Questions tagged [puppet]
Puppet is a configuration management tool (Unix & Windows) with its own Domain Specific Language (Puppet or Ruby DSL).
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How to ensure that a user is a member of a group using Puppet
Importantly, I want nothing more or less than this. I want to manage only a limited set of groups for a limited set of users, without ever changing any of their main groups or removing any other group ...
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use regex inside puppet file resource
I want to delete a file using file resource. File name is AA_BB_CC_11.22.33.7z . Problem is file resource does not support regex and the numbers in the can be changed. I am using variable inside my ...
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What's the difference between CMs “push” method (Ansible) to “pull” method (Chef/Puppet)?
I know that some of the advantages of Ansible over many other CMs are these:
Ansible's scripts being written in YAML, a simple serialization language.
The fact that one doesn't have to install it on ...
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Foreman ENC is showing error
I am getting below error in my foreman webUI:
warning Puppet Unable to fetch my node definition, but the agent run will continue:
warning Puppet Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Failed to ...
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How should I use quoting with echo in Puppet?
I'm trying to use echo inside a Puppet rule to add a line to .bashrc, but I can't seem to get the quoting right.
'/usr/bin/echo -E PS1=\"[\t--------------------------------------------------------\n-\...
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Command not found when run as sudo
I'm running centos7. I installed puppet. if I write puppet as a user, I get a proper output. If I write sudo puppet I get command not found.
The really weird thing is, if I do sudo su - and become ...
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Puppet agent doesn't run manifest from regexp
node 'node-slave01' {
include repo::git
include fun::cmatrix
}
node 'node-slave02' {
include repo::hg
include fun::toilet
}
node 'node-slave03' {
include fun::...
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Puppetizing Yast2 Configuration
Background
I have a requirement to use SUSE Enterprise Server 12 SP3 across a new cluster of servers. Previously I have used ubuntu and redhat, and have managed their configuration using Puppet. I am ...
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Puppet: what's wrong with my configuration?
I want to learn puppet.
Installation on Suse ok.
The CA and SSL works fine
puppet cert list --all
Return my master and my client.
On client
puppet agent -t
Return OK,no problem.
I start a very ...
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What is the scope of lens in saltStack?
I am working on Salt related stuffs, here I found lens inside the augeas module.I have been looked into the saltStack documentation but I could not able to figure out what it actually does ?
augeas....
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Puppet exec command runs successfully but doesn't make the needed changes
I am trying to make some changes on my Ubuntu 16.04 server using puppet exec to run commands to make those changes. When I run puppet, the command is executed successfully but puppet exec doesn't make ...
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Puppet Gluster Volume Error
I am getting this error when I add a gluster volume and run puppet agent -t:
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while ...
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Error: Systemd start for glusterfs-server failed
I keep getting the error below when I run puppet agent -t but when I check the gluster service, the service is already running. What do I need to do to fix this error that I keep getting?
Error: ...
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java.net.BindException: Address already in use when running puppetdb and jira
I'm trying to run both jira and puppetdb both on the same server using the same postgresql database. When I enable jira first, puppetdb throws the following error:
$sudo /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/bin/...
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When you use puppet, how do you separate the provisioning and maintenance code?
So say you're using puppet. Initially you might use the puppet server to set it up with a puppet agent to setup your server (you might, then again you might use images, but I'm using puppet).
Let's ...
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Puppet Recursive File Permissions
When using a Puppet file resource with recurse=>true is it possible to have directories and files get different permissions?
That is we generally want to remove read/execute permissions from group ...
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Disabling mtu_bypass on AIX in file
I would like to disable mtu_bypass from within a file. I saw that you can use chdev to do it with a command, but I would rather specify the setting within a file using puppet.
Does anyone know which ...
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puppet resource dependency
When I do puppet apply, I get the error:
Warning: Scope(Mod::Cl[title]): Can't load '/tmp/file.yaml' File does not exist!
Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, ...
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how to define user who run puppet script as variable
I am using puppet, what I am trying to write script that create file related to the user who run it. lets say I want to create the file/soft link if not exist so other application can edit it, then ...
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How to set file contents but leaving permissions alone using Puppet?
I'm using the file directive to set the contents of many configuration files. Some of the applications have their own configuration interfaces which are the preferred way to modify these files (before ...
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Can I log and drop a packet in one iptables rule?
I've currently got the following Puppet firewall setup:
firewall { '100 drop insecure outgoing HTTP traffic':
chain => 'OUTPUT',
dport => 80,
proto => tcp,
action => reject,
}
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Trying to install Puppet Enterprise on Linux 7 and getting Certification error
This is what I get as root on my Linux 7:
sudo rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-el-7.noarch.rpm
Retrieving ...
curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "...
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How to capture all system configurations and apply to remote machines?
I have bunch of raspberry pies that I have installed arch-linux on. On regular basis, I make changes to the system configurations. For instance I install services, change connection settings, move ...
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How to enforce that group X membership implies group Y membership in Puppet?
I'd like all users who are members of the 'users' group to also be members of the 'audio', 'lp' and 'video' groups. How can I enforce this in Puppet without specifying any of the usernames? The goal ...
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Class declaration in puppet
I have created a module in puppet named patchmgmt and inside my init.pp file, i have defined my class name same as my module name. Do i need to declare my class or having the class name same as ...
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Puppet shows a different version to the puppet-agent package version
Why puppet showing different versions in system:
[root@localhost ~]# puppet --version
4.7.0
[root@localhost ~]# puppet agent --version
4.7.0
But rpm shows diff version for agent and server
[root@...
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Multiple puppetmaster behind load balancer
We build two puppet master on openstack cloud and put them behind LBaasV2 (haproxy) load balancer, also we have separate puppetDB and PuppetCA server to handle certificate.
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Remove “ipv6only” option from Puppet nginx module
My nginx server (which serves multiple vhosts) fails to start:
Nov 08 23:54:43 foo systemd[1]: Starting nginx - high performance web server...
Nov 08 23:54:43 foo nginx[3830]: nginx: [emerg] ...
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Failed to open TCP connection to plugins:8140
I am deploying several vm's in ganeti with open source puppet, when I run puppet agent in this specific host I keep get this error:
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
Info: Retrieving plugin
Error: /File[/...
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Unable to install puppet
I am new to puppet,Have tried to install puppet enterprise 2016.2 in my local machine(monolithic method)
downloaded tar file and extracted it
gave the option as Guided install option
It popped out ...
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Why is a variable in a `require`d module not always available?
I've got three module manifests in separate files (stripped down to bare essentials):
class users {
$user = 'foo'
user { $user:
ensure => present;
}
}
class dvcs_cli {
require users
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Puppet: command not found in Debian 8
I have just installed puppet master package in Debian 8 using apt-get but my puppet command is not working.
root@admin:/etc/puppet# puppet
-bash: puppet: command not found
root@admin:/etc/puppet# pwd
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How to check and run a script if it's not running?
I created a pretty simple script called main_start_script that will run 2 python programs in background, code is:
python /opt/cuckoo/cuckoo-2/cuckoo.py 1>cuckoo_script/cuckoo_start.txt 2>&1 ...
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undefined method `downcase' for false:FalseClass at puppet agent
I have an old puppet running in an ancient debian Lenny. It worked since recently started complaining about an undefined method downcase.
This is Debian Lenny, puppet 2.6.2.
It loads facter, and ...
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How to use puppet to format a partition with a file system
With a filesystem such as ext4 or xfs.
But how can we make sure it doesn't do it again and again on each run. I want it to do just on the First Run
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Puppet Agent certificate issue
When I am trying to connect to master server from client; this is what I am getting:
puppet agent -t
Error: Could not request certificate: Error 400 on SERVER: The environment must be purely ...
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Puppet: Could not request certificate
When I start puppet agent I get this error
Could not request certificate: Could not intern from text/plain: Certname "puppet ca: localhost/localdomain" must not contain unprintable or non-ASCII ...
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What belongs in site.pp, and what should be moved out of it? [closed]
So far I've been putting everything in site.pp. This causes the file to become long and cluttered.
Should I be doing this, or should I move stuff out of site.pp and into external files, and then ...
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Puppet doesn't ignore whitespace
I have an entry that may or may not appear in /etc/rsyslog.conf:
# Added for Kiwi
*.err;*.emerg;*.alert;*.warning;*.debug;*.notice;*.crit;*.info @10.19.24.50
Since some of these servers ...
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Puppet: Forcing user to change his password at next login
I am using `users' resource to create unix accounts and then set a default password. For this I have written the following manifest .
node 'node2.example.com','node3.example.com'{
user {
'askar':
...
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users resource in Puppet not updating /etc/shadow
I have written a manifests using users resource as shown below
node 'node2.example.com','node3.example.com'{
user {
'ash':
ensure => 'present',
managehome => 'true',
comment => '...
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Applying hosts resource in puppet to update /etc/hosts
Using puppet, trying with the host resource to update /etc/hosts on node2.example.com with the below entry
master.example.com 10.134.39.245
node2.example.com 10.134.39.246
For this I ...
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When do you have to define a class in puppet?
I noticed that whenever classes are defined in puppet, they refer to external modules.
If you are doing something in site.pp and not referencing any external modules, would you ever still define a ...
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puppetlabbs/firewall on centos 7.2
I'm trying to do this (with Puppet CE 4.3.2 and the puppetlabs/firewall modules from the forge):
firewall { '110 allow http/https access':
dport => [80, 443],
proto => tcp,
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augtool saving failed
I am trying to set some parameter using augtool but getting strange error
Linux$ sudo augtool set /files/etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf/OpenGPGCheck no
error: Failed to execute command
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Deploying a package through puppet from URL
How can i install a package through puppet by using the URL of the .tar.gz of the package on centos 6 client. Is there any native support in puppet without installing anything extra on the puppet ...
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How do I apply a manifest from a Puppet Master server to a Puppet Agent node server?
I installed Puppet Agent on a CentOS 7 server. I installed Puppet Master on a different CentOS 7 server. I'm using the free version of Puppet on both servers. The Puppet Agent server requested a ...
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using puppet to format a disk/volume
When I provision a new virtual machine with centos6, it does most of the configuration through puppet. But I have to manually run the command #mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdc to format /dev/vdc. Is there any way ...
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Puppet agent certificate error after rebuilding openstack instance
I have an open-stack instance vm , and puppet agent was working fine on it. By running the command puppet agent -t, it was good. But for some reason i had to rebuild the instance by using the open-...
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How to use Hiera data from source repository?
I've got a masterless Puppet setup and I'd like to simply add information such as package names based on $::osfamily for portability. It seems Hiera is made for this sort of thing, but I can't figure ...
