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foreman_extras

Sets up Foreman Extras, aka, report processor for PuppetServer and Fact collection via cron.
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Version information

  • 0.1.1 (latest)
  • 0.1.0
released Mar 11th 2016

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sjoeboo/foreman_extras — version 0.1.1 Mar 11th 2016

foreman_extras

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with foreman_extras
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

This module sets up some etra foreman bits I've found lacking, esspecailly when using foreman for reports/inventory, btu not for building/controlling puppet(master|servers).

Its setup for PuppetServer 2.x, but should work with 1.0 and the older PuppetMaster.

Setup

Beginning with foreman_extras

include foreman_extras

Usage

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Reference

Parameters

As found in params.pp:

foreman_url

The url (http or https) where foreman can be reached. Type: String Default: https://foreman

config_path Path you'd like the config file for these scripts place. Directory must exist. Type: String Default: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/foreman.yaml

reports Boolean, disable,enable the report processor (Note, this does NOT add the processor to the 'report' setting in puppet.conf. That is out of the scope of this module) Type: String Default: true

report_processor_dest_path Path to install the report processor into. Varies with Puppetmaser/Puppetserver 1.0/Puppetserver 2.0 Type: String Default: /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/reports/foreman.rb

ssl_ca Path to CA used to verify foreman https IF using https Type: String Default: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem

ssl_cert Path to cert used to verify foreman https IF using https Type: String Default: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/${::fqdn}.pem

ssl_key Path to key used to verify foreman https IF using https Type: String Default: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/${::fqdn}.pem

puppetdir Path to puppet data for the fact uploader to read. Type: String Default: /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/

puppetuser Local Puppet used Type: String Default: puppet

fact_uploader Enable/Disable fact uploader Type: String Default: true

fact_uploader_dest_path Path to install fact uplaoding script to Type: String Default: /usr/local/bin/foreman_node_info.rb

fact_uploader_facts Turns on fact uploads in the config file Type: String Default: true

fact_uploader_timeout Time out for attempting to upload facts, in seconds Type: String Default: 10

fact_uploader_threads Now many threads to run when uploading facts. Type: String Default: 2

fact_uploader_cron_job Boolean, toggles installation/removal of cronjob to upload facts Type: String Default: true

fact_uploader_cron_min How frequently, in minutes, to run the cron job ('5' = */5, etc) Type: String Default: '5'

fact_uploader_cron_user User to install the cron job into Type: String Default: 'root'

Limitations

Assuming *nix OS