Run puppet stages in Foreman

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Hello everyone,

is it possible to "Run Stages" when using Foreman??

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/language_guide.html
(See Run Stages)

Basically I would like to control the ordering of resource management in
puppet.

i.E.:

Define Stages:

stage { 'first': before => Stage['main'] }stage { 'last': require => Stage['main'] }

Assign stages to classes:

class {
'apt-keys': stage => first;
'sendmail': stage => main;
'apache': stage => last;
}

cheers, Cesar

2

You would need to do this in your manifests still, you can't specify the
run stage from Foreman as there's nowhere in Foreman to enter
metaparameters such as 'stage' for a class.

You could use a wrapper class that includes other classes with the
appropriate stage, then include this from Foreman.

http://theforeman.org/issues/1987

··· On 24/06/13 13:50, MrTeleBird wrote: > Hello everyone, > > is it possible to "Run Stages" when using Foreman?? > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/language_guide.html > (See Run Stages) > > > > Basically I would like to control the ordering of resource management in > puppet. > > i.E.: > > Define Stages: > > >stage { 'first': before => Stage['main'] } > stage { 'last': require => Stage['main'] }| > > > Assign stages to classes: > > >class { > 'apt-keys': stage => first; > 'sendmail': stage => main; > 'apache': stage => last; > } > > cheers, Cesar > >

–
Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering

3

Or you can also add a parameter with name stage and then override it
foreman - it'll do the job

··· On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:03:50 PM UTC+3, Dominic Cleal wrote: > > On 24/06/13 13:50, MrTeleBird wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > is it possible to "Run Stages" when using Foreman?? > > > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/language_guide.html > > (See Run Stages) > > > > > > > > Basically I would like to control the ordering of resource management in > > puppet. > > > > i.E.: > > > > Define Stages: > > > > >stage { 'first': before => Stage['main'] } > > stage { 'last': require => Stage['main'] }| > > > > > > Assign stages to classes: > > > > >class { > > 'apt-keys': stage => first; > > 'sendmail': stage => main; > > 'apache': stage => last; > > } > > > > cheers, Cesar > > > > > You would need to do this in your manifests still, you can't specify the > run stage from Foreman as there's nowhere in Foreman to enter > metaparameters such as 'stage' for a class. > > You could use a wrapper class that includes other classes with the > appropriate stage, then include this from Foreman. > > http://theforeman.org/issues/1987 > > -- > Dominic Cleal > Red Hat Engineering >
4

Hey Andrei,

Do you have an example of this? I'm having trouble with getting run stages
working in Foreman. I have:

runstages/manifests/init.pp

class runstages {
# declare my run stages
stage { 'stage01': }
stage { 'stage02': }
stage { 'stage99': }
Stage['stage01'] -> Stage['stage02'] -> Stage['main'] ->
Stage['stage99']
}

Then I try and set a class to use 'stage99':

myfirewall/manifests.init.pp

include runstages
class myfirewall($stage = 'stage99') {
…
}

which results in:

Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
Puppet::Parser::Compiler failed with error ArgumentError: Could not find
stage stage99 specified by Class[Myfirewall] on node cheri.example.com

I overrode the parameter in Foreman but no luck. Any ideas?

I've also tried taking the "myfirewall" class off the host in Foreman and
adding it to the runstages init.pp like:

runstages/manifests/init.pp

class runstages {
# declare my run stages
stage { 'stage01': }
stage { 'stage02': }
stage { 'stage99': }
Stage['stage01'] -> Stage['stage02'] -> Stage['main'] ->
Stage['stage99']

class {'myfirewall':
   stage => 'stage99',
}

}

but that works intermittently - sometimes I get "duplicate declaration
Class['Myfirewall']" and sometimes puppet runs clean. Driving me nutso.
Any examples you could provide would be awesome. Cheers.

··· On Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:56:00 AM UTC-4, Andrei Burd wrote: > > Or you can also add a parameter with name stage and then override it > foreman - it'll do the job > > On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 2:03:50 PM UTC+3, Dominic Cleal wrote: >> >> On 24/06/13 13:50, MrTeleBird wrote: >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > is it possible to "Run Stages" when using Foreman?? >> > >> > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/language_guide.html >> > (See Run Stages) >> > >> > >> > >> > Basically I would like to control the ordering of resource management >> in >> > puppet. >> > >> > i.E.: >> > >> > Define Stages: >> > >> > >stage { 'first': before => Stage['main'] } >> > stage { 'last': require => Stage['main'] }| >> > >> > >> > Assign stages to classes: >> > >> > >class { >> > 'apt-keys': stage => first; >> > 'sendmail': stage => main; >> > 'apache': stage => last; >> > } >> > >> > cheers, Cesar >> > > >> >> You would need to do this in your manifests still, you can't specify the >> run stage from Foreman as there's nowhere in Foreman to enter >> metaparameters such as 'stage' for a class. >> >> You could use a wrapper class that includes other classes with the >> appropriate stage, then include this from Foreman. >> >> http://theforeman.org/issues/1987 >> >> -- >> Dominic Cleal >> Red Hat Engineering >> >