puppet-users@googlegroups.com discussions for December 2015

11	[Puppet Users] Puppet 4 Patterns and Best Practices

All, I recently upgraded my Puppet (open source) install to Puppet 4.3.0. I'm currently in the process of updating internal documentation and training the rest of my teams, but I was wondering if ...

Lee Lowder
Dec 8, 2015 at 8:12 pm
Dec 16, 2015 at 3:19 pm

8	[Puppet Users] How to include quoted string into a command

Hi, I can't figure out how to include a single quoted string into a command, not matter what escaping I do. Here is a simplified code : $string = '\'a quoted string\'' exec { 'show string': command = ...

Vadym Chepkov
Dec 13, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Dec 16, 2015 at 12:05 am

8	[Puppet Users] Puppet keeps trying to change correct setting back to correct

I have 3 settings that are already in the correct state yet puppet keeps seeing them as an incorrect state: First one is here on the puppet master: (centos 6) Notice ...

Evan Hisey
Dec 10, 2015 at 9:42 pm
Dec 11, 2015 at 6:50 pm

7	[Puppet Users] Puppet 101: How to make it go?

I downloaded and installed the open-source puppet on a CentOS 6 virtual machine. I downloaded and installed the client on a Mac OS X 10.10 So... how do I make it do something? The docs on the puppet ...

John Oliver
Dec 1, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Dec 14, 2015 at 2:06 pm

6	[Puppet Users] Monitoring Puppet with Zabbix

Hello! Is there a way to monitor puppet runs with zabbix? Here is what i want to monitor: - a host's puppet run is more than 20 minutes ago - a puppet run fails I have searched through the internet, ...

Hoize
Dec 10, 2015 at 3:10 pm
Feb 3, 2016 at 2:55 pm

6	[Puppet Users] How to use define type or variables

Hi, I am new to puppet and I am trying to write a module to manage user .bashrc files. I managed to place the file to the desired location with following code for 1 user because the username is ...

Linux Shell29
Dec 29, 2015 at 3:29 pm
Jan 6, 2016 at 2:17 pm

6	[Puppet Users] ENC

Hello guys, I have an ENC which is producing the right data as far as I could have test it (copy and paste it in a yaml file), however, when I am using Puppet directly Puppet seems to do nothing with ...

Sergiu Cornea
Dec 11, 2015 at 5:54 pm
Dec 15, 2015 at 2:31 pm

5	[Puppet Users] Using exec with puppet device management?

I'm trying to use puppet's network device management <https://puppetlabs.com/blog/puppet-network-device-management feature to configure Cisco routers. I know its just running ios commands so how can ...

Red 888
Dec 18, 2015 at 11:10 pm
Dec 22, 2015 at 8:00 pm

5	[Puppet Users] user and service interdependencies

Hi, How would one gracefully solve a problem like this, we are facing time to time, mostly in the development cycle Lets say somebody wrote code like this (for simplicity): user { 'tools': ensure = ...

Vadym Chepkov
Dec 11, 2015 at 12:27 pm
Dec 17, 2015 at 3:19 pm

5	[Puppet Users] handling of network mounts using puppet

Hello Group, I am working on a module to handle mounting of NFS mounts. *Puppet*: 3.7.1 *Hiera*: 1.3.4 I have already tested it in my lab machine and it works as expected ...

Ddns323
Dec 9, 2015 at 2:24 pm
Dec 10, 2015 at 2:21 pm

4	[Puppet Users] Puppet Server Crashing often

Hi All, I am doing POC for puppet enterprise. Master is on CentOS 6.4 VM with 2GB ram. Puppet server is going down on its own. [root@mss-pup-mst2 ~]# /etc/init.d/pe-puppetserver status I can start it ...

Makrand
Dec 16, 2015 at 12:26 pm
Dec 23, 2015 at 11:41 am

4	[Puppet Users] Puppet Enterprise Installation errors

Good Morning, I'm trying to setup PE puppet master server and a windows agent node but I'm getting "no authorization" when trying to run the puppet-enterprise-installer. Environment: - I'm using a ...

Nathan joiner
Dec 22, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Dec 22, 2015 at 9:18 pm

4	[Puppet Users] Logging output of a long running exec

I have a legacy "provisioning" script that I'm calling with puppet on brand new machines (I'm slowly taking the functionality out of the script and into puppet, but for reasons I can't do a full ...

Dayton Jones
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:45 pm
Dec 15, 2015 at 11:07 pm

4	[Puppet Users] Puppet Enterprise Installation Error on CentOS7

I tried to install puppet enterprise from puppet master and while selecting monolithic installation and setting upto 500 nodes and setting up the DNS name and the alias name and encountered an error ...

Nikhil Rao
Dec 5, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Dec 10, 2015 at 7:00 pm

3	[Puppet Users] Why does rspec puppet that_requires matcher fail?

Puppet code: # manifests/splunk/service.pp class tpp::splunk::service exec { 'splunk-accept-license': command = '/opt/splunkforwarder/bin/splunk enable boot-start --accept-license --answer-yes ...

Haani Niyaz
Dec 14, 2015 at 10:32 pm
Jan 5, 2016 at 3:05 am

3	[Puppet Users] hiera doesn't works on puppet 3.8.4

Hi Guys, I'm trying to migrate my puppet master from Puppet 3.4.3 to 3.8.4 I'm having a lot of issues, and the last one is hiera, on the previous version its works fine. in the old server I have ...

Mparrad
Dec 22, 2015 at 1:39 pm
Dec 22, 2015 at 3:01 pm

3	[Puppet Users] PuppetDB not working with PostgreSQL

Hello, I'm struggeling with a PuppetDB 3.2.2 Installation on a CentOS 7 x86_64 VM. PuppetDB is starting with the standard hsqldb, but when I switch to postgresql 9.4.5 i get this error message in ...

Homerjuhuu78
Dec 21, 2015 at 8:47 pm
Dec 22, 2015 at 8:27 am

3	[Puppet Users] osfamily in class namespace error

Puppet: 4.2.1 OS: RHEL/Centos 7 (can also simulate on Windows if I set osfamily to 'RedHat') Most of the time I develop Puppet modules to run only on Windows but sometimes I want them to be able ...

Fraser Goffin
Dec 20, 2015 at 8:47 am
Dec 20, 2015 at 12:50 pm

3	[Puppet Users] Custom provider woes and questions

This email has two parts: First part Looking at "Sh*t Gary Says" seems to imply I may be going about creating custom types/providers. I am currently creating a type under ...

Peter Berghold
Dec 7, 2015 at 2:54 pm
Dec 13, 2015 at 1:13 pm

3	[Puppet Users] Puppet Exec resource with complex Environment Variables...

Greetings, I am working on streamlining some older puppet code, that uses a lot of Exec resources to accomplish it's purposes. It's not terribly elegant and we're working on design to replace it with ...

Sean
Dec 4, 2015 at 4:27 pm
Dec 8, 2015 at 3:43 pm

2	[Puppet Users] file directory with recurse and tags

When using notify to restart a service after a directory sync (File resource with recurse) and tags the service never restarts. I tried to look through the puppet bugs but could not find any. Does ...

Aaron Russell
Dec 29, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Jan 4, 2016 at 2:48 pm

2	[Puppet Users] strange behave of newly added puppet client

Dear all, I'm new to puppet, but learning fast and having fun with my new puppet project, but, I ran into some issues I'm stuck with now. Maybe you can advise. I created a set of configurations for ...

Thorsten
Dec 29, 2015 at 10:00 pm
Jan 4, 2016 at 2:34 pm

2	[Puppet Users] require two different types

Hello, How can I require two different types in my manifests? For instance I have this setup in one of my modules: file { "/etc/pki/tls/private/${::hostname}.example.com.key": owner = "bacula", group ...

Tim Dunphy
Dec 23, 2015 at 9:14 pm
Dec 24, 2015 at 1:20 am

2	[Puppet Users] 'puppetmaster gem install activemq' issue

Trying to install activemq on an Oracle Linux 7.2 box. Using puppetlabs-release-pc1-1.0.0-1 which has puppetserver version 2.2.1. Below is the command I ran and the resulting error message. I'm not a ...

Kenton Brede
Dec 11, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Dec 21, 2015 at 8:28 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Remove a PuppetLabs Mysql DB

Hello guys, I am not sure if this question has been asked, however I wasn't able to find something about it on Google, therefore, I am going to ask it here: So, I have created 3 DBs using PuppetLabs ...

Sergiu Cornea
Dec 10, 2015 at 2:20 pm
Dec 21, 2015 at 5:25 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Hitting the wall while trying my hand at subclasses and parameters

Good morning everyone, I'm trying my hand with subclasses and using parametrized (sub-)classes. Here's the module layout, and what I'm trying to acheive: */etc/modules/users/manifests/sysadmins.pp* ...

Jean-Francois Gratton
Dec 14, 2015 at 3:42 pm
Dec 17, 2015 at 3:08 pm

2	[Puppet Users] pe_r10k: Unable to determine current branches

Hi all Just installed a fresh pe master. While running pe_r10k for the second time I got the following error: r10k deploy environment -p -v debug2 [2015-12-03 13:41:10 - DEBUG1] Testing to see if ...

Dcroonen
Dec 3, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Dec 13, 2015 at 12:21 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Puppetmaster compiles old catalogs

Hi all, we're seeing every now and then an odd behaviour with Puppet catalog compilation. Basically, we modify and save the node manifests and a few seconds later we trigger a catalog run to apply ...

César
Dec 6, 2015 at 2:27 pm
Dec 12, 2015 at 9:58 am

2	[Puppet Users] Best way to do cross-module dependencies

Hey all, Everything I've done thusfar in creating my own custom modules has drilled some basics into my head -- these are right from the puppet web docs: "A module’s classes, defined types, and ...

Dan Mahoney
Dec 7, 2015 at 10:59 pm
Dec 11, 2015 at 2:47 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Puppet agent (Puppet 4) taking too long to apply the catalog

Hi, Until yesterday, an agent on a node was applying the catalog very fast (about 5 seconds). Yesterday, i've made a definition that manages the fstab, using the module ...

Lauro Silveira
Dec 1, 2015 at 4:14 pm
Dec 3, 2015 at 3:33 pm

2	[Puppet Users] puppet open-source and Mac client

I have puppet-server 3.8.3 and am working on making that go with a Mac running 10.10.5 "Mavericks". I installed puppet-agent-1.2.6-1.osx10.10.dmg When I run 'puppet agent --test' on the Mac, I get ...

John Oliver
Dec 2, 2015 at 4:12 pm
Dec 2, 2015 at 9:58 pm

2	[Puppet Users] Beaker does not install puppet in Ubuntu boxes

When running acceptance tests with an Ubuntu box with the following config: HOSTS: ubuntu-server-1404-x64: roles: - master platform: ubuntu-server-14.04-amd64 box: puppetlabs/ubuntu-14.04-64-nocm ...

Danny Roberts
Dec 1, 2015 at 8:26 pm
Dec 2, 2015 at 8:45 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Puppet - SSH Tunnel

Today at 09:48 Hello, I currently have a host that is accessed saw ssh tunnel, I need to manage that host with puppet. How can I do that? To connect to the host I use the command: ssh -N -R 10000 ...

Fabricio Cruz
Dec 24, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Jan 4, 2016 at 2:02 pm

1	[Puppet Users] puppet module install cloudprovisioner Issue

I am trying to intall Puppet Eneterprise in Ubuntu 14.04 machine... After running the puppet module install puppetlabs-cloud_provisioner and testing puppet help, i am getting the below error ...

Sandeep Majety
Dec 24, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Jan 4, 2016 at 10:28 am

1	[Puppet Users] Configuring apache reverse proxies

Hi all, a somewhat newbie here who has googled and read but can't find the answer ;-). I do _not_ want to configure puppet behind a proxy, rather I want to use puppet to configure a number of Apache ...

Yatesco
Dec 31, 2015 at 9:43 pm
Jan 4, 2016 at 10:25 am

1	[Puppet Users] Scaling with open source puppet 4?

I am using open source puppet 3.7 with a single server hosting the master and puppetdb (with puppetboard for reporting). I am at a point where I need to scale out to multiple masters at different ...

Ryan Anderson
Dec 28, 2015 at 3:50 pm
Dec 28, 2015 at 4:45 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Adding property or parameter to existing core types

Would it be possible to add a new property or parameter to existing core type? I found documentation on adding new types, but not on extending existing types with new property/parameters. Any help on ...

Johan Martinez
Dec 22, 2015 at 10:30 pm
Dec 23, 2015 at 2:14 pm

1	[Puppet Users] foreman exec node.rb turn out: No such file or directory

hi,when I exec "sudo -u puppet /etc/puppet/node.rb puppet.server.com" command on puppet server ~ it turned out that ": No such file or directory", but when I run "sudo -u puppet ruby ...

辛建国
Dec 15, 2015 at 2:39 pm
Dec 16, 2015 at 7:40 am

1	[Puppet Users] External json fact on Windows does not work

Hi there, I'm trying to create some external facts from PowerShell objects, e.g.: PS @{"foo" = "bar"; "foo2" = "bar2"} | ConvertTo-Json | Out-File C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\facter\facts.d\foo.json PS ...

Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho
Dec 14, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Dec 14, 2015 at 7:09 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Happy Let's Encrypt day!

Let's Encrypt moved to public beta status today; in honor of that here's a Puppet module to install the client and request certificates using a limited subset of the API ...

David Danzilio
Dec 3, 2015 at 9:18 pm
Dec 8, 2015 at 9:47 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Introducing Puppet Enterprise 2015.3

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3 is now available! With this release we’ve layered in new technology to reduce the complexity of deploying and managing business-critical infrastructure and applications, with ...

Stephanie Stouck
Dec 8, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Dec 8, 2015 at 5:06 pm

1	[Puppet Users] In puppet 3.8.3, classes are defined twice in catalog

In the module, the classes are designed like this: A::install{} class A{ A::install{} } class A::B{ A::B::install{ require - Class[A] } } class A::C{ A::C::install{ require - Class[A] } } The result ...

韩雨哲
Dec 8, 2015 at 1:57 am
Dec 8, 2015 at 2:25 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Hiera 3.X subkeys lookup

With the addition of subkeys lookup, e.g. hiera('a.b.c'), those yaml configuration files already including top level keys with a "." in the key name are rendered invalid. Is there a way to disable ...

Adrian Muraru
Dec 8, 2015 at 12:47 am
Dec 8, 2015 at 12:02 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Custom facts per node.. only via /etc/facter/facts.d/fact_xyz.txt per node?

Hello everyone, here's what i wanna accomplish: i am havin 4 so called servergroups - ci - dev - stage - production and i want them to have specific facts depending on the group they are in. so in ...

Hubert Schmoll
Dec 4, 2015 at 3:26 pm
Dec 4, 2015 at 3:33 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Geppetto + Github,com configurations

Hello, I am trying to learn how to write Puppet Modules. I have taken the free training within the PuppetLabs Learning VM (which was very informative, and self-paced) and wanted to use my Windows 7 ...

Warron French
Dec 4, 2015 at 5:58 am
Dec 4, 2015 at 12:43 pm

1	[Puppet Users] "signalling" inside a puppet provider?

Given the following pattern in a puppet manifest: file{ 'some/file/foo': content = 'blah blah blah', notify = Exec['talkaboutfoo'] } exec { 'talkaboutfoo': cmd = "some/command/some/where", subscribe ...

Peter Berghold
Dec 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm
Dec 3, 2015 at 7:05 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Is there a way to read multiple hiera file from a datadir location?

Hi all, Is there way to use multiple Hiera data-source yaml from a fixed location like: /etc/puppet/sites/clients/ ? I see having something like this: :hierarchy: - "clients/*" - default doesn't ...

Sans
Dec 2, 2015 at 6:09 pm
Dec 2, 2015 at 10:42 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Designing modules with long running tasks

Hi I am writing a module that needs to - download a number of files, - run an index on them - and restart the service to load the index. I first thought I could make the download and index actions a ...

Gerhardus Geldenhuis
Dec 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Dec 2, 2015 at 4:47 pm

1	[Puppet Users] Puppet opensource releases et releases notes

Hello all, I was looking for a way to be warn about new puppet version and I can't find any RSS link or whatever that would help a lot. So far I've found this 3 pages ...

Arnaud M
Dec 2, 2015 at 2:19 pm
Dec 2, 2015 at 2:57 pm

1	[Puppet Users] real path on fs to the environment in function

Hi all, Could you suggest the right way to determine the path to the current environment in puppet function? I want to store some data outside the modules in the "files" directory in the git ...

Vasil Mikhalenya
Dec 1, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Dec 1, 2015 at 5:12 pm

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