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I want to use Puppet and Facter on a machine where I don''t have sudo or root access privileges. I won''t be using Puppet for anything that requires that level of access, so I should be OK if I can get it on the box. Any advice on how to proceed? Currently the Facter installer complains that it doesn''t have privileges for /usr/bin/facter. I assume Puppet will have the same

I''m new to the group, so apologies in advance if I repeat a question that''s already been asked and answered. First of all, I''m very happy to see an open-source alternative to commercial configuration automation tools. My question is this: I manage a collection of tools with web-based administration. They have no external config files, and store their config data in the

I''ve seen a couple of examples of using puppet to control services where you can''t run a puppet agent on the resource. As far as I can tell they work by having puppet proxy through some external-service control mechanism, such as fog. The question is: where does the proxy run? I assume a puppet agent needs to run somewhere. Where do you put that agent, how do you configure it,

I am considering installing a Puppet agent on a legacy server running an old, crappy, slow, leaky, yet important Java app. Nervous about introducing anything that might (further) destabilize the app. What are people''s experiences with Puppet in terms of resource usage (CPU/ memory/network/etc)? For starters will likely run it on the standard daemon schedule. Ultimately may want to control

Hi, When a want to use scheduled_task for create a windows task and when i give a AD user, i have this message : err: /Stage[main]/Mirnas/Scheduled_task[test]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Invalid user: DOMAIN\oper My user domain and the password are correct. I have the same error if i change DOMAIN\oper by oper@domain.com or DOMAIN/oper With a local user, is working, but i

I want to setup java jdk and maven and need to set some environment variables that stick around after reboot. I also need to add to values to the path variable so I can call via the command line. What''s the best way to set permanent environment variables for windows via the manifest? Is there a custom type for this? Corey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to