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dynmotd

Manage a 'dynamic' MotD
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Version information

  • 0.3.0 (latest)
  • 0.2.1
  • 0.2.0
released Sep 1st 2015
This version is compatible with:
  • Debian

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Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'gardouille-dynmotd', '0.3.0'
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bolt module add gardouille-dynmotd
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puppet module install gardouille-dynmotd --version 0.3.0

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gardouille/dynmotd — version 0.3.0 Sep 1st 2015

dynmotd

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description
  3. Setup
  4. Usage
  5. Reference
  6. Limitations
  7. Development
  8. License

Overview

This module allows to generate a dynamic Motd /var/run/motd with simples scripts.

Module Description

This is a simple Puppet module to manage a more advanced Motd (Message of the day) and automatically display it upon successful ssh or shadow login.

Setup

What dynmotd affects

  • Dynamic (/var/run/motd) and static (/etc/motd) Motd files.
  • The dynamic Motd generation directory and scripts (/etc/update-motd.d).
  • The pam configuration to display the Motd for ssh and shadow login.

Usage

To begin using Motd module with defaults parameters:

include dynmotd

If you don't want to display the Motd upon ssh login:

class { 'motd':
  print_motd_ssh => false,
}

Reference

Classes

  • motd: Main class calls all subclasses.
  • motd::install: Provide all scripts that display system informations.
  • motd::config: Manage the pam configuration.

Parameters

motd

  • dynmotd_path: Path to the default dynamic Motd generated by pam. Defaults to '/var/run/motd'.
  • update_motd_dir_path: Path to the directory containing the scripts to generate the dynamic Motd. Defaults to '/etc/update-motd.d'.
  • system_info_script_name: The script to display system informations (uptime, kernel, …). Defaults to '01system'.
  • system_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_system_info.erb'.
  • user_info_script_name: The script to display user informations (number of sessions, processes, …). Defaults to '02user'.
  • user_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_user_info.erb'.
  • auth_info_script_name: The script to display authentication informations (number of ssh, sudo fails, …). Defaults to '03auth'.
  • auth_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_auth_info.erb'.
  • fs_info_script_name: The script to display filesystem informations (disk space usage). Defaults to '04fs'.
  • fs_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_fs_info.erb'.
  • ceph_info_script_name: The script to display Ceph informations (Health, monitor, osd, …). Defaults to '05ceph'.
  • ceph_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_ceph_info.erb'.
  • service_info_script_name: The script to display services informations (running process, listening socket, …). Defaults to '06service'.
  • service_info_script_content: Template file use to generate the previous script. Defaults to 'dynmotd/motd_service_info.erb'.
  • static_motd_path: Path to the standard and static Motd. Defaults to '/etc/motd'.
  • static_motd_content: Template file use to generate the static motd. Defaults to 'dynmotd/static_motd.erb'.
  • print_motd_ssh: If set to 'true', the Motd will be displayed upon successful ssh login. Can be 'true' or 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.
  • print_motd_login: If set to 'true', the Motd will be displayed upon successful shadow (classic tty/shell) login. Can be 'true' or 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.

Limitations

This module has only be tested on Debian 7.x versions, but should work on Debian >7. The dynamic Motd generation with /etc/update-motd.d directory was implemented in pam by Ubuntu (in 10.04), so it should also work with Ubuntu >=10.04.

Development

Free to send contributions, fork it, ...

License

WTFPL (http://wtfpl.org/)