Questions tagged [puppet]

Puppet is a cross-platform configuration management tool

Puppet is a cross-platform configuration management tool.

Puppet can run either in a standalone or client/server deployment to manage the configuration, deployment, and patching of both operating systems and applications. It is available as both open source and commercial software.

More info: https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/what-is-puppet/

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How to copy files to all machines using puppet master?

I have installed puppetmaster in ubuntu 11.04 and i have installed puppet in all my clients. I have joined all my puppet clients with puppet master. Is it possible to copy a file to all these puppet clients from puppet master? For example: I have…
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How to copy file to all clients using puppet?

How do I copy files to all clients using puppet? I have setup a puppet server and clients and I have tested the connection which was working fine. I am not a puppet expert, I am just a beginner, and I just want to know how to copy files to all…
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How to change the wallpaper of all clients using puppet?

I have set up puppet (Central Management Server). Can anyone tell me how to change wallpapers of all clients from this puppet server?
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Which puppetlabs release package to choose?

When looking at http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ there are puppetlabs packages, for the different Debian and Ubuntu releases. But apart from that there is the standard edition (like puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb) and the puppet collection 1 edition (like…
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How do I enlist a server in puppet?

I've installed a puppetmaster as described here. Now, I need to add a few puppet agents. How can I do that?
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Puppet Not Loading Custom Facts

I am new to puppet and trying to write a basic manifest to start learning the ins and out. I am trying to insert a custom fact into my manifest, and write it into a file. The custom fact I created shows up in the list when I issue the facter…
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Pending tasks in puppet dashboard?

My puppet master dashboard console shows x PENDING TASKS and it keeps on increasing. How do I rectify it? Whenever I change any conf file, it does not get reflected in the dashboard. even if the node gets deleted also it is not reflected in the…
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