Puppet users - Apr 2013 - Deploying Modules on Windows Node without using Dashboard (Puppet Enterprise Console)

Hello,

I am a newbie to Puppet and Puppet Enterprise, trying to see/understand how 
we can automate some of the windows app installs using it.

I got the Master/Node Agents all working. I went through the Quick Start 
Guide and followed the example of how to install a module: win_desktop_shortcut 
using the Dashboard (Adding a Class, Edit Node, etc).

I don''t want to use the Dashboard to add the class and push the Class
to
the Node.

What Command Line options do I have to deploy these modules to the Node?

Thanks

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Hi,

Once you have the module installed onto your Puppet master, you''ll want
to
declare the class onto your nodes. Here''s a doc on that subject:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_classes.html#declaring-a-class-with-include

You have multiple choices for where to declare your classes. If you''re
not
interested in using the Enterprise Console/Dashboard, I suggest you start
with the site manifest. Here''s a doc on that:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_classes.html#declarations

I hope that helps!

--Ryan


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:55 AM, <mysql.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie to Puppet and Puppet Enterprise, trying to see/understand
> how we can automate some of the windows app installs using it.
>
> I got the Master/Node Agents all working. I went through the Quick Start
> Guide and followed the example of how to install a module:
win_desktop_shortcut
> using the Dashboard (Adding a Class, Edit Node, etc).
>
> I don''t want to use the Dashboard to add the class and push the
Class to
> the Node.
>
> What Command Line options do I have to deploy these modules to the Node?
>
> Thanks
>
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Thanks Ryan. I will look at modifying the site manifest.

Question: Do you think another option would be to modify the same file(s) 
that Console/Dashboard is modifying? That way, I am in sync for users who 
do want to use the cool features of the Dashboard?

Thanks again!

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:08:03 PM UTC-5, Ryan Coleman
wrote:
>
> Hi, 
>
> Once you have the module installed onto your Puppet master, you''ll
want to
> declare the class onto your nodes. Here''s a doc on that subject: 
>
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_classes.html#declaring-a-class-with-include
>
> You have multiple choices for where to declare your classes. If
you''re not
> interested in using the Enterprise Console/Dashboard, I suggest you start 
> with the site manifest. Here''s a doc on that: 
>
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/2.7/reference/lang_classes.html#declarations
>
> I hope that helps! 
>
> --Ryan
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 11:55 AM, <mysql...@gmail.com
<javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a newbie to Puppet and Puppet Enterprise, trying to see/understand
>> how we can automate some of the windows app installs using it.
>>
>> I got the Master/Node Agents all working. I went through the Quick
Start
>> Guide and followed the example of how to install a module:
win_desktop_shortcut
>> using the Dashboard (Adding a Class, Edit Node, etc).
>>
>> I don''t want to use the Dashboard to add the class and push
the Class to
>> the Node.
>>
>> What Command Line options do I have to deploy these modules to the
Node?
>>
>> Thanks
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:44 PM, <mysql.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Question: Do you think another option would be to modify the same file(s)
> that Console/Dashboard is modifying? That way, I am in sync for users who
> do want to use the cool features of the Dashboard?

How do you mean? What files?

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Let me explain what I did:
- 1. Installed 3 new Modules on the Puppet Master
- 2. Went to the Dashboard, Added the new Classes
- 3. In the Dashboard, also Edited the Node to add the new Classes to it
- 4. The Agents on the Node to which the classes were assigned picked up 
the new modules and installed the applications.

So, the above was good and worked as expected.

My question is:
- Shouldn''t I be able to use an API like "puppet ....." to do
the same as
above?
- If I cannot do it via an API, then what is the Dashboard doing in #2 and 
#3 and can I not edit some files manually/programmatically to accomplish 
the same?

Hope that makes sense.

Thanks again!

On Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:51:35 PM UTC-5, Ryan Coleman
wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:44 PM, <mysql...@gmail.com
<javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Question: Do you think another option would be to modify the same
file(s)
>> that Console/Dashboard is modifying? That way, I am in sync for users
who
>> do want to use the cool features of the Dashboard?
>
>
> How do you mean? What files? 
>
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Hi. I apologize for my delay. I missed your reply.

On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:20 PM, <mysql.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Let me explain what I did:
> - 1. Installed 3 new Modules on the Puppet Master
> - 2. Went to the Dashboard, Added the new Classes
> - 3. In the Dashboard, also Edited the Node to add the new Classes to it
> - 4. The Agents on the Node to which the classes were assigned picked up
> the new modules and installed the applications.
>
> So, the above was good and worked as expected.
>
> My question is:
> - Shouldn''t I be able to use an API like "puppet ....."
to do the same as
> above?
> - If I cannot do it via an API, then what is the Dashboard doing in #2 and
> #3 and can I not edit some files manually/programmatically to accomplish
> the same?
>
The Dashboard behaves as an external node classifier to Puppet. You can
read about that concept here:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/external_nodes.html

It does come with various rake tasks for programmatically manipulating your
classification data. You can read about those tasks here:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/latest/console_classes_groups.html#rake-api If
you''re using Puppet Enterprise, the path will be different but I
don''t have
it off-hand. I think you can use find in /usr for dashboard.


>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
> Thanks again!
>



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