Puppet users - Apr 2013 - Current status of Puppet and MCollective on Windows

We recently (in the last couple of months) installed Puppet to manage 
windows and linux boxes.  Puppet is running great.  The next thing is to 
force puppet to run and "push" out updates in a coordinated manner
rather
than the randomish 30 minute window.  We installed MCollective on the linux 
boxes and everything works great.  However, I''ve been trying to install
it
on the windows boxes with very limited success and was wondering where I 
can find the status of windows support with MCollective.  If you could 
point me in the right direction, I would like to help finish out the 
windows implementations.
Thanks,
Nathan

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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan Shirlberg" <nathannis@gmail.com>
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 5:55:38 PM
> Subject: [Puppet Users] Current status of Puppet and MCollective on Windows
> 
> We recently (in the last couple of months) installed Puppet to manage
> windows and linux boxes.  Puppet is running great.  The next thing is to
> force puppet to run and "push" out updates in a coordinated
manner rather
> than the randomish 30 minute window.  We installed MCollective on the linux
> boxes and everything works great.  However, I''ve been trying to
install it
> on the windows boxes with very limited success and was wondering where I
> can find the status of windows support with MCollective.  If you could
> point me in the right direction, I would like to help finish out the
> windows implementations.

there is some windows related notes in ext/windows on github, people have
reported success with that.

We''ll be merging in some saner config defaults for windows soon and I
know
we''re doing some packaging work - I am not sure if that will role into
the
Puppet windows installers as well.

The MCollective Puppet Agent will also in the coming weeks get windows
support.

So right now the story sux a bit, but it should improve soonish

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We are running puppet now on about 30 windows boxes (xp to 2008 server and
everything in between). If you need any help creating or testing install
packages i would be happy to help. When you build a package for windows do you
plan to build an MSI that would install everything on the Windows client, just
use puppet to move all the files, set all the configs, etc. or can mcollective
be installed on windows boxes using gems only?

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