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Starting Over… Again

January 9, 2019 michael Leave a comment

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted on Puppet4Cats…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Thoughts

SysAdmin Strangelove

July 31, 2017 michael Leave a comment

Change of pace today.  This was a speech that I gave at my local Toastmasters meeting. I created this at…

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Making exec Idempotent

July 20, 2017 michael Leave a comment

Idempotency, is one of the core benefits of Puppet in that all managed properties only get synchronized if they do…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: creates, exec, Idempotency, Manifests, onlyif, Puppet4Essentials, unless

Not all Providers support the same Attributes

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It is obvious in retrospect, but not all providers will support ALL attributes for a given resource type. Remember, the…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: Attributes, Manifests, Providers, Puppet4Essentials, Resource Types

Notify and Subscribe

July 18, 2017 michael Leave a comment

Notify and Subscribe are two sides of an event triggered metaparameter, similar to how Require and Before can work together.…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: Manifests, Notify, Puppet4Essentials, Subscribe

Require vs. Before

July 16, 2017 michael Leave a comment

When writing a manifest, either Require or Before can be used to set up dependency chains. Why should you use…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: Before, Manifests, Puppet4Essentials, Require

Parameters vs. Properties

July 4, 2017 michael Leave a comment

Parameters and Properties are different in Puppet. A Parameter defines HOW a Resource should be managed, but NOT the value.…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: Manifests, Parameters, Properties, Puppet4Essentials

Starting the Process

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Confucius said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. After starting and restarting a few…

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Posted in: Puppet, Uncategorized Filed under: Books, Puppet4Essentials, Thoughts

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