Can't delete user(s) from a Windows local group
Any ideas what the issue may be with deleting a user/member from a windows local group? group {'remove from Administrators': name => 'Administrators', ensure => absent, auth_membership =>...
View Articleno SLES on power agent?!
I installed Puppet Enterprise on some RedHat systems and it works well. Now I wanted to use puppet on my SLES 11 & 12 systems, too. As I tried to find the agent on the Puppet Master, I saw that...
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Hello, If we have web server running in client, does puppet agent also keep the config information locally? Or Does it get from Master?
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If we are running webserver instance in agent, does agent and master keep the configuration info? O
View ArticleHiera not picking up packages resource
Hi guys, I am experiencing with Puppet 4 and have the following issue: In my **site.pp** manifest i have defined the following default node: node default { include(hiera_array('classes', [])) } In my...
View Articlepuppet executions with modules
Hey guys, I want to customize my modules execution in puppet. That means I want to run a module only after a particular module.
View Articleerr: /File: Failed to generate additional resources using 'eval_generate:...
Hi, While i am running the below command i am getting some error please help on this. `sudo puppetd agent --test --server MasterHost --environment newdcdeploy --ssldir /var/lib/puppet/ssl --pluginsync...
View Articlecreate a file if puppet module installs
So I've got a huge puppet module that does all kinds of things: setting up lvms creating new mount points configuring multiple files etc.. I just want to touch a file if the module is installed...
View Articlehow to get string from local(not puppet server)and store in manifest
hi all i would like to use value from local content. the purpose is use file resource's content value like below $content_value = cat /file file{'/file': content => $content_value, notify =>...
View ArticlePuppet for Windows on Azure, public IP?
First, do I really want my Puppet master in Azure to be only have access via a public IP? I can't believe that this is so hard to try out. It took me 2 hours to test DSC configurations. It seems like...
View Articlehow to show success or failure notification in subject line using tagmail
I wanted to send a email notification where in subject line only it should show puppet run was success or failure on any node using tagmail .
View ArticleHello Experts, I'm a beginner in puppet and have a scenario to run custom...
I have a scenario to run custom facts based on dynamically generated values from manifest. Is there a way to do this with puppet?
View ArticleConfiguring external device with REST-Api
Hi all, We have devices, where we can't run puppet agents on. The services on these devices can be configured via REST Api. I'm currently writing a custom type/resource provider for doing this. There...
View Articleunable to connect agent to puppet master
using command: puppet agent -t error is: Error: Could not request certificate: Connection refused - connect(2) Exiting; failed to retrieve certificate and waitforcert is disabled in agent server,i can...
View ArticleYou are not allowed to run puppet on this host
Hi, I'm new to puppet but is it possible to make the configuration so that puppet can't be run accidentally on specific hosts in the domain i.e. if "puppet agent --test" is run on a particular host,...
View ArticleYou are not allowed to run puppet on this host
Hi, I'm new to puppet but is there a way to prevent puppet from running on a specific host i.e. if "puppet agent --test" is run on that host, the following message would be displayed "You are not...
View ArticlePuppet module installation question
Hello, I would like to install a splunk/puppet module to install spunk forwarders in my servers, but this readme file doesn't have any informaiton. Is there a standard config file where we can feed all...
View Articlehow to create inherited custom type
i would like to create inherited custom type and override some attribute. like below fil_extent inherited file
View ArticlePuppet serach returns Error: Could not execute search (HTTP 301)
Hi, I tried to search a module on http://forge.puppetlabs.com. I got "Error: Could not execute search (HTTP 301)". It worked for the command puppet module install ntp. Any idea? # puppet module search...
View Articlepuppet & facter runs : private method `split' called for nil:NilClass
Hi Guys If I run a 'puppet agent' or 'facter -p' on a client, I get private method `split' called for nil:NilClass Using stale cache right at the very top of the output ie whilst agent is still...
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