[Puppet Users] How to find version of an application on nodes

I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I am still a novice at Puppet. I have been asked if it is possible to use Puppet to find out if an application (apparmor, specifically) is installed on our various nodes (Ubuntu servers, specifically). The nodes are all running puppet agent and so o

Re: [Puppet Users] How to find version of an application on nodes

Hi Brandon, > On 25. Jan 2018, at 23:17, Brandon Blackmoor wrote: > > I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I am still a novice at Puppet. > I have been asked if it is possible to use Puppet to find out if an > application (apparmor, specifically) is installed on our various nodes > (

Re: [Puppet Users] How to find version of an application on nodes

Hi, You could create a simple facter script to check for a installed software you are interested in. The facter scripts are run on all nodes and you can check the result on each machine easily. regards > Am 25.01.2018 um 23:17 schrieb Brandon Blackmoor >: >

[Puppet Users] Re: How to find version of an application on nodes

On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 4:17:56 AM UTC-6, Brandon Blackmoor wrote: > > I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I am still a novice at > Puppet. I have been asked if it is possible to use Puppet to find out if an > application (apparmor, specifically) is installed on our various nod

Re: [Puppet Users] How to find version of an application on nodes

We are using Puppet Enterprise, and it looks like the Packages screen may be just what I need. Unfortunately, it does not appear to be available in Puppet 2016.4.0, which is what we are currently using. I will investigate upgrading our installation. Thank you. On Monday, January 29, 2018 at

Re: [Puppet Users] How to find version of an application on nodes

Every installation is different, of course, but I found the upgrade process from 2016.4.3 to 2017.3.2 to be remarkably easy, even by the standards of PE upgrades. The docs pre-flight checklist covered everything, it's worth looking into. Just note that the package collection is not on by default an