prelude

2009-09-13 Thread Nigel Kersten
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:27 AM, James Turnbull wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm in on the morning of the 26th but I want to have a few days off > - - might go to Napa/Sonoma/Muir Woods if anyone wants to tag along. > > So the 30th suits me any time after perhaps

[Puppet Users] Re: Installing a lot of packages

2009-09-13 Thread Chris Blumentritt
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 3:56 PM, ELTigre wrote: > > On Sep 12, 10:10 am, Chris Blumentritt wrote: > Hi Chirs, > > I only use debian lenny on my servers. I just want to create a class > with all package from APT to keep them up2date all the time with this > configuration (ensure => latest) and w

[Puppet Users] Re: modifying a client's config file

2009-09-13 Thread Craig Miskell
Kelly Collier wrote: > Hi. > > I'd like to modify certain values in the config files on client machines. > > For example: > > in /boot/grub/menu.lst, change "timeout 10" to "timeout 3" > > I'd prefer not to create a template, since there's no guarantee that the > rest of menu.lst is the s

[Puppet Users] Puppet status reporting

2009-09-13 Thread Craig Miskell
Hi, I'd like to have some sort of "status report" GUI for my puppet installation. Specifically, I would like to see a) Any nodes that haven't reported in for a while b) Any recent instances of having to make unexpected changes (restart a stopped service, resetting some important file p

[Puppet Users] Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread Craig Miskell
Hi, My current puppet deployment is in it's very early stages, so I'm still fumbling around a little. Assuming I'm editing my configuration outside of the main tree, how do I test it before deploying to be sure it compiles? I'm talking about checking for basic syntax errors, not "cor

[Puppet Users] Re: Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Miskell wrote: > Hi, > My current puppet deployment is in it's very early stages, so I'm still > fumbling around a little. Assuming I'm editing > my configuration outside of the main tree, how do I test it before deploying > to be sure

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet status reporting

2009-09-13 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Miskell wrote: > Hi, > I'd like to have some sort of "status report" GUI for my puppet > installation. Specifically, I would like to see > a) Any nodes that haven't reported in for a while > b) Any recent instances of having to make unex

[Puppet Users] Re: Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread Craig Miskell
James Turnbull wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Craig Miskell wrote: >> Hi, >> My current puppet deployment is in it's very early stages, so I'm still >> fumbling around a little. Assuming I'm editing >> my configuration outside of the main tree, how do I test

[Puppet Users] Re: Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Craig Miskell wrote: >> Try some of the tips at: >> >> http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetVersionControl >> > Ahhh. . My search-fu is not strong (enough). Thanks > No matter. The wiki search also sucks greatly. Soon to be replaced

[Puppet Users] Re: Installing a lot of packages

2009-09-13 Thread Trevor Vaughan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My suggestion, if possible, is to run a nightly cron job that updates everything on the system. This way, puppet only manages the things you actually want to manage. Trevor On 09/12/2009 04:56 PM, ELTigre wrote: > > On Sep 12, 10:10 am, Chris Blum

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet status reporting

2009-09-13 Thread Tim Uckun
> Hi, >        I'd like to have some sort of "status report" GUI for my puppet > installation.  Specifically, I would like to see > a) Any nodes that haven't reported in for a while > b) Any recent instances of having to make unexpected changes (restart a > stopped service, resetting some import

[Puppet Users] Re: Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread Tim Uckun
> Try some of the tips at: > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetVersionControl > One thing you should be careful of is that the syntax check will not catch all mistakes. For example let's say you have an entry like this. file { "dir_colors" : path => "/etc/DIR_COLORS",

[Puppet Users] Re: modifying a client's config file

2009-09-13 Thread Tim Uckun
>        augeas {"/boot/grub/grub.conf": >                context => "/files/boot/grub/grub.conf", >                changes => [ "set timeout 3", >                        ], >                require => File["/usr/share/augeas/lenses/grub.aug"] >                } > > Because of a bug in the current

[Puppet Users] Re: Configuration parse testing

2009-09-13 Thread Craig Miskell
Tim Uckun wrote: >> Try some of the tips at: >> >> http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetVersionControl >> > > One thing you should be careful of is that the syntax check will not > catch all mistakes. For example let's say you have an entry like this. .. > This code will actually r

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet status reporting

2009-09-13 Thread Ohad Levy
Hi, For future references, the primary website can be found at http://theforeman.org Cheers, Ohad On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:48 AM, James Turnbull wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Craig Miskell wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to have some sort of "status report" G