Using different puppet manifests running from master..

[DreamBig]

Hi,

I am new to puppet. I have a requirement of having to install
different applications on different instances on the same machine. I
want to run it from puppet master instead of running puppet agent -t.
How can this be done?
Can someone help me with a pseudo code?

Regards,
Rajeev

[Anadi Misra]

what do you exactly mean by "different applications on different instances on the same machine"? elaborate .

BR/
Anadi Misra.

[jcbollinger]

The details of what you want to do are unclear, but as a high-level answer I can certainly say that the Puppet's "master" face does not apply changes to nodes under any circumstances.  That is the role of the "agent" face if you are using a central manifest store and catalog compiler (a.k.a. a master), or of the "apply" face if you want to compile manifests locally on the node to which they will be applied.  The "agent" or "apply" runs on the node being configured, as is pretty much necessary for many of the management behaviors in Puppet's repertoire.

If you explain your problem and target environment a bit more then we may be able to help you choose a viable approach.


John