[Puppet Users] puppet in an appliance model?

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 03:52:11PM -0700, Vince Taluskie wrote:
Hey Folks,

I am looking at using puppet to help manage/coordinate system integration
among several teams collaborating on an appliance product. This is a
little different than other environments where I've used puppet for
managing large numbers of systems. In the appliance case, we need to
build & manage only a single system so a puppetmaster becomes extra baggage
that is not really needed - what features will not work without one tho?
Will erb templates still work? Will modules also function without a
puppet master?

i'm wondering if anyone has already shared their experiences with the group
using puppet in this kind of mode. If so, please share and I will
summarize.

Thanks,

Vince

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On 18 May 2013 12:45, Nikola Petrov wrote:

Hi,

Using puppet in standalone mode with puppet apply from a cronjob will
work without problems. The only thing that will be missing are exported
resources. But you won't need those if this is a single machine.

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On Saturday, May 18, 2013 6:45:35 AM UTC-5, nikolavp wrote:
Hi,

Using puppet in standalone mode with puppet apply from a cronjob will
work without problems. The only thing that will be missing are exported
resources. But you won't need those if this is a single machine.

On May 20, 2013, at 8:59 AM, jcbollinger wrote:

Well, I think there would be a couple more things missing than that. Reporting and the HTTP API spring to mind. Still, these are things that don't make much sense in a single-machine context anyway. Certainly all the bread & butter features will still work: modules, functions, templates, relationships, classes, all native and defined-type resources, hiera. I think even node blocks work, though they don't necessarily make sense in single-machine mode.

On 05/20/2013 02:59 PM, jcbollinger wrote:
Well, I think there would be a couple more things missing than that.
Reporting and the HTTP API spring to mind. Still, these are things that
don't make much sense in a single-machine context anyway. Certainly all
the bread & butter features will still work: modules, functions,
templates, relationships, classes, all native and defined-type
resources, hiera. I think even node blocks work, though they don't
necessarily make sense in single-machine mode.