Re: [Puppet Users] Tiered, Auto Launching new instances with Puppet

[Felix Frank]

Soooo, do you have a question? :)

Looks alright so far.

On 10/11/2014 03:05 AM, Dennis Gearon wrote:
> I want to be able to scale up different types of nodes both quickly and
> moderately quickly, AUTOMATICALLY WITH NO USER INPUT,with Puppet doing
> the configureation.
>
> My idea so far is:
>
> A/ There are several nodes of each type sleeping, enough per type to
> last 15 minutes of normal to abnormally high peak loads.
>
> B/ There is a base Amazon image that I create for each node type, with
> Puppet on it stored, in case the load continues or business does :-)
>
> C/ The system detects that the average load is increasing, or the short
> term load is getting excessive. A new isntance is made from the correct
> type of instance, AND HERE:S the STICKY PART, the launching of the
> istance includes installing a unique cert on the instance for puppet,
> and also storing that cert/key in the puppet master (puppetmasters).
> Whomever needs to of the agent or puppetmaster contacts first and the
> new instance is under puppet control.
>
> D/ Whatever algorithm is needed to wait till things have calmed down, or
> immediately do an update using a catalog is to be determined (TBD).
>
> E/ When the load is gone, the newer instance goes to sleep with the
> older instances.
>
> F/ If the load average stays down, or to update the OS on older
> instances, the older instances are woken up
>

[Felix Frank]

On 10/31/2014 07:56 PM, Felix Frank wrote:
> Soooo, do you have a question? :)
>
> Looks alright so far.
>
> On 10/11/2014 03:05 AM, Dennis Gearon wrote:
>> > I want to be able to scale up different types of nodes both quickly and
>> > moderately quickly, AUTOMATICALLY WITH NO USER INPUT,with Puppet doing
>> > the configureation.
>> >

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And I totally missed the duplicate thread. Again.

Sorry for the noise.