Foreman without Puppet

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Hello All

I read up the info online about and quite fascinated with the
features/capabilities of Foreman. I am an absolute newbie, and still have a
few questions about using Foreman.
I am mainly looking for a Host(Inventory) management solution.
We dont use any Infra CM Tools like Puppet, Chef, but that might change in
future. My Questions:

  1. Can we use Foreman without Puppet ? Just as Inventory Mgmt Tool

  2. If yes, can you provide brief details on implementation/config ?

  3. Is Foreman Flexible with other CM Tools like Chef, Ansible ?

Thanks
Krishna

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> Hello All
>
> I read up the info online about and quite fascinated with the
> features/capabilities of Foreman. I am an absolute newbie, and still have a
> few questions about using Foreman.
> I am mainly looking for a Host(Inventory) management solution.
> We dont use any Infra CM Tools like Puppet, Chef, but that might change in
> future. My Questions:
>
> 1) Can we use Foreman without Puppet ? Just as Inventory Mgmt Tool

Yes, it can be used without puppet, but not really for inventory, as
the inventory facilities largely rely on cfg management tools to feed
in the inventory data. Standalone Foreman is useful for provisioning
baremetal, kvm/xen, vmware, and various cloud instances.

> 2) If yes, can you provide brief details on implementation/config ?
>
> 3) Is Foreman Flexible with other CM Tools like Chef, Ansible ?

Currently Puppet is very well supported. Chef support is a work in
progress, and other CM tools will likely follow.

··· On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, krishna chaitanya kurnala wrote:

Thanks
Krishna

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>> Hello All
>>
>> I read up the info online about and quite fascinated with the
>> features/capabilities of Foreman. I am an absolute newbie, and still have a
>> few questions about using Foreman.
>> I am mainly looking for a Host(Inventory) management solution.
>> We dont use any Infra CM Tools like Puppet, Chef, but that might change in
>> future. My Questions:
>>
>> 1) Can we use Foreman without Puppet ? Just as Inventory Mgmt Tool
>
> Yes, it can be used without puppet, but not really for inventory, as
> the inventory facilities largely rely on cfg management tools to feed
> in the inventory data. Standalone Foreman is useful for provisioning
> baremetal, kvm/xen, vmware, and various cloud instances.

All absolutely true, however, the fact (inventory) API endpoint is now
pure json, so it's quite possible to upload data from your own
inventory system, so long as you make it fit the format Foreman is
looking for. We can go into more detail if need be, but a simple fact
hash in json form is a how Puppet represents it's facts.

>> 2) If yes, can you provide brief details on implementation/config ?

There are videos on the website showing how to set up provisioning,
I'd suggest starting there

>> 3) Is Foreman Flexible with other CM Tools like Chef, Ansible ?
>
> Currently Puppet is very well supported. Chef support is a work in
> progress, and other CM tools will likely follow.

Salt have also expressed an interest in working with us.

··· On 29 January 2014 22:39, Brian Gupta wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, krishna chaitanya kurnala > wrote:
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Thanks Gentlemen for your answers and time. I guess, we will consider
moving forward with Foreman if we decide on using Puppet.

-Krishna

··· On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:07:18 PM UTC-8, Greg Sutcliffe wrote: > > On 29 January 2014 22:39, Brian Gupta <brian...@brandorr.com > > wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, krishna chaitanya kurnala > > <kkc...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hello All > >> > >> I read up the info online about and quite fascinated with the > >> features/capabilities of Foreman. I am an absolute newbie, and still > have a > >> few questions about using Foreman. > >> I am mainly looking for a Host(Inventory) management solution. > >> We dont use any Infra CM Tools like Puppet, Chef, but that might change > in > >> future. My Questions: > >> > >> 1) Can we use Foreman without Puppet ? Just as Inventory Mgmt Tool > > > > Yes, it can be used without puppet, but not really for inventory, as > > the inventory facilities largely rely on cfg management tools to feed > > in the inventory data. Standalone Foreman is useful for provisioning > > baremetal, kvm/xen, vmware, and various cloud instances. > > All absolutely true, however, the fact (inventory) API endpoint is now > pure json, so it's quite possible to upload data from your own > inventory system, so long as you make it fit the format Foreman is > looking for. We can go into more detail if need be, but a simple fact > hash in json form is a how Puppet represents it's facts. > > >> 2) If yes, can you provide brief details on implementation/config ? > > There are videos on the website showing how to set up provisioning, > I'd suggest starting there > > >> 3) Is Foreman Flexible with other CM Tools like Chef, Ansible ? > > > > Currently Puppet is very well supported. Chef support is a work in > > progress, and other CM tools will likely follow. > > Salt have also expressed an interest in working with us. >