How to install the software patches through puppet which require restart
HI All, I am working on windows 2012. I have four patches to be installed in my system and i am planning to do this through puppet. I need to skip the already installed software and resume the...
View ArticlePuppet Agent Error retrieving catalog
Hi Guys, I have a really simple setup with 1 puppet server and a couple of dev/test boxes. Up to this point I have only used/written my own classes and manifests, and everything has been going...
View ArticleRunning onetime agent from Windows node --tags argument
Hi Folks, this is driving me nut since couple days. I'd need to run one-time configuration from one of the Windows node and be able to pass a parameter or use the --tags (which does not work as far as...
View ArticleHiera.conf 5 mapped_paths based on a Array fact from split string
Hi, I'm trying to setup a generic hierarchy based on Hiera 5 under the following assumptions: * a fact `roles` holds a comma-separated list of roles to use in hiera. Example: `[ 'role1', 'role2'...
View ArticlePuppet registry module
Hi, I am trying to manage TightVNC configuration using Registry module.. How I can provide the binary value to the key "password"? I was able set key's which accept the data type of "String" Thanks.
View ArticleHiera Defined Types + MongoDB Module?
I might be a bit confused about how Hiera works with defined types... classes: - mongodb::service - mongodb::client So here's where I start getting confused. I haven't had issues with Apache, which is...
View Articlepkg provider / Solaris 11 / Install package from source
I need to upgrade the Solaris 11 agent package 'puppet-agent@1.9.3,5.11-1.sparc.p5p'. The system currently has this version: puppet-agent (puppetlabs.com) 1.8.2-1 i-- My manifest is as simple as this:...
View ArticlePuppetDB 2.3.7/2.3.8 - Caused by: java.io.IOException: Frame size of 127 MB...
Hey, I'm *really* struggling here with a PuppetDB 2.3.X issue that's crept through our infrastructure recently whereby after about 5 minutes of restarting the `puppetdb` service we start to get...
View Articlecan I use an input file listing folders, user names and permissions with the...
If I have say 50 folders to set individual ACL's on can puppet handle an input file and read them in as variables?
View Articlei created an api to retrieve specific variavle from my platform,i need to...
ICINGA2_NODENAME=<%= @fqdn %> ICINGA2_CA_TICKET= i need to use an api to get this variable
View Articlei want to use api with puppet template to extract a needed variable ,any advise?
ICINGA2_NODENAME=<%= @fqdn %> ICINGA2_CA_TICKET= i need to use an api to get this variable
View ArticleIs Maven installed?
Hi there, I am trying to download war files from my maven repository. It is hosted in http://car-build-001.abc.com:8081/artifactory/simple/libs-snapshot-local/ $repo = { id => "myrepo", username...
View ArticleConverting current system state to Puppet code
Hi, I am looking at a project which will require several services to be rebuilt. ideally we would like to 'Puppetize' these services at the same time. These services a largely a combination of windows...
View ArticleHow can I write code to install a script and .tar file on the same command...
I am trying to write code to install SCCM on my puppet PE, the manual command is: ./install -mp -sitecode I know how to write a code for installing just one script , but how does it work , when there...
View Article" Installing and configuring ULTRAVNC" through puppet resulted error
I have simple puppet program which 1) Install the "UltraVNC" from "chocolatey" repo 2) Move the config file to "C:\Program Files\uvnc bvba\UltraVnc" 3) Then start the service When I ran the puppet...
View ArticleCustom Type/Provider Parameter Issue: Value updating itself each agent run.
[Referenced Module](https://github.com/RossMurr4y/iis/tree/pool32bitfalse) In my puppet IIS module, I have a custom type called iis_pool, with a parameter called 'enable_32bit'....
View ArticleGetting a strange error for file resource when recursive=remote
Note - a puppet newbie here - any help is much appreciated. We are getting a "Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate': Error 400 on SERVER: Permission denied" whenever a file...
View ArticleCloud managed Puppet access LANs behind firewall
Hi, Im new to puppet. We have a large volume of clients with predominantly Windows servers and workstations. Each client has an automation system that sits on a LAN we maintain. Rather than install a...
View ArticleWhat does 'Unscheduling refresh on Service' mean in a puppet run output?
I am trying to install an elasticsearch instance on a node using the elastic/elasticsearch module. It installs elasticsearch but the instance service does not start. In the puppet run output there are...
View Articlepuppet is trying to use systemd to start my service rather than the command...
This used to work on our old (2.7) puppet system but when I moved the code over to 4.x it does not anymore. My code is included in with a lot of other stuff that I don't control including all the...
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