similar to: YUM provider bombs out on ''latest'' if the server is not available.

https://build-automation.108.redhat.com/ Just a thought that it might get some more press. Trevor

Hello, I just attempted to remove both the ypbind and the yp-tools packages using the package parameter with yum. As it turns out, both of these packages depend on each other. Is there a way of forcing package removal and, if there is not, is there a way of making all packages to be removed be collapsed into the same yum command? Either of these solutions would solve the problem with the

Does anyone have a technique for performing an exec the first time puppetd runs but then reverting to refreshonly => true state for subsequent runs? The basic idea is: file { "/etc/foo": notify => Exec["bar"] } exec { "bar": command => "Do stuff to /etc/foo", refreshonly => true } Should I use a fact that is unset based on a

I just talked to Mike McGrath from Fedora Infrastructure, and he told me that they are seeing load spikes (not quite performance problems yet, but definitely a concern) in their setup. As an example, the graph [1] shows a typical client - the spikes from 16:00 to 8:00 are almost exclusively puppetd doing its thing. It seems that the most likely culprit is the fileserver - they serve 500-1500

All, I''m trying to figure out the best way to estimate the amount of memory usage that will be taken up by Mongrel and I''m hoping that you have some estimates that can help me. I''m currently estimating the following: Memory Required = Number of running puppetmasters * size of manifests * number of clients managed The mongrel model doesn''t seem to *ever*

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I''ve created a small patch, below, to take care of the case when you wish to use yum to ensure that the latest version of the package is installed but the yum server is down. This patch makes the assumption that, in the case of an yum query error, you want to assume that, if the application is installed, it is the latest. This allows you

Hello, I''ve recently begun looking at Puppet as an alternative to Cfengine and I have a couple of questions. 1) Besides the information posted on the Puppet website, are there any critical differences between Puppet and Cfengine? 2) Does Puppet allow for client-specific file text manipulation. For instance, in Cfengine I can add a line of text to a file if the line doesn''t

I''m having a heck of a time with this. Basically I want to write a custom function that returns a value to the file content type. Ex: file { /blah: content => do_stuff(option) } I looked at the wiki posting but just haven''t been able to figure out how to make this work. The first error that I get when I try to actually use ''return'' is: "return

With 0.25 we can use the split function to parse a string in to an array. In puppet how can I reference a single element of that array? $temp = "1,2,3,4" Then i''d lilke to do : $val = split($temp,'','')[0] Thanks, Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

All, Does anyone know of a way to add a file-centric backtrace to the validate functions in the Stdlib? If you use a validator in a defined type, you end up not having any idea what actually threw the error. Though much has moved to parameterized classes, there are still times when defines are useful and it would be nice to know what calling class/define/stack was blowing up. Thanks, Trevor

Does anyone know if it''s possible to do the following: Given the directory structure: /foo/bar /foo/bar/<bunch of stuff> Is it possible to set /foo/bar to, say 555, and all stuff below to 440 or the directory equivalent? Thanks, Trevor

Would it be possible to... ( I suppose that this is an enhancement request )... automatically do the following on a client-side manifest failure: 1. Wipe localconfig.yaml and state.yaml and try again (seems to fix most things for me) 2. Revert to a last known good configuration if all else fails. Thanks, Trevor _______________________________________________ Puppet-users mailing list

I''ve been searching around but haven''t found a way to do something like a purge with augeas. If you have a file such as [iniheader] entry1 (managed by puppet) entry2 (not managed by puppet) And you want to add ''entry3'' as well as removing anything not managed by puppet in that subsection then you currently do not have this capability. Is this correct? I

What techniques are people using to do particular tasks once in a great while? For example, usually you don''t want to automatically upgrade the kernel until it''s fully tested but, of course one day you will. How do you work through Puppet to perform this activity on an on-demand basis instead of a periodic job. Are you using state files like "if file X exists do Y"

So I have been trying to run puppet once in my kickstart %post scripts but every time it detaches and daemonizes even though I have explicitly stated otherwise. Am I missing something? # rpm -q puppet puppet-0.24.8-1 # /usr/sbin/puppetd --onetime --no-daemonize --verbose --debug debug: Creating default schedules debug: Failed to load library ''shadow'' for feature

Hello all, I am developing a few custom providers for some features that I need into my system (such as dealing with different zipped files or generating some JSON data based on OS files) and I have hit into a question about "how to do this for multiple OS?" Lets focus into the zipped file provider that should provide a common method to pack or unpack zipped files (tar, tar.gz,

I attempted the following: resources { service: purge => true, noop => true } service { sshd: ensure => running; iptables ensure => running; } And got the following message: notice: Starting configuration run err: Found a bug: uninitialized constant Parse notice: Finished configuration run in 0.47 seconds When I remove the ''resources'' line, everything works

I have a machine with two swap partitions (sda2 and sda8). Both will have none as mount point. When I try to use puppet (using mount type) for managing fstab I get problems because "name" in both instances (i.e. mount path) will be "none". How should I fix this within puppet? Regards Halvard Moe

Has anyone done rollbacks with puppet? The story goes that last night I pushed a change out, which intentionally changed the way certain services where managed. The change involved pushing out a few files, cronjobs, etc., which was okay until it was discovered there was a bug with the service. My configurations are kept in subversion and rolling back to a previous configuration would have

I''m having a bit of trouble understanding what to do with the ''type'' attribute of ''file''. I would like to perform different operations on directories vs. files under the same structure, can ''type'' be used for this? Are there any other examples of doing this kind of thing? Thanks, Trevor