Re: [Puppet-dev] Puppet Indirector

[Andy Parker]

Hi Kevin,

Glad you are interested in hacking on the puppet codebase. The
indirector is not really well documented, unfortunately. The best
thing out there that I know of is Brice's write up on puppet extension
points: http://www.masterzen.fr/2011/12/11/the-indirector-puppet-extensions-points-3/

If you are looking to submit code back into the core, please take a
look at the CONTRIBUTING.md document for some of the guidelines for
submitting code.

Andy

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:27 AM, kp-v
<kevin.grenvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks;
>
> I am really new to the puppet code base and could use some help. Could
> someone provide me with a working knowledge of how the indirector defines
> and provides termini ?
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[kp-v]

Thanks for the quick reply and useful information.

 I have read contributing.md and, while I would love to start committing code, I need to take some more time to look at the source (-_-). I hope to help out real soon.

[James Turnbull]

kp-v wrote:
> Thanks for the quick reply and useful information.
>
> I have read contributing.md and, while I would love to start committing
> code, I need to take some more time to look at the source (-_-). I hope
> to help out real soon.
>

Hi Kevin

What were you planning to add or change about the indirector? Perhaps
there is some code we can point you at?

Regards

James


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[kp-v]

I was originally coming at this because of an issue with an implementation I was working on. I was working off of 2.6.16 and decided I wanted to try and /opt install of puppet. To make a long story short, puppet was only searching /etc/puppet/auth.conf for the ACL file and not /opt directory. Anyhow, I figured my problem was something to do with the indirector not specifying the correct terminus point. Eventually I submitted that the easiest way was to symlink my ACL file to the /etc/puppet/auth.conf; however this defeats the purpose of a /opt dir install and would be wrong sysadmin-fu. I figured it would be nice to document this and perhaps prepare a patch for any adventurous puppet professionals/enthusiasts who think shooting themselves in the foot is fun.

I am a big fan of IT automation and would love to help contribute in any way I can. It would be great if you could point out any issues that have been on the back burner for some time and need hacking apart.   

[Andy Parker]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM, kp-v
<kevin.grenvi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was originally coming at this because of an issue with an implementation I
> was working on. I was working off of 2.6.16 and decided I wanted to try and
> /opt install of puppet. To make a long story short, puppet was only
> searching /etc/puppet/auth.conf for the ACL file and not /opt directory.
> Anyhow, I figured my problem was something to do with the indirector not
> specifying the correct terminus point. Eventually I submitted that the
> easiest way was to symlink my ACL file to the /etc/puppet/auth.conf; however
> this defeats the purpose of a /opt dir install and would be wrong
> sysadmin-fu. I figured it would be nice to document this and perhaps prepare
> a patch for any adventurous puppet professionals/enthusiasts who think
> shooting themselves in the foot is fun.
>

Hmm, I would have expected the --confdir parameter to change it to
look in the right directory.

> I am a big fan of IT automation and would love to help contribute in any way
> I can. It would be great if you could point out any issues that have been on
> the back burner for some time and need hacking apart.
>

Looking at the open tickets in Redmine and picking something that
seems like you might
know something about is a great way to start. There is a large number
in there of varying
levels of difficulty. If you have access to platforms that may not be
very easy for us to get at
(AIX, HP-UX, less common BSDs or Linuxes), then that might be a great
place to start.

>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 6:29:12 PM UTC-7, James Turnbull wrote:
>>
>> kp-v wrote:
>> > Thanks for the quick reply and useful information.
>> >
>> > I have read contributing.md and, while I would love to start committing
>> > code, I need to take some more time to look at the source (-_-). I hope
>> > to help out real soon.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Kevin
>>
>> What were you planning to add or change about the indirector? Perhaps
>> there is some code we can point you at?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Turnbull
>> Puppet Labs
>> 1-503-734-8571
>> To schedule a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/jamtur01
>>

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[Nigel Kersten]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM, kp-v
<kevin.grenvi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was originally coming at this because of an issue with an implementation I
> was working on. I was working off of 2.6.16 and decided I wanted to try and
> /opt install of puppet. To make a long story short, puppet was only
> searching /etc/puppet/auth.conf for the ACL file and not /opt directory.

I'll try and chase it down, but I'm pretty sure we had a bug at that
point in time with the install.rb --destdir option, and auth.conf not
honoring it correctly.

Is that how you were installing Puppet rooted at /opt ?

> Anyhow, I figured my problem was something to do with the indirector not
> specifying the correct terminus point. Eventually I submitted that the
> easiest way was to symlink my ACL file to the /etc/puppet/auth.conf; however
> this defeats the purpose of a /opt dir install and would be wrong
> sysadmin-fu. I figured it would be nice to document this and perhaps prepare
> a patch for any adventurous puppet professionals/enthusiasts who think
> shooting themselves in the foot is fun.

Totally appreciate the spirit :)

>
> I am a big fan of IT automation and would love to help contribute in any way
> I can. It would be great if you could point out any issues that have been on
> the back burner for some time and need hacking apart.
>
>
>
> On Friday, August 10, 2012 6:29:12 PM UTC-7, James Turnbull wrote:
>>
>> kp-v wrote:
>> > Thanks for the quick reply and useful information.
>> >
>> > I have read contributing.md and, while I would love to start committing
>> > code, I need to take some more time to look at the source (-_-). I hope
>> > to help out real soon.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Kevin
>>
>> What were you planning to add or change about the indirector? Perhaps
>> there is some code we can point you at?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Turnbull
>> Puppet Labs
>> 1-503-734-8571
>> To schedule a meeting with me: http://tungle.me/jamtur01
>>

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[Kevin Phillips]

> I'll try and chase it down, but I'm pretty sure we had a bug at that
> point in time with the install.rb --destdir option, and auth.conf not
> honoring it correctly.
>

I will try and chase down the old bug to see if it is similar to this issue. I will post here when/if I find it and an analysis whether the issue is a bug or user snafu.

> Is that how you were installing Puppet rooted at /opt ?
>

I rooted the install.rb to /opt. I specified --confdir --usrdir --bindir --destdir.

[Nigel Kersten]

Ugh. Looks like this might not actually be fixed...

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/7731