Is there a way to specify on a per-object basis that Puppet should merely report that an object needs to be updated without actually performing the update? This would make it possible to detect changes to critical objects (e.g. config files) that Puppet shouldn''t try to fix automaticaly. -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com
On Apr 26, 2007, at 7:17 PM, Jos Backus wrote:> Is there a way to specify on a per-object basis that Puppet should > merely > report that an object needs to be updated without actually > performing the > update? > > This would make it possible to detect changes to critical objects > (e.g. config > files) that Puppet shouldn''t try to fix automaticaly.Just add ''noop => true'' to the resource. -- Basic research is what I am doing when I don''t know what I am doing. --Wernher von Braun --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 08:59:37PM -0500, Luke Kanies wrote:> On Apr 26, 2007, at 7:17 PM, Jos Backus wrote: > > > Is there a way to specify on a per-object basis that Puppet should merely > > report that an object needs to be updated without actually performing the > > update? > > > > This would make it possible to detect changes to critical objects (e.g. > > config > > files) that Puppet shouldn''t try to fix automaticaly. > > > Just add ''noop => true'' to the resource.Ah, it''s one of the metaparameters. Excellent. Thanks Luke. -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com