Puppet Reports

[Helmut Schneider]

Hi,

as /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ is filling up, what
are those reports used for? I read that I can purge them but want to
understand the purpose of those reports before doing so. I use puppetdb
if that is important.

Thank you!

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 09:37 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:

as /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ is filling up, what 

are those reports used for?

Errh, for checking what's going on in your environment?

I read that I can purge them but want to understand the purpose of those reports before doing so. I use puppetdb 

if that is important.

Yes, you can purge them after a certain amount of time, a good measure would be one or two weeks (maybe you might want to know when things started to break). There are also some report processors available out there to ease reading. We, for example, use https://theforeman.org for this (it's a bit overkill, I know, but it's still the best tool when it comes to visualize Puppet reports).

HTH...

Dirk

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[Helmut Schneider]

Am 26.11.2020 um 10:19 schrieb 'Dirk Heinrichs' via Puppet Users:
> Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 09:37 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:
>
>> as /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ is filling up, what
>> are those reports used for?
>
> Errh, for checking what's going on in your environment?

Who does so? A system? A program? Me? If the latter I can disable
reporting and enable if required?!

>> I read that I can purge them but want to understand the purpose of
>> those reports before doing so. I use puppetdb
>> if that is important.
>
> Yes, you can purge them after a certain amount of time, a good measure
> would be one or two weeks (maybe you might want to know when things
> started to break). There are also some report processors available out
> there to ease reading. We, for example, use https://theforeman.org
> <https://theforeman.org> for this (it's a bit overkill, I know, but it's
> still the best tool when it comes to visualize Puppet reports).

I used foreman but not anymore. Total overkill.

Are the reports required for puppetdb?

reports = store,puppetdb

Can I remove "store" and puppetdb keeps working?

[Dirk Heinrichs]

Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 11:46 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:

Am 26.11.2020 um 10:19 schrieb 'Dirk Heinrichs' via Puppet Users:

Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 09:37 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:

as /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/reports/ is filling up, what

are those reports used for?

Errh, for checking what's going on in your environment?

Who does so? A system? A program? Me? If the latter I can disable 

reporting and enable if required?!

In our case, a human being (/me). Don't know what your requirements are, though...

I read that I can purge them but want to understand the purpose of 

those reports before doing so. I use puppetdb

if that is important.

Yes, you can purge them after a certain amount of time, a good measure 

would be one or two weeks (maybe you might want to know when things 

started to break). There are also some report processors available out 

there to ease reading. We, for example, use https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theforeman.org__;!!Obbck6kTJA!Oi8kifWHR-0ppwfccXymT-L00MoC8yOFOxgIougtvl_M7xh6IbEUy8nF0uCsaPKC$  

<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theforeman.org__;!!Obbck6kTJA!Oi8kifWHR-0ppwfccXymT-L00MoC8yOFOxgIougtvl_M7xh6IbEUy8nF0uCsaPKC$ > for this (it's a bit overkill, I know, but it's 

still the best tool when it comes to visualize Puppet reports).

I used foreman but not anymore. Total overkill.

Yes, said so.

Are the reports required for puppetdb?

Don't think so. We store our reports in Foreman's DB only ("reports = foreman").

Can I remove "store" and puppetdb keeps working?

Yes. From the documentation:

"By default, Puppet uses the store report processor. You can enable other report processors or disable reporting in the reports setting."

[Helmut Schneider]

Am 26.11.2020 um 12:04 schrieb 'Dirk Heinrichs' via Puppet Users:
> Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 11:46 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:
>
>> Am 26.11.2020 um 10:19 schrieb 'Dirk Heinrichs' via Puppet Users:
>>> Am Donnerstag, den 26.11.2020, 09:37 +0100 schrieb Helmut Schneider:
>> Can I remove "store" and puppetdb keeps working?
>
> Yes. From the documentation:
>
> "By default, Puppet uses the store report processor. You can enable
> other report processors or disable reporting in the reports setting."

Thank you.