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puppetversion

Module for managing the installation and upgrade of puppet

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Version information

  • 1.1.0 (latest)
  • 1.0.0
  • 0.1.3
  • 0.1.2
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.0
released Mar 21st 2016
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  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'opentable-puppetversion', '1.1.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add opentable-puppetversion
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install opentable-puppetversion --version 1.1.0

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Documentation

opentable/puppetversion — version 1.1.0 Mar 21st 2016

puppet-puppetversion

####Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description - What is the puppetversion module?
  3. Setup - The basics of getting started with puppetversion
  4. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  5. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  6. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  7. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

##Overview

The puppetversion module for managing the upgrade/downgrade of puppet to a specified version

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##Module Description

The purpose of this module is to manage puppet upgrades. This was created because performing upgrades on on some platforms and some older versions of puppet requires a little more effort than simply package { 'puppet': ensure => '3.4.3' }. This module intends to deal with all of those edge cases, making upgrades as simple as they should be.

##Setup

###What puppetversion affects

  • The installation of puppet itself.
  • Create a scheduled task (on Windows)

###Beginning with puppetversion

To upgrade to a new puppetversion

   class { 'puppetversion':
     version => '3.4.3'
   }

##Usage

###Classes and Defined Types

####Class: puppetversion The puppetversion module guides the upgrade of puppet.

Parameters within puppetversion: #####version The version that you want to upgrade to

#####proxy_address (Windows only) - The proxy address to use when downloading the msi

#####download_source (Windows only) - The source location where the msi can be found

#####time_delay (Windows only) - How many minutes in the future should we schedule the upgrade task for

#####ruby_augeas_version (Debian only) - The version of ruby-augeas to install from RubyGems.

##Reference

###Classes ####Public Classes

  • puppetversion: Guides the upgrade of puppet from the current version to the specified new version

##Limitations

This module is tested on the following platforms:

  • CentOS 5
  • CentOS 6
  • CentOS 7
  • Ubuntu 12.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04
  • Windows 2008 R2
  • Windows 2012 R2

It is tested with the OSS version of Puppet only.

##Development

###Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for full details on contributing to this project.