puppet-users@googlegroups.com discussions for April 2012

2	[Puppet Users] Agent thundering herd solutions?

I'm hoping to have all the puppet agents run on a 20 minute interval with 480sec on either side. I don't want to launch the agent from cron in order to achieve a level of randomness. Is there a ...

Ryan Bowlby
Apr 27, 2012 at 10:54 pm
Apr 29, 2012 at 12:00 am

2	[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Certificate's

Sorry to resurrect an old(er) thread, but: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3360#note-33 leads me to believe none of those workarounds are necessary, just allow_duplicate_cert However, ...

Allister Banks
Apr 27, 2012 at 9:22 pm
Apr 28, 2012 at 1:36 am

2	[Puppet Users] Optional values from Hiera (no default value)

Hello Puppet List, I'm writing a module that should take an optional value and I want to get it (amongst other places) from Hiera. $repository = $::java_repository ? { undef = ...

Lars Francke
Apr 26, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Apr 26, 2012 at 10:25 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Templating DHCP3-Server Need To Loop Through Subnets

I know the title doesn't define what I am trying to do very well but this is what I'd like to accomplish. I have a params.pp which defines the subnets I would like to have setup in my ...

Brian Carpio
Apr 26, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Apr 26, 2012 at 6:42 pm

2	[Puppet Users] extdata from MySQL

There doesn't seem to be much information about this on the web, but is it possible to use MySQL as a backend for handling extdata? It would be enormously easier for me to use a database that could ...

Jonathan Gazeley
Apr 26, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Apr 26, 2012 at 3:42 pm

2	[Puppet Users] hiera rpm

Hi, Just wondered if there are any plans to put a heira RPM in the puppetlabs yum repositories (for EL6)? http://yum.puppetlabs.com/el/6/products/i386/ So far there doesn't seem to be one. N -- You ...

Nick
Apr 25, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Apr 25, 2012 at 3:03 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Unable to import a manifest file from a different directory to the one where site.pp is located using environments

Hi List, Puppet Version: v2.7.13 Question - If I correctly setup multiple manifestdir's in the puppet.conf file how can I import a node pp file located in a different directory tree to site.pp? My ...

Peter Foley
Apr 25, 2012 at 7:26 am
Apr 25, 2012 at 10:59 am

2	[Puppet Users] centos 6.2 - puppet 2.7.13 - SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server session ticket A: tlsv1 alert protocol version

Hi! I've installed puppetmaster 2.7.13 on a server with CentOS 6.2 with a rpm supplied by yum.puppetlabs.com. I've setup a apache2 vhost with mod_ssl and passenger. The server is configured to ...

Thomas Bétrancourt
Apr 22, 2012 at 9:31 am
Apr 24, 2012 at 5:55 pm

2	[Puppet Users] puppetlabs-firewall: negate operator?

Hello, How do I code this rule, which I believe says: NOT dest = 192.168.122.0/24 : -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.122.0/24 ! -d 192.168.122.0/24 -p tcp -j MASQUERADE --to-ports 1024-65535 Thanks, ...

Mohamed Lrhazi
Apr 22, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Apr 24, 2012 at 2:30 pm

2	[Puppet Users] HA with BIG-IP?

Hi, Is there anyone using BIG-IP to load balance client side connections to multiple puppet masters? I'm looking for advice on a configuration, specifically: * How to handle SSL. Should I try to ...

Josh
Apr 23, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Apr 23, 2012 at 8:37 pm

2	[Puppet Users] access variables from calling ressource

I need to create a XML file for our Nagios server. This XML file needs to contain all Tomcats on this server, which are created with a parameterized puppet ressource. What I need is something like ...

Andreas Paul
Apr 19, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Apr 23, 2012 at 3:12 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Virtual resources for a list of server ip addresses in Apache config

I have an internal web site that can only be accessed from other servers. It seems to me that I should pass an array of the addresses to the class that instantiates the template for the Apache ...

Robert Rothenberg
Apr 18, 2012 at 11:38 am
Apr 19, 2012 at 1:19 pm

2	[Puppet Users] function template: use of variable '$string' = BUG?

Hi everyone, I am using puppet setup with gem: ------------------------------------------------------ root@linux-install:/tmp# facter |egrep -i "pupp|lsbdistdescription" lsbdistdescription = Debian ...

Antidot SAS
Apr 17, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Apr 19, 2012 at 11:59 am

2	[Puppet Users] Change location of puppet config files

Hi everyone; I am trying to change the location of where the ssl cert files are stored. I have changed this in the puppet.conf file but, when I start the puppetmaster, the only certs being created ...

Jax01
Apr 18, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Apr 18, 2012 at 9:49 pm

2	[Puppet Users] file type with links => follow uses wrong permissions if not explicit

I think I've hit a minor permissions bug using puppet-2.6.13-2.el6.noarch from EPEL on CentOS 6. In order to reproduce production bugs on a test environment, I use puppet to copy the latest backup to ...

Adam Heinz
Apr 17, 2012 at 3:42 pm
Apr 18, 2012 at 6:29 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Re: Question regarding multi-OS NTP manifest

This is backwards; centos/redhat should be 'ntpd' and debian/ubuntu should be 'ntp'. This conditional is redundant. I think it's better to use one resource name and change the "name" attribute with ...

Wil Cooley
Apr 17, 2012 at 5:34 am
Apr 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Requiring defines from other classes in a fact

Hi Guys, Currently I'm coding a recipe for installing some UNIX daemon (openca, but that's not very relevant). This works fine, except some dependency stuff regarding classes from an external ...

Boudewijn Ector
Apr 16, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Apr 17, 2012 at 12:02 pm

1	Re: [Puppet Users] Facter not initialized in rspec in puppetlabs-stdlib?

Yes, please file a ticket at: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/stdlib You'll need to register an account if you don't already have one. If it's a somewhat substantial patch could you also ...

Jeff McCune
Apr 16, 2012 at 9:02 pm
May 18, 2012 at 5:52 pm

1	[Puppet Users] err: Could not send report: Error 400 on SERVER: execution expired

Hey there! All my clients have gone "out of sync" are have the following line in the puppet.out log file... err: Could not send report: Error 400 on SERVER: execution expired The clients appear to ...

Demon
Apr 27, 2012 at 2:22 pm
May 2, 2012 at 12:08 am

1	[Puppet Users] Uninstalling/downgrading a module?

Hey all, Are there any patterns or recommendations on uninstalling or downgrading a puppet module (read as software) on a node? An example would be that we're running with = latest or a specific ...

Chris Hirsch
Apr 30, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Apr 30, 2012 at 8:02 pm

1	[Puppet Users] managing some directories

I need to manage some directories, ensure they are created/present, owner/groups/modes are correct. I have a static list of directories that will be present on this group of servers. However, down ...

James Dehune
Apr 30, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Apr 30, 2012 at 3:01 pm

1	[Puppet Users] How to publish unstandard packages in puppet

I have some old packages which was not in standard RPM/DEB packages. We have our own deployment process likes this: All the packages are in a directory, which likes the following ...

Shoujin Wang
Apr 30, 2012 at 1:10 am
Apr 30, 2012 at 10:41 am

1	[Puppet Users] problem loading page

Hi All, My puppet dashboard has been working fine. I was just refreshing the page and suddenly I got "problem loading page" and "The connection was reset error". I restarted everything, mysqld, ...

Kc
Apr 27, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Apr 30, 2012 at 1:10 am

1	[Puppet Users] Re: Why latest stable Debian Squeeze package is 2.6.2-5+squeeze4 please ?

Hello Mike, Sorry for the late feedback. On this page http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/installation.html it is written " OS Packages If installing from a distribution maintained package, such as ...

Christophe L
Apr 24, 2012 at 9:35 am
Apr 27, 2012 at 1:17 am

1	[Puppet Users] A simple solution to the "deep directory tree" problem

Hello, Like many others, I once again had to deal with creation of deep directory trees with puppet. I did the usual: file { [ "/a", "/a/b/", "/a/b/c"...]: ensure = directory } And again got sick of ...

Amos Shapira
Apr 26, 2012 at 7:56 am
Apr 26, 2012 at 1:47 pm

1	[Puppet Users] File Loop, Possible??

Is there a way to define a single file resource or even exec resource like this: file { "$module::params::base_dir" : ensure = "directory" owner = "root" group = "root", } file { ...

Brian Carpio
Apr 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm
Apr 25, 2012 at 6:15 pm

1	[Puppet Users] puppet + mysql = central users administration for yours servers

Hi all, article in Russian only, but it looks nice. http://habrahabr.ru/company/badoo/blog/142708/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group ...

Banuchka
Apr 25, 2012 at 8:56 am
Apr 25, 2012 at 9:34 am

1	[Puppet Users] vcsrepo rake installation?

Hi, I have trouble installing vcsrepo. I cloned vcsrepo onto my Centos6 and when I run "rake" i get this: (in /etc/puppet/modules/vcsrepo) ** Invoke default (first_time) ** Invoke spec (first_time) ...

Ernest Beinrohr
Apr 19, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Apr 24, 2012 at 12:20 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Recovering deleted modules

Hello, I accidentally deleted a module from my puppetmaster modules directory. Sadly, I didn't have a recent backup or use version control. :( (Live and learn) Is there a way to recover the module ...

Alex Cline
Apr 24, 2012 at 5:13 am
Apr 24, 2012 at 7:59 am

1	[Puppet Users] Install module

Hi!! When i install or copy a module with the extra name "username-mymodule-version" in my module path, Puppet can't find the classes inside the module when node make a request. I don't know if i ...

Yves Ntonfo
Apr 23, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Apr 23, 2012 at 7:37 pm

1	Re: [Puppet Users] Testing a single module

Thanks for your reply. I do not have reliable access to an internet connection at the moment. Just to flesh out my problem a bit more: I need to update my sendmail module, but want to test it first ...

James Patterson
Apr 23, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Apr 23, 2012 at 2:34 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Migrating from an older version of puppet. classes not found.

Hello! I'm migrating from an older version of puppet (puppet --version = 0.25.4) to 2.6.2. The current directory structure of puppet is: puppet init.pp, not being detected An example of one of the ...

Gino Lisignoli
Apr 20, 2012 at 12:00 am
Apr 20, 2012 at 1:48 pm

1	[Puppet Users] ssh_authorized_keys fails if a line is empty

Hi group, we want to manage our authorized_keys with puppet and are trying ssh_authorized_keys. Everything works as expected, but if ~/.ssh/ authorized_keys contains en empty line, puppet raises an ...

Maurice Meeden
Apr 19, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Apr 19, 2012 at 10:09 pm

1	[Puppet Users] puppet-lint error

Hi, this is not strictly puppet related but I am hoping someone here who uses puppet-lint can tell me what is going on here......... $ puppet-lint init.pp ...

Joseph
Apr 19, 2012 at 2:24 pm
Apr 19, 2012 at 6:22 pm

1	[Puppet Users] $lsbdistcodename stays the same after dist-upgrade

Dear List, i was running a few natty systems and upgraded one of them to oneiric. Facter shows the right lsbdistcodename, lsbdistrelease, etc. parameters, but when i'm running puppet agent the ...

ScOut3R
Apr 18, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Apr 19, 2012 at 11:53 am

1	[Puppet Users] ensure file content with filename different on each host

Hi, I have several hosts. Each host have to contain a file like /a/path/com.apple.screensaver.BC2A8418-FC5B-5825-B3F1-0072B100A4B4.plist. The content have to be the same on all hosts. But the ...

Fabien COMBERNOUS
Apr 19, 2012 at 8:53 am
Apr 19, 2012 at 10:34 am

1	[Puppet Users] Functionality provided puppet dashboard.

Hi All, can we use puppet dashboard for following requirements. 1. List all the nodes with the role they play. 2. View the binary versions on the nodes and also the node status. 3. Ability to start / ...

Mangesh sawant
Apr 17, 2012 at 10:38 am
Apr 18, 2012 at 7:12 am

1	[Puppet Users] hiera puppet augeas and hash keys ?

Hi, if possible can someone post a working example please ? I am using hiera = puppet = augeas. cat myserver.yaml --- myserver: "Birthday": '1' "Debug": '5' The no. of settings will change, so i ...

Puppetguest
Apr 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm
Apr 17, 2012 at 7:51 am

1	[Puppet Users] file resource

Hi All, i'd like to define a file resource that transfers a tar ball that doesn't have fixed name actually tarball name will be tarball_name-<version .tar.gz i tried to define file resouce as ...

Eslam Mamdouh
Apr 16, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Apr 17, 2012 at 4:14 am

1	Re: [Puppet Users] Supported Ruby Versions for Telly

This is my understanding, yes. We'll support EL5 as a master with Puppet Enterprise, and as an agent with the vendor provided Ruby, but the cost of supporting Ruby 1.8.5 running a Puppet Master is ...

Jeff McCune
Apr 16, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Apr 16, 2012 at 9:13 pm

0	[Puppet Users] accessing a variable within a previously declared instance of a defined type

I'm trying to define a static media server that uses a common website layout (e.g. with directories `etc/`, `log/`, `html/`, etc.), as well as an nginx config that will get included into a host-wide ...

Gary Wilson
Apr 30, 2012 at 11:23 pm
Apr 30, 2012 at 11:23 pm

0	[Puppet Users] Accessing Modulefile variables within templates

Hi, Sorry if this has been answered somewhere. I haven't found the answer (albeit I could have invested more time on it) anywhere. I'd like to access the version of the module within templates of the ...

Jose San Leandro
Apr 30, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Apr 30, 2012 at 7:34 pm

0	[Puppet Users] Help with parametrized class include

Hello I have some puppet code that does the equivalent of the following. The idea is to have a define "foo" with some actions that must be executed before it runs ("foo::pre"). Since the resources in ...

Andre Nathan
Apr 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Apr 26, 2012 at 3:49 pm

0	[Puppet Users] Mac users: Textbucket scripts for puppet types

Hi Gang, If you're a mac user and haven't heard of text bucket, but find yourself typing the same things semi-often.. you might want to check it out. http://bassetsoftware.com/b.cgi/textbucket/index ...

Wolf Noble
Apr 26, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Apr 26, 2012 at 2:25 pm

0	[Puppet Users] Looking for speakers for first puppet camp Asia

Hi all, we're trying to organise the first puppet camp in Asia (to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) for around June 5th. We're currently looking for 2-3 speakers to come and talk about puppet. Is ...

Walter Heck
Apr 26, 2012 at 3:05 am
Apr 26, 2012 at 3:05 am

0	[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet and SCAP

Hi I had a look at secstate, but from what I understood you can only audit and remediate local systems and for now just on Fedora. I tried to ask them a few questions, but they are not as responsive ...

Kiki
Apr 25, 2012 at 7:15 am
Apr 25, 2012 at 7:15 am

0	[Puppet Users] "Migrating" current installation to use environments

Right now all our different environments (test/stage/prod) are being served by the same puppet master. We have tried some things that tend to break puppet which obviously is not good on a production ...

John Kennedy
Apr 24, 2012 at 11:47 am
Apr 24, 2012 at 11:47 am

0	[Puppet Users] read server certificate B: certificate verify failed error is driving people crazy

It seems like there must be a better way of dealing with these errors in a puppermaster-agent setup. I currently have one master and one agent that work, running on ubuntu 10.10 (maverick meerkat ...

PeterNSteinmetz
Apr 24, 2012 at 5:13 am
Apr 24, 2012 at 5:13 am

0	[Puppet Users] HELP! Please Delete message

test -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit ...

Daysmen
Apr 23, 2012 at 1:06 pm
Apr 23, 2012 at 1:06 pm

0	[Puppet Users] Puppet Dashboard 1.2.7 Classes tab is missing

Hello everybody. After several days going in circles and following the explanations of the book Pro-Puppet and docs.puppetlabs.com/dashboard/ manual/1.2/bootstrapping.html (Using Dashboard for Node ...

Guillem Liarte
Apr 23, 2012 at 11:36 am
Apr 23, 2012 at 11:36 am

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