[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet with VMWare ESX

dbs
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:53:32 -0000

On Jun 13, 11:39 am, Jens Meydam <jmey...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> We have invested heavily in virtualization infrastructure, in
> particular VMWare ESX.  How well does Puppet work with VMWare ESX?  I
> have found some material, but not as much as I hoped for.  I am
> wondering if this is perhaps a combination we should better avoid.

Not at all, Puppet with vmware guest platforms is fantastic.

We have a procedure in place that uses kickstart with CentOS and
puppet for post-install configuration that can bring a system up and
on the net and with all packages installed in under 10 minutes.  We
deploy hosts constantly using this method, and each new host comes up
already puppet-managed, with vmware tools installed, and ready for
final configuration.

> What are your recommendations?

Do it!  :)

  -d