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Manage the NIS client
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Version information

  • 1.1.0 (latest)
  • 1.0.0 (deleted)
released Jan 22nd 2016
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 3.x
  • Puppet 3.x
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Documentation

ericsson/nisclient — version 1.1.0 Jan 22nd 2016

puppet-module-nisclient

Puppet module to manage a NIS client

Build Status

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Compatability

This module has been tested to work on the following systems with Puppet v3 (with and without the future parser) and Puppet v4 with Ruby versions 1.8.7, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 and 2.1.0.

  • EL 5
  • EL 6
  • Suse 11
  • Solaris 10
  • Solaris 11
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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Parameters

domainname

NIS domain name

  • Default: value of domain fact

server

NIS server hostname or IP

  • Default: '127.0.0.1'

broadcast

Boolean. On Linux, enable ypbind broadcast mode. If both broadcast and server options are specified, broadcast mode will be used.

  • Default: false

package_ensure

ensure attribute for NIS client package

  • Default: installed

package_name

String or Array of NIS client package(s). 'USE_DEFAULTS' will use platform specific defaults provided by the module.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

service_ensure

ensure attribute for NIS client service

  • Default: running

service_name

String name of NIS client service. 'USE_DEFAULTS' will use platform specific defaults provided by the module.

  • Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'