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Puppet task to test connectivity over a specific port

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Version information

  • 0.1.0 (latest)
released Oct 13th 2021
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x, 2019.8.x
  • Puppet >= 6.21.0 < 8.0.0
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Tasks:
  • test_connection

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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'ffalor-test_connection', '0.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add ffalor-test_connection
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install ffalor-test_connection --version 0.1.0

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ffalor/test_connection — version 0.1.0 Oct 13th 2021

test_connection

A Puppet task to test connectivity over a specific port

Description

This module provides a simple task that will try to connect to a specific port on a specific host

Example

Checking if a server can reach a valid server over a valid port.

bolt task run test_connection --targets localhost server=google.com port=443

Started on localhost...
Finished on localhost:
  {
    "result": {
      "connected": true,
      "details": {
        "server": "google.com",
        "port": 443
      }
    }
  }
Successful on 1 target: localhost
Ran on 1 target in 0.13 sec

Checking if a server can reach an invalid server.

bolt task run test_connection --targets localhost server=invalid_server.com port=443

Started on localhost...
Failed on localhost:
  getaddrinfo: Name or service not known
Failed on 1 target: localhost
Ran on 1 target in 0.15 sec

Checking if a server can reach a valid server over a port that is closed.

bolt task run test_connection --targets localhost server=google.com port=22

Started on localhost...
Failed on localhost:
  Unable to reach google.com over port 22
Failed on 1 target: localhost
Ran on 1 target in 21.16 sec