Puppet users - Jan 2012 - Puppet on Windows - client installer?

I''ve been watching Puppet on Windows and may be interested in trying
it out - our Linux team is already working with it in a pilot... The
issue I see is it doesn''t seem to have a msi or exe I could install on
client computers, instead it looks like it''d need a ruby environment
installed to get started (if I understand correctly)...

Is this the case, or am I missing where the installer is? Is there any
thought to creating a msi / exe installer in the future that would
have puppet be self contained and run a service?

Thank...

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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:54 AM, jmp242 <jp10558@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this the case, or am I missing where the installer is? Is there any
thought to creating a msi / exe installer in the future that
would
> have puppet be self contained

Funny you should ask: https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11205. We are
working on an MSI installed containing everything you need to install
puppet, facter, ruby, gems.

> and run a service?
>
This is something we are not planning on doing, partly because of the issue
with long running ruby processes, memory usage, etc. Instead we were
looking to use scheduled tasks to run puppet on a specified interval. It
does mean you couldn''t `puppet kick` these agents. Would that work in
your
environment?

Josh

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Is this .MSI available (at least for testing)?  When I click on the
link it takes me to a login screen.

I am trying to pilot it in my test lab environment and would love to
give it a whirl.  Especially since this testlab environment has
limited Internet connectivity (read that as none) so trying to install
the individual pieces for the Windows agents is a pain.  Trying to do
a POC for the Windows servers.

Thanks.

On Jan 26, 9:59 am, Josh Cooper <j...@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:54 AM, jmp242 <jp10...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is this the case, or am I missing where the installer is? Is there any
>
> thought to creating a msi / exe installer in the future that would
>
> > have puppet be self contained
>
> Funny you should ask:https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11205. We are
> working on an MSI installed containing everything you need to install
> puppet, facter, ruby, gems.
>
> > and run a service?
>
> This is something we are not planning on doing, partly because of the issue
> with long running ruby processes, memory usage, etc. Instead we were
> looking to use scheduled tasks to run puppet on a specified interval. It
> does mean you couldn''t `puppet kick` these agents. Would that work
in your
> environment?
>
> Josh
>
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> Developer, Puppet Labs
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Hi Shawn,

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Shawn Turpin
<terpmeister@gmail.com>wrote:
> Is this .MSI available (at least for testing)?  When I click on the
> link it takes me to a login screen.
>
There should be a link to create a redmine account, which may be useful
later if you run into trouble and need to file a ticket.

> I am trying to pilot it in my test lab environment and would love to
> give it a whirl.  Especially since this testlab environment has
> limited Internet connectivity (read that as none) so trying to install
> the individual pieces for the Windows agents is a pain.  Trying to do
> a POC for the Windows servers.
>
The repo for building the MSI is publicly available (
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet_for_the_win), though it requires that
you have the WiX toolset installed, etc. We don''t yet have nightly MSI
builds, but we could make a preview version available for you to try.
It''d
be great to get your feedback before we release.

I''ll ping you separately tomorrow. If anyone else is interested in
giving
it a whirl, please send an email to me directly.

Thanks,
Josh

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