Re: [Puppet Users] Checking GIT updates

2013-02-14 Thread Nathan Valentine
Hey, John. llowder's recommendation is solid. There's a write-up on how to accomplish the push/post-commit strategy here: https://puppetlabs.com/blog/git-workflow-and-puppet-environments/ -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Professional Services GV: 415.504.

Re: [Puppet Users] Pattern for managing software versions?

2013-03-02 Thread Nathan Valentine
on. I'm certain that effective use of Hiera will be a topic of focus. -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Professional Services GV: 415.504.2173 Skype: nrvale0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group.

[Puppet Users] Re: Site module with Puppet Enterprise

2013-03-06 Thread Nathan Valentine
Paleoposting FTW! I've been doing enough work with site modules as of late that I decided to make a git repo with a basic site module set up for following Craig Dunn's "Roles and Profiles" pattern. Or at least something very similar (no inheritance): https://github.com/nvalentine-puppetlabs/si

Re: [Puppet Users] Grouping hosts for stage deployment

2013-04-02 Thread Nathan Valentine
o the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://grou

Re: [Puppet Users] Dependency Cycle Question

2013-04-02 Thread Nathan Valentine
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Re: [Puppet Users] freebsd clients failing to connect to new master with ssl errors

2013-05-07 Thread Nathan Valentine
This smells like a problem related to incorrect system clock when the cert was generated for the new master.?. -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Professional Services GV: 415.504.2173 Skype: nrvale0 Join us at PuppetConf 2013, August 22-23 in San Francisco - http

Re: [Puppet Users] Where does the puppet master get its hostname

2013-09-10 Thread Nathan Valentine
Check both of the following: /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig/network. -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Professional Services GV: 415.504.2173 Skype: nrvale0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users"

Re: [Puppet Users] Where does the puppet master get its hostname

2013-09-10 Thread Nathan Valentine
I switched that to: > > ip grover.example.com grover > > and the cert is now named grover.example.com. :) > > Thank you!!! > > Greg > > On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 12:16:12 PM UTC-7, Nathan Valentine wrote: > >> Check both of the following: /etc/hosts and

Re: [Puppet Users] augeas question

2013-09-23 Thread Nathan Valentine
pace-y Augeas stuff. You can test like so with augtool: $ augtool ls */files*/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Professional Services GV: 415.504.2173 Skype: nrvale0 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &quo

Re: [Puppet Users] Best of Breed Modules?

2013-09-27 Thread Nathan Valentine
nice thing to inspect as well. The above determines which ones I'll download for further review. Hope that helps. BTW, there's a lot work going into the Forge to improve the above heuristic. Ryan's your guy. :) -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs Prof

Re: [Puppet Users] Can't find good tutorial/how-to

2013-11-26 Thread Nathan Valentine
Hey, Stephen. I point people here: https://puppetlabs.com/learn/library. Free self-directed videos about core Puppet concepts with similar content to the instructor-led courses. Great resource if a little hard to find on the website. -- --- Nathan Valentine - nat...@puppetlabs.com Puppet Labs

Re: [Puppet Users] The Future - ENCs vs Hiera?

2014-01-08 Thread Nathan Valentine
sgid/puppet-users/cbae58f9-3e14-472e-906d-ce7a3be355af%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- --- Nathan Valentine, Puppet Labs Professional Services Have you seen : http://ask.puppetlabs.com , http://puppetlabs.com/learn ? -- You re

Re: [Puppet Users] The Future - ENCs vs Hiera?

2014-01-08 Thread Nathan Valentine
in YAML and specific one-off tweaks to a node's config like perhaps an override of the default NTP server coming from CouchDB. Much easier for the less Puppet-y people on a team to login and twiddle things via CouchDB web interface. On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Nathan Valentine wrote:

Re: [Puppet Users] Where do custom facter facts go on the Learning VM ? Is that the cause of these behaviors?

2014-01-08 Thread Nathan Valentine
You are making external facts too complicated. More like this: hello.rb --- #!/usr/bin/env ruby puts "hello=Hello, World!" hello.yaml --- --- hello='Hello, World!' https://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html#external-facts -- --- Nath

Re: [Puppet Users] Where do custom facter facts go on the Learning VM ? Is that the cause of these behaviors?

2014-01-08 Thread Nathan Valentine
sorry, s/=/:/g in hello.yaml On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Nathan Valentine wrote: > You are making external facts too complicated. More like this: > > > hello.rb > --- > #!/usr/bin/env ruby > puts "hello=Hello, World!" > > > hello.yaml >

Re: [Puppet Users] Where do custom facter facts go on the Learning VM ? Is that the cause of these behaviors?

2014-01-08 Thread Nathan Valentine
gt; > If I run facter --debug all of the facts give the same error message I give > above that they were parsed but returned an empty dataset. > > If I run puppet agent --test then it is as if my fact did not exist. > > Any ideas? > > > On Wednesday, January 8, 2014 4:40:10 PM

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet Fundamentals training - how "fundamental" is it?

2014-01-17 Thread Nathan Valentine
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Re: [Puppet Users] CloudFormation/puppet/hiera integration..

2014-04-01 Thread Nathan Valentine
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Re: [Puppet Users] CloudFormation/puppet/hiera integration..

2014-04-01 Thread Nathan Valentine
> variables. In the case of AWS/EC2 facts this is done, if memory > serves, via a Type and Provider that queries the 169.x node metadata > service embedded in AWS/EC2. Sorry, perils of multitasking... s/Type and Provider that/series of custom facts which/g. -- You received this message because y

Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet certification PPT-202

2014-04-01 Thread Nathan Valentine
http://puppetlabs.com/services/certification has a pretty solid list of pre-cert study materials but, yes, the more hands-on experience you have with Puppet/PE the better. Of the self-study resources mentioned there, I highly recommend: 1) The Puppet Certification Practice Test 2) The Puppet Lear