From 0bbbe320ccd6df0b8e51b9b9dfc9debdf1e2654a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gildas Le Nadan Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 20:24:22 +0200 Subject: add information about concat_basedir and the need for pluginsync = true at least once --- manifests/init.pp | 12 ++++++++---- manifests/setup.pp | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'manifests') diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp index 48aeec3..0b3ed56 100644 --- a/manifests/init.pp +++ b/manifests/init.pp @@ -31,10 +31,14 @@ # to control that and thus control the order the final file gets built in. # # SETUP: -# The class concat::setup defines a variable $concatdir - you should set this -# to a directory where you want all the temporary files and fragments to be -# stored. Avoid placing this somewhere like /tmp since you should never -# delete files here, puppet will manage them. +# The class concat::setup uses the fact concat_basedir to define the variable +# $concatdir, where all the temporary files and fragments will be +# durably stored. The fact concat_basedir will be set up on the client to +# /concat, so you will be able to run different setup/flavours +# of puppet clients. +# However, since this requires the file lib/facter/concat_basedir.rb to be +# deployed on the clients, so you will have to set "pluginsync = true" on +# both the master and client, at least for the first run. # # There's some regular expression magic to figure out the puppet version but # if you're on an older 0.24 version just set $puppetversion = 24 diff --git a/manifests/setup.pp b/manifests/setup.pp index ce3f7ea..fb75584 100644 --- a/manifests/setup.pp +++ b/manifests/setup.pp @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Sets up the concat system. # -# $concatdir should point to a place where you wish the fragments to -# live. This should not be somewhere like /tmp since ideally these files -# should not be deleted ever, puppet should always manage them +# $concatdir is where the fragments live and is set on the fact concat_basedir. +# Since puppet should always manage files in $concatdir and they should +# not be deleted ever, /tmp is not an option. # # $puppetversion should be either 24 or 25 to enable a 24 compatible # mode, in 24 mode you might see phantom notifies this is a side effect -- cgit v1.2.3