Puppet users - May 2009 - Puppet deployment and upgrading itself?

I just got approval to deploy puppet to about 1500 Macs! Now I have to  
actually do it.

I''m considering two options. We have a security tool we use that is a  
Mac application and is already installed on all our Macs. Since it''s a
Mac app, it''s basically a folder (a .app folder). I''m
wondering if I
can just install puppet into the .app directory, that way our  
configuration management and security configuration tool are together.

So, question 1: is this a good or bad idea?

Question 2: If I push out a new version of our app with Puppet, what  
will happen when puppet essentially updates itself?

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Thanks,

Allan Marcus
505-667-5666




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On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Allan Marcus <allan@lanl.gov>
wrote:
>
> I just got approval to deploy puppet to about 1500 Macs! Now I have to
> actually do it.
>
> I''m considering two options. We have a security tool we use that
is a
> Mac application and is already installed on all our Macs. Since
it''s a
> Mac app, it''s basically a folder (a .app folder). I''m
wondering if I
> can just install puppet into the .app directory, that way our
> configuration management and security configuration tool are together.
>
> So, question 1: is this a good or bad idea?
Unless you''re including all the Ruby dependencies... this strikes me
as a bad idea.


>
> Question 2: If I push out a new version of our app with Puppet, what
> will happen when puppet essentially updates itself?
We install puppet to the standard location, and simply tell puppet to
ensure that versions of the puppet pkg are installed. No problems so
far.
>
> ---
> Thanks,
>
> Allan Marcus
> 505-667-5666
>
>
>
>
> >
>


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Nigel Kersten
nigelk@google.com
System Administrator
Google, Inc.

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