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The puppet_agent Module Story

Michael SmithPuppet Labs

package {‘puppet’: ensure => latest,}

The Problem

package {‘puppet-agent’: ensure => 1.3.5, source => ‘...’,}

The Problem

# assume aio_agent_version factif ($::aio_agent_version != ‘1.3.5’) { file {‘/tmp/pkg’: source => ‘https://…’, } ~> package {‘puppet-agent’: ensure => 1.3.5, source => ‘/tmp/pkg’, }}

The Problem

Not justpuppet-agent problems

Puppet 3 → 4

Preparation

Puppet 4 MigrationModule is restricted to Puppet 3.8+

●Disable stringify_facts (FOSS)

●Future parser

Puppet 4/Facter 3 Preparation

●Directory environments

●catalog_previewPerform upgrade from new master (Puppet Server 2.1+)

Puppet 4 Migration

Demo

Puppet 4 Migration

What happened?

Puppet 4 Migration

Copied SSL files

● ssldir● certdir● privatedir● privatekeyd

ir● publickeydir● requestdir

What happened?MCollective

(server.cfg/client.cfg)

resets logfileappends to

libdir and plugin.yaml

ensure service starts

Reset settings

vardirrundirlibdirconfdirclassfiledisable_warningsSSL settings

Puppet 4 Migration

Module Structure

Puppet.conf

Install

Windows Install

What now?

- More platforms- Puppet 4 -> 4 Upgrades- Manage agent config- Improve package providers?- Downgrades?

What now?

Other ideas?

- http://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/latest/install_upgrading.html

- http://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/latest/install_upgrading_agents.html

- http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/upgrade_major_server.html

- http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/upgrade_major_agent.html

- https://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/puppet_agent

- http://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/latest/install_multimaster.html

References

Questions?And thanks for listening