Puppet agent for VMware agent nodes

[Warron French]

I know that according to some official training documentation from
Puppet Labs Corp, that VMware has invested in Puppet Labs.

Can anyone tell me though, does the Red Hat Satellite implementation of
Puppet (the master) work with the Puppet Enterprise agents... assuming
the version of agent matches the version of the master?

For example, I am running Red Hat Satellite 6.2.1, but the Puppet Master
is actually on v3.8.6; is there an agent that I can use on a VMware
machine to manage the packages and other files (all the same)?


Thanks in advance,

Warron

[Dan White]

My understanding is that with Satellite and Puppet Enterprise in the same environment, PE is configured with a PE-Satellite module to take the place of the Puppet inside Satellite.

If I am not accurate, there are lots of other folks out there in MailingListLand that will step up and correct me :)

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[Dan White]

A bit more clarification I realized was omitted: The version of Puppet inside Satellite is the Open Source version, so it would not work with nodes running PE-agents.

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[James Pryor]

Warron,
Disclaimer: I work for Red Hat, not on Satellite, and not in a customer facing support role: jpryor [AT] redhat.com

If you need actual support for puppet and Satellite 6.2, then please follow up with RH Support directly.

If you need to run Puppet Enterprise as a Master, and desire to have PE and Satellite 6.1+ be integrated together, then please refer to the documents written by Puppet and Red Hat. See also the "Puppet Enterprise & Satellite 6" YouTube video of the talk given at PuppetConf 2015.
https://access.redhat.com/articles/satellite-and-puppet-enterprise
https://puppet.com/product/managed-technology/red-hat
https://youtu.be/SznrNExpjxo?t=800

However in your example:

" I am running Red Hat Satellite 6.2.1, but the Puppet Master is actually on v3.8.6; is there an agent that I can use on a VMware machine to manage the packages and other files (all the same)?"

What is the "VMware machine"? If "VMware machine" is a RHEL virtual-machine running on VMware, then you can install the puppet agent that Red Hat provides by way of a repo from your Satellite on the RHEL node, which is documented here:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-satellite/6.2/single/host-configuration-guide#sect-Red_Hat_Satellite-Host_Configuration_Guide-Registration-Installing_and_Configuring_the_Puppet_Agent

I hope this helps,

James

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[Warron French]

Hi Dan, thanks for the follow-up statement; admittedly, I was lost on
the first post.

So, does your update response mean - "Nope, forget about it?" Or does
it mean "Not without a lot of trouble, and it's not worth the heartache?"

[Warron French]

So Kong... it is possible?

On 9/29/2016 10:11 PM, Kong Eng wrote:

Not true.  you could connect PE agents to open source master.  The software is the same.

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[Warron French]

James, thanks.  I am working with a Red Hat Consultant that visits our site regularly (I can't tell you who the customer is), but he said that your product apparently doesn't provide an agent for other OSes; only Red Hat (variants).

So, I am a little confused by your reply, can you please clarify?  Are you saying that I can open up a ticket with Red Hat Customer Portal and it won't be a waste of my time (like the other total of 2 tickets have been)?

Thanks James,
Warron

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[James Pryor]

Warron,
It appears that you have an operational need to have a non-Red Hat node being managed by a puppet-master. Also looks as though the puppet-master is the one that is part of Satellite 6.2. It sounds that you are looking for confirmation that the puppet-master running inside of Satellite 6.2 fits your needs in regards to that non-Red Hat node.

At Red Hat and at previous employers, I never had the need to perform the research of your scenario, so I simply don't know and unable to give you an answer. I do know this, which I've said earlier this week on this email list: "Red Hat is not customizing puppet 3.8 in Satellite 6 in any way." So perhaps you'll discover it fits your need.

I'm sorry to hear that your experience with Red Hat Support is not as good as it should be. As I've said, I am not in a support or customer facing role. This email thread is not an offer of support, but purely my opinion. I assume your site, or customer, has a relationship with Red Hat customer facing personnel. You've mentioned the visiting Red Hat Consultant. Or perhaps there is the customer's RH Sales rep or Technical Account Manager. I would follow up with them.

Regards,

James

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[Warron French]

Thanks James, it does sort of give me the faith that trying/testing isn't an unreasonable adventure.

\\Warron

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