Puppet users - Aug 2012 - Difference between puppet agent and puppetd

Hello readers, 

I am wondering - what''s the difference between executing "puppet
agent" and
"puppetd"? I am on SLES 11 SP2, and both commands want to use the 
/var/run/puppet/agent.pid lock file, both pull the configurations from the 
server, but they seem to be mutually exlusive. When I run "sudo puppet 
agent", the /etc/init.d/puppet status" will say "unused",
for examle. Also
the process is different - one is /usr/sbin/puppetd, the other is 
/usr/bin/puppet. 

Yet they do - AFAIK - the same. 

Can somebody help me out here? Which one should I actually use for clients? 


Thanks & greetings, 
Axel.

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Hi Axel,

`puppetd` is the old (< 2.6.0?) way to call the agent, and `puppet agent` 
is the new way. The old way is still supported, but support will probably 
be removed at some point.

Cheers,
Paul

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Hi Paul, 

thanks for the answer. I''m on SLES 11 SP2, and the RPM says "
puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1".
so, no, it should be reasonably new (even if too old for my personal taste 
;)

SuSE uses puppetd in the /etc/init.d script it seems.


Greetings, 
Axel.


Am Freitag, 17. August 2012 12:05:05 UTC+2 schrieb Axel
Bock:
>
> Hello readers, 
>
> I am wondering - what''s the difference between executing
"puppet agent"
> and "puppetd"? I am on SLES 11 SP2, and both commands want to use
the
> /var/run/puppet/agent.pid lock file, both pull the configurations from the 
> server, but they seem to be mutually exlusive. When I run "sudo puppet
> agent", the /etc/init.d/puppet status" will say
"unused", for examle. Also
> the process is different - one is /usr/sbin/puppetd, the other is 
> /usr/bin/puppet. 
>
> Yet they do - AFAIK - the same. 
>
> Can somebody help me out here? Which one should I actually use for 
> clients? 
>
>
> Thanks & greetings, 
> Axel.
>
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On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:26:54 AM UTC-5, Axel Bock
wrote:
>
> Hi Paul, 
>
> thanks for the answer. I''m on SLES 11 SP2, and the RPM says "
> puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1".
> so, no, it should be reasonably new (even if too old for my personal taste 
> ;)
>
> SuSE uses puppetd in the /etc/init.d script it seems.
>
>
Ubuntu (10.04 + 12.04) uses puppetd in it''s upstart and related scripts
as
well IIRC.
 
>
> Greetings, 
> Axel.
>
>
> Am Freitag, 17. August 2012 12:05:05 UTC+2 schrieb Axel Bock:
>>
>> Hello readers, 
>>
>> I am wondering - what''s the difference between executing
"puppet agent"
>> and "puppetd"? I am on SLES 11 SP2, and both commands want to
use the
>> /var/run/puppet/agent.pid lock file, both pull the configurations from
the
>> server, but they seem to be mutually exlusive. When I run "sudo
puppet
>> agent", the /etc/init.d/puppet status" will say
"unused", for examle. Also
>> the process is different - one is /usr/sbin/puppetd, the other is 
>> /usr/bin/puppet. 
>>
>> Yet they do - AFAIK - the same. 
>>
>> Can somebody help me out here? Which one should I actually use for 
>> clients? 
>>
>>
>> Thanks & greetings, 
>> Axel.
>>
>
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I hope the rapidity of change and the "quest for newness"
doesn''t render the product less stable and predictable.

On Aug 17, 2012, at 4:12 AM, Paul Tötterman <paul.totterman@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Axel,
> 
> `puppetd` is the old (< 2.6.0?) way to call the agent, and `puppet
agent` is the new way. The old way is still supported, but support will probably
be removed at some point.
> 
> Cheers,
> Paul
> 
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