Hi there,
I'm very new to Foreman and puppet to. I'm able to deploy some
configuration files with a simple puppet setup like this
file { "/my/super/config/file":
source => "puppet://my/super/config/file-template",
recurse => true,
owner => "my-owner",
group => "my-group",
mode => "600",
require => User["required-user"],
}
But I'm unable to figure out how to do something simple as that with forman
on top of puppet. Do I have to write a puppet class for such things?
Markus
> Hi there,
>
> I'm very new to Foreman and puppet to. I'm able to deploy some
> configuration files with a simple puppet setup like this
>
> file { "/my/super/config/file":
> source => "puppet://my/super/config/file-template",
> recurse => true,
> owner => "my-owner",
> group => "my-group",
> mode => "600",
> require => User["required-user"],
> }
>
>
> But I'm unable to figure out how to do something simple as that with forman
> on top of puppet. Do I have to write a puppet class for such things?
Yes, Foreman provides what's called an External Node Classifier to
Puppet, which doesn't define inidividual resources like files, but
entire classes.
Markus
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Hi Stephen,
thank you for your answer.
Maybe you can give me another hint.
If I use a module like https://forge.puppetlabs.com/dominickaiser/filepush
how can I push multiple files. At the moment I'm only able to push one
single file via the class.
Markus
> Hi Stephen,
>
> thank you for your answer.
> Maybe you can give me another hint.
>
> If I use a module like https://forge.puppetlabs.com/dominickaiser/filepush
> how can I push multiple files. At the moment I'm only able to push one
> single file via the class.
>
That class only supports one file, I'm not sure what use it really is.
I wouldn't manage things like that through the ENC. I would create
something like my own "defaults" class that configures motd, some
default packages I like to have installed, etc in one place and add that
to my foreman hosts, not use Foreman to manage individual resources.
Markus
Am Donnerstag, 4. Dezember 2014 22:42:36 UTC+1 schrieb Stephen Benjamin:
Yes, Foreman provides what’s called an External Node Classifier to
Puppet, which doesn’t define inidividual resources like files, but
entire classes.Markus
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Hello … again 
thanks for your input.
For now I've configured host groups like
Webserver
Webserver/nginx
Webserver/apache
So if I understand you correctly you would create classes for those host
groups
fx a webserver class wich installs all my packages needed by nginx and
apache like imagemagick, php-apcu etc. And than you would create two more
classes which will install the webservice specific packages (nginx, apache
modules etc) and basic configuration files?
How would you handle the configuration of the single vhosts on the server?
Also single classes for every webhost?
Markus
> Hello … again
>
> thanks for your input.
>
> For now I've configured host groups like
>
> Webserver
> Webserver/nginx
> Webserver/apache
>
> So if I understand you correctly you would create classes for those host
> groups
>
> fx a webserver class wich installs all my packages needed by nginx and
> apache like imagemagick, php-apcu etc. And than you would create two more
> classes which will install the webservice specific packages (nginx, apache
> modules etc) and basic configuration files?
>
> How would you handle the configuration of the single vhosts on the server?
> Also single classes for every webhost?
Hi,
It's really up to you how to organize things. Some people do things
a bit dynamically where you can use Foreman parameters +
create_resources in puppet to configure multiple vhosts. Others prefer
to keep it all in Puppet, or bypass Foreman entirely and use Heira.
You can use things like existing classes from forge.puppetlabs.com or
write your own.
There's really a lot of possibilities
Markus
Am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2014 12:44:26 UTC+1 schrieb Stephen Benjamin:
That class only supports one file, I’m not sure what use it really is.
I wouldn’t manage things like that through the ENC. I would create
something like my own “defaults” class that configures motd, some
default packages I like to have installed, etc in one place and add that
to my foreman hosts, not use Foreman to manage individual resources.–
Stephen Benjamin
Red Hat GmbH | http://de.redhat.com/ | Sitz: Grasbrunn
Handelsregister: Amtsgericht München, HRB 153243
Geschäftsführer: Charles Cachera, Michael Cunningham,
Michael O’Neill, Charles Peters
–
Stephen Benjamin
Red Hat GmbH | http://de.redhat.com/ | Sitz: Grasbrunn
Handelsregister: Amtsgericht München, HRB 153243
Geschäftsführer: Charles Cachera, Michael Cunningham,
Michael O’Neill, Charles Peters