Puppet users - Oct 2013 - Howto model different stages

Hi all,
I''m trying to find a nice way to model different stages (like: live,
test,
dev) of puppet modules. Initially I thought of different branches inside 
one (Git) repository...  

   - either being checked out on one puppetmaster into different 
   directories being used as different puppet environments
   - or being checked out on different puppetmasters

but then colleagues of mine recently attended Citconf in Turin were 
somebody strongly recommended *not* to use puppet environments and/or 
branches.

I''d like to understand how you solve(d) this.

Thanks in advance,
Christian

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Christian Flamm <christian.le.flamm@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
> I''m trying to find a nice way to model different stages (like:
live,
> test, dev) of puppet modules. Initially I thought of different
> branches inside one (Git) repository... 
>
> * either being checked out on one puppetmaster into different
>   directories being used as different puppet environments
>
> * or being checked out on different puppetmasters
I map git branches ("testing", "production") to puppet
environments,
with the "r10k" tool, and use dynamic environments on my puppet
master.

Each branch contain a "manifests" directory with "site.pp",
and a
Puppetfile. "r10k" creates a "modules" directory, and checks
out the
modules using the versions set in the puppetfile.

After that, you need at least the following in your puppet.conf on your
puppet master to set up dynamic environments:

[main]
environment = production

[master]
manifest   = /srv/puppet/env/$environment/manifests/site.pp
modulepath = /srv/puppet/env/$environment/modules
> but then colleagues of mine recently attended Citconf in Turin were
> somebody strongly recommended not to use puppet environments and/or
> branches.
Did you get a reason for this recommendation?

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Stig Sandbeck Mathisen

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