Puppet users - Dec 2013 - best way to distribute puppet manifests

Hi Everyone,

I am currently trying to learn puppet through this book called Puppet 3 
Beginners Guide by John Arundel and it talks about distributing puppet 
manifests using git. As I''m going through it, it looks a little pieced 
together and complex. 

I was wondering what was the best way? Using the puppet-master or through 
git? Just wondering what everyone else does to distribute their manifests?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

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I think it depends a bit on your situation. If you''re the only one
editing
the code, you might find using a version control system too much overhead.
I would probably still want to do it even in that case, but not everyone
would. If you''re making changes infrequently, a backup of the files
might
be enough for your comfort level.

If there are multiple people editing the code, I think it''s a no
brainer to
use some kind of version control, whether it''s git or another option.
It''s
great to be able to look at commits and know who changed what, when, and
why. One nice thing about git specifically is that branching is really
inexpensive. We use topic branches a lot where I work and then test against
them using "--environment =" when we run the agent.


Rich



On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Philippe Conway
<philippe.conway@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am currently trying to learn puppet through this book called Puppet 3
> Beginners Guide by John Arundel and it talks about distributing puppet
> manifests using git. As I''m going through it, it looks a little
pieced
> together and complex.
>
> I was wondering what was the best way? Using the puppet-master or through
> git? Just wondering what everyone else does to distribute their manifests?
>
> Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
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On Sunday, December 1, 2013 11:20:50 AM UTC-6, Philippe Conway
wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am currently trying to learn puppet through this book called Puppet 3 
> Beginners Guide by John Arundel and it talks about distributing puppet 
> manifests using git. As I''m going through it, it looks a little
pieced
> together and complex. 
>
> I was wondering what was the best way? Using the puppet-master or through 
> git? Just wondering what everyone else does to distribute their manifests?
>
>
What is your purpose for "distributing" manifests?  If you are
planning an
agent/master setup, then the only place the manifests *need* to reside is 
on the master.  In particular, they do not need to be present on the target 
nodes under management (except inasmuch as the master may reside on a 
managed node).  Delivering manifests to target nodes is necessary only if 
you want to operate in masterless mode, using "puppet apply" on the
target
nodes instead of running the agent.

If you want to perform distributed manifest development -- i.e. you have a 
team who will cooperate on writing and maintaining your manifest set -- 
then a version-control system such as git or svn is nearly a necessity.  In 
that case, it makes sense to use your VCS at need to update the master with 
the right version of its working copy of the manifests.

Even if you are the sole manifest developer, it might make sense to do 
manifest development somewhere other than on your primary master, and there 
certainly are still advantages to a VCS, so even then it might be a good 
fit to deliver the desired version of your manifest set to your master via 
your VCS.  And if you are doing your manifest development directly on your 
master then I would strongly advise you to use a VCS, though there is no 
"distributing" involved in that case.

Also, if you are planning a masterless setup then it makes a lot of sense 
for nodes to pull their manifest set from your VCS.


John

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