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  • 4.19.0 (latest)
  • 4.18.0
  • 4.17.0
  • 4.16.0
  • 4.15.0
  • 4.14.0
  • 4.13.0
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  • 4.9.0
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  • 4.6.1
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  • 4.1.1
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  • 3.0.0
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  • 1.2.0
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  • 1.0.0
  • 0.2.0
  • 0.1.0
released May 13th 2022
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, 2019.7.x, 2019.5.x, 2019.4.x, 2019.3.x, 2019.2.x, 2019.1.x, 2019.0.x, 2018.1.x, 2017.3.x
  • Puppet >= 5.0.0 < 8.0.0
  • RedHat, CentOS, OracleLinux, Scientific, SLES, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Solaris, Windows, AIX, OSX, AlmaLinux, Rocky
Tasks:
  • delete_local_filebucket
  • facts_diff
  • install
  • version
Plans:
  • run

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Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'puppetlabs-puppet_agent', '4.11.0'
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install puppetlabs-puppet_agent --version 4.11.0

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puppetlabs/puppet_agent — version 4.11.0 May 13th 2022

Change log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

v4.11.0 (2022-05-13)

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Added

Fixed

v4.10.0 (2022-01-26)

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Added

  • (maint). Add fact-limit configuration options to list. #584 (Heidistein)
  • (MODULES-11192)(MODULES-11168) Add AlmaLinux and Rocky to the puppet-agent module #583 (BobosilaVictor)
  • (IAC-1751/IAC-1753) Add Rocky and AlmaLinux support to the install agent task #582 (david22swan)
  • Allow detection of non-AIO Puppet #581 (smortex)

Fixed

[4.9.0] - 2021-09-09

Summary

Add Debian 11 support. Add Rocky Linux support for the install task. Allow present and latest as package_version. Other fixes and improvements.

Features

Bug fixes

Acknowledgements

Thanks to smortex, murdok5, relearnshuffle, Guillaume001 and chrekh who have contributed to this release 🎉!

[4.8.0] - 2021-06-22

Summary

Add Fedora 34 support to module. Add macOS 11 support to install task. Fix facts_diff task argument parsing on Windows.

Features

Bug fixes

[4.7.0] - 2021-05-12

Summary

Support running puppet_agent::install task in no-operation mode.

Features

  • (MODULES-11066) Support running puppet_agent::install task in no-operation mode (#559)

[4.6.1] - 2021-04-27

Summary

Fix upgrades when files from /tmp directory cannot be executed

Bug fixes

[4.6.0] - 2021-04-22

Summary

Fix PE upgrades for SLES 11 and improve GPG key checks. Remove puppet5 task support. Add exclude flag to puppet facts diff and add task to remove local filebucket cache.

Features

Bug fixes

Removals

[4.5.0] - 2021-03-23

Summary

The module can now manage agent configuration. Various Windows fixes and additions, task updates.

Features

Bug fixes

  • Update puppet-20250406 GPG key (#538)
  • Fix upgrading Puppet on Windows (#539)

Acknowledgements

Thanks to smortex and phil4business who have contributed to this release 🎉!

[4.4.0] - 2021-01-20

Summary

Add the new GPG signing key and default to puppet 7 for PE 2021.0.

Features

Bug fixes

  • Speed up unit tests by bumping apt dependency to 7.4.2 (#531)

[4.3.0] - 2020-12-14

Summary

Task support for puppet7 collection. Use correct AIX packages when upgrading.

Features

Bug fixes

[4.2.0] - 2020-10-30

Summary

Various Windows fixes and additions to facilitate upgrading to Puppet 7.

The fixes for (MODULES-10850) and (MODULES-10851) do not affect any released version of the module, but are still included in the changelog.

Features

  • (MODULES-10799) Ensure upgradability to Puppet 7 when remote filebuckets are enabled (#511)

Bug fixes

[4.1.0] - 2020-08-19

Summary

Add support for Linux Mint 20, and add puppet agent run plan to run the agent against remote targets.

Features

Bug fixes

[4.0.0] - 2020-06-15

Summary

Stop agent run after upgrade. Fix absolute_source on RPM platforms. Update puppetlabs-facts dependency. Do not allow install task to upgrade Windows agents if services are still running.

Features

Bug fixes

[3.2.0] - 2020-05-13

Summary

Install task can download Ubuntu 20.04. Fixed mcollective being included as a default service.

Features

  • Allow install task to download puppet-agent for Ubuntu 20.04 (#491)

Bug fixes

  • Fix mcollective being included as a default service to manage in client version >= 6.0.0 (#485)

[3.1.0] - 2020-04-02

Summary

Update puppetlabs-inifile dependency. Install task can download macOS 10.15. Windows FIPS. Pidlock, puppet.list config and root check fixes for install_shell task.

Features

  • Update inifile dependency to allow all 4.x versions (#477)
  • Allow install task to downlad macOS 10.15 (#471)

Bug fixes

  • Fix windowsfips upgrades (MODULES-10606)
  • Remove pidlock if service states cannot be restored (MODULES-10594)
  • Exit early when puppet.list config file has been modified (MODULES-10589)
  • Check that user is root only if installation is required (#475)

[3.0.2] - 2020-02-14

Summary

Remove config from bolt_plugin.json.

Bug fixes

  • Removed unsupported config field from the bolt_plugin.json file.(#469)

[3.0.1] - 2020-01-28

Summary

Fix install_powershell task for Powershell < 3.0.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed install_powershell task failure when using Powershell < 3.0 (MODULES-10514)

[3.0.0] - 2020-01-24

Summary

Assume latest version of the puppet-agent package only when no version is specified and the puppet-agent package is not installed (puppet_agent::install task).

[2.2.3] - 2019-12-10

Summary

Support for Fedora 31, Windows FIPS. WaitForExit can be parameterized. Fix for downgrades using apt.

Features

Bug fixes

  • Improve error message when install task could not download puppet-agent package (MODULES-10067
  • Fixed lint warnings (MODULES-10055

[2.2.2] - 2019-11-7

Summary

Support for puppet nightly collection on Windows(puppet_agent::install task).

Features

  • Puppet Agent module downloads the wrong nightly builds for Windows (MODULES-10038)

[2.2.1] - 2019-10-21

Summary

Support for Debian 10, Linux Mint, Amazon Linux 2. Stop puppet agent service after install. Puppet_agent task as a plugin.

Features

  • Debian 10 amd64 support
  • Linux Mint Support
  • Amazon Linux 2 support (MODULES-9981)
  • Update facts module used for testing install task (MODULES-9698)
  • Add option to stop the puppet agent service after install (GH-1204)
  • Added task to check commit messages
  • Make the puppet_agent task available as a plugin

Bug fixes

  • Failed puppet agent upgrade prevents future upgrading because of locked .pid file (MODULES-9497
  • Update bash implementation metadata to require facts implementation
  • Add bolt team as codeowners
  • Cached Catalog on Windows not idempotent (MODULES-9846)
  • Fix failing tests due to rspec changes

[2.2.0] - 2019-08-05

Summary

Autodetect package_version for compiling master. Fedora 30 support. Upgrade to Beaker 4. Handle mcollective service restarts on agent upgrades.

Features

  • autodetect package_version based upon the compiling master (MODULES-8923)
  • Fedora 30 support
  • Handle mcollective service restarts on agent upgrades (MODULES-9173)
  • Migrate puppet_agent module to Beaker 4 (MODULES-9444)
  • Support upgrade of RedHat Satellite puppet agent packages (MODULES-7760)

Bug fixes

  • Missing puppetlabs-facts dependency for the install task(MODULES-8665)

[2.1.2] - 2019-05-13

Summary

Update for the URLs used to retrieve Puppet Agent. Fix for using the modules in a non PE Environment

Bug fixes

  • The Puppet Agent artifacts are now retrieved from .puppet.com instead of .puppetlabs.com (RE-12326)
  • set PC1 as the default Puppet Agent repository

[2.1.1] - 2019-03-28

Summary

Quick fix release for windows environment issue

Bug fixes

  • Update installation .ps1 script to force environment to production when executing "puppet config" (MODULES-8821)

[2.1.0] - 2019-03-26

Summary

New parameters for managing package sources to allow for targeting mirrors. SLES and MacOS support for open-source installs. Better service management for windows installations

Features

  • Added SLES support for open-source installations (MODULES-8598)
  • Added MacOS support for open-source installations (MODULES-8599)
  • Error reporting for windows background upgrades (MODULES-8554)
  • New source parameters for managing alternate sources (like mirrors) (MODULES-6604)

Bug fixes

  • Fix inherited permissions exec resource on windows (MODULES-8406)
  • Fix service management for puppet > 6 (MODULES-8319)
  • No longer passing environment for windows installations (MODULES-4730)
  • Fix rpm import of gpg keys for newer SLES (MODULES-8583)
  • Wait on any hanging pxp-agent processes in windows installations (FM-7628)
  • Update parameters to use 'server_list' when provided rather than the 'server' setting
  • Update windows installations to always run service management outside of the initial puppet run (i.e. restart any services after the upgrade without using puppet)

[2.0.1] - 2019-01-17

Summary

New Installation tasks using Bolt, Updated module deps, Migration from batch to powershell for windows upgrades

Features

  • Bolt task installations
  • Updated module dependencies
  • Powershell scripts for Windows upgrades

Bug fixes

  • Windows installations now recover service state on failed upgrades

[1.7.0] - 2018-09-18

Summary

Bugfix and compatibility update for Puppet 6

Features

  • Support for changes to Fedora package naming in Puppet 5 and 6
  • Refactor OSX upgrades to be like Solaris and Windows, using an external script

[1.6.2] - 2018-07-26

Summary

Compatibility update for PE packaging changes

Features

  • Support for new pe_repo tarballs that use repo names matching open source.

[1.6.1] - 2018-06-29

Summary

Minor bugfix release

Features

  • Add Ubuntu 18.04 support
  • Add skip_if_unavailable to yumrepo resource (MODULES-4424)

Bug fixes

[1.6.0] - 2018-03-21

Summary

This is the last release that will support Puppet 3.x

Features

  • Make management of /etc/pki directory optional (MODULES-6068)
  • OSX 10.13 is now supported
  • RHEL 7 AArch64 is now supported

Bug fixes

  • Fix version tag on Amazon Linux (MODULES-5637)
  • Stop all services prior to upgrading on Windows (PE-23563)
  • Output token privileges for current user on Windows
  • Update testing matrix
  • Pin resources for Puppet 3.x compatibility (MODULES-6708, MODULES-6717)
  • Pin rspec-puppet to 2.6 due to bug in rspec-puppet (MODULES-6717)

[1.5.0] - 2017-11-29

Summary

This is a feature and bug-fix release

Features

  • Add ability to manage the stringify_facts setting (MODULES-5953)
  • Upgrades to Puppet 5 are now supported on RPM-based platform (MODULES-5633)
  • Debian 9 is now supported

Bug fixes

  • Solaris 10 upgrades now work for Puppet Enterprise 2017.3 (MODULES-5942) and (MODULES-3787)
  • AIX upgrades now work for Puppet Enterprise 2017.3 (MODULES-5979)
  • Downgrading the agent on Windows no longer breaks the installation (MODULES-5622)

[1.4.1] - 2017-07-27

Summary

This is a bug-fix release

Bug fixes

  • The system package provider is explicitly selected on Solaris 10 for installing puppet-agent (MODULES-4547)
  • puppet lookup and other operations with strict_variables enabled will now work with this module (MODULES-5168)
  • Use HTTP instead of HTTPS for RedHat repositories. This is consistent with Puppet's repo packages, and continues to use GPG signing for security.

[1.4.0] - 2017-06-12

Summary

This is a feature and bug-fix release

Known issues

Carried-over from prior releases:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • Upgrades on EL4-based systems are not supported.
  • Mac OS X Open Source package upgrades are not yet implemented.

Features

  • AIX 7.2 agents can now be upgraded (PA-1160)

Bug fixes

  • Fix a race condition when upgrading agents on certain platforms (MODULES-4732)
  • Avoid duplicate GPG imports on RPM-based systems (MODULE-4478)
  • Silence some redundant notices on Debian-based systems (MODULES-4171)
  • Avoid the new to fetch GPG keys from the internet (MODULES-4521)

[1.3.2] - 2017-02-09

Summary

This is a bug-fix release

Known issues

Carried-over from prior releases:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • Upgrades on EL4-based systems are not supported.
  • Mac OS X Open Source package upgrades are not yet implemented.

Bug fixes

  • Service management wasn't always applied when intended (MODULES-3994)
  • Allow setting MSI installation parameters on Windows (MODULES-4214)
  • Ensure all variables are populated to prevent failures when STRICT_VARIABLES='yes'
  • Only update server.cfg if not already managed by PE
  • Enable the puppet service on Windows if service param includes it (MODULES-4243)
  • Add custom fact puppet_agent_appdata, as common_appdata was only defined in PE (MODULES-4241)
  • Use getvar to fix facts to work with the strict_variables setting (MODULES-3710)
  • Optionally move puppetres.dll on Windows upgrade (MODULES-4207)
  • Allow disabling proxy settings for yum repo (MODULES-4236)

[1.3.1] - 2016-11-17

Summary

This is a bug-fix release

Known issues

Carried-over from prior releases:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • Upgrades on EL4-based systems are not supported.
  • Mac OS X Open Source package upgrades are not yet implemented.

Bug fixes

  • Fix upgrading a global Solaris zone would break upgrading other zones (MODULES-4092)
  • Fix line endings of install_puppet.bat
  • Fix upgrading between releases of the same package version (MODULES-4030)

[1.3.0] - 2016-10-19

Summary

The addition of several OS support features and a considerable amount of compatibility and bug fixes.

Known issues

Carried-over from prior releases:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • Upgrades on EL4-based systems are not supported.
  • Mac OS X Open Source package upgrades are not yet implemented.

Features

  • Add support for Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 23
  • Allow MSI install path to be defined on Windows (MODULES-3571)
  • Allow agent upgrade on non-English versions for Windows (MODULES-3636)
  • Allow the use of a hosted repository for packages (MODULES-3872)
  • Remove POWER8 restriction for AIX (MODULES-3912)

Bug fixes

  • Fix upgrade process on Windows using a PID file (MODULES-3433)
  • Fix metadata to indicate support for Puppet 3.7
  • Fix upgrade process on Windows by stopping PXP service (MODULES-3449)
  • Add extra logging during upgrade process on Windows
  • Disable SSL verification on Xenial (PE-16317)
  • Fix preserving the environment name when upgrading on Windows (MODULES-3517)
  • Puppet run will fail if stringify_facts is set to true (MODULES-3591 MODULES-3951)
  • Fix infinite loop scenario on Windows during upgrade (MODULES-3434)
  • Fix the waiting process on Windows during an upgrade (MODULES-3657)
  • Fix duplicate resource error on AIX with PE (MODULES-3893)
  • Fix minor errors in RakeFile and spec_helper_acceptance
  • Fix setting permissions on Windows package
  • Update GPG Keys (RE-7976)
  • Fix puppet-agent suffix on Fedora (PE-16317)
  • Fix unless condition on SUSE and RedHat GPG key imports (MODULES-3894)
  • Avoid Unknown variable errors in Puppet 4 (MODULES-3896)
  • Fix logic for detecting Solaris 11 package name (PE-17663)
  • Fix spec test fixtures to use the Forge
  • Add Windows examples to README
  • Fix acceptance tests ignoring resource errors (MODULES-3953)
  • Add acceptance tests for manage_repo parameter (MODULES-3872)
  • Fix Windows package download URL (MODULES-3970)

[1.2.0] - 2016-05-04

Summary

Supports upgrades from puppet-agent packages! Applies to both PE and FOSS, for example upgrades from PE 2015.3.2 to 2015.3.3 and puppet-agent 1.3.0 to 1.4.0 are supported. Upgrading from older Puppet 3 versions is also no longer explicitly prevented. Adds support for Solaris 11.

Known issues

Carried-over from prior releases:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • Upgrades on EL4-based systems are not supported.
  • Upgrades on Fedora systems are not supported.

Newly identified issues:

  • Mac OS X Open Source package upgrades are not yet implemented.
  • AIX package names are based on PowerPC architecture version. PowerPC 8 is not yet supported.

Features

  • Upgrades between puppet-agent packages, such as 2015.2.x to 2015.3.x.
  • Adds support for Solaris 11.
  • The pluginsync setting was deprecated in puppet-agent 1.4.0. This module removes it when upgrading to that version or later unless otherwise managed.
  • Remove the lower-version requirement. All Puppet 3 versions potentially can be upgraded, although testing is only performed starting with Puppet/PE 3.8. Earlier versions likely work back to 3.5, as long as the manifest is compiled using 3.7+ with future parser enabled.

Bug fixes

  • Fixes the release identification for Amazon Linux distributions to use EL 6 packages.
  • Fix Debian upgrades for PE.
  • Support upgrades of 32-bit Windows packages for PE (via pe_repo).
  • Fixed an issue that would cause compilation to fail with Unknown function: 'pe_compiling_server_aio_build' in some environments.

[1.1.0] - 2016-03-01

Summary

The addition of several OS support features and a considerable amount of compatibility and bug fixes.

Known issues

While this release adds considerable features and bug fixes the following areas are known issues and require more work:

  • For Windows, trigger an agent run after upgrade to get Puppet to create the necessary directory structures.
  • There is currently ongoing work to allow for upgrading from 2015.2.x to 2015.3.x.
  • Solaris 11 support work is in progess, but currently still buggy.

Features

  • Adds support for SLES 10, Solaris 10, AIX.
  • Add OSX 10.9 upgrades.
  • Add no-internet Windows upgrade in PE.
  • Added puppet_master_server fact.
  • Adds /opt/puppetlabs to the managed directories.
  • Additional test checks for /opt/puppetlabs.

Bug fixes

  • Use rspec expect syntax for catching errors.
  • Base master_agent_version on pe_compiling_server_aio_build().
  • Update in metadata to include support for SLES 10 and 11.
  • Ensure pe-puppet/mcollective services stopped after removing the PUPpuppet and PUPmcollective packages.
  • Small readme typo fix.
  • Pass in Puppet agent PID as command line parameter to avoid recreating install_puppet.bat at every agent run.
  • Allow using the internal mirror when resolving gems.
  • Add Solaris 10 sparc to supported arch.
  • No longer converts Windows file resource to RAL catalog.
  • Create/use local_package_dir in params.pp.
  • Fix behavior for non-PE.
  • Fix specs for Windows changes.
  • Remove check for null $service_names.
  • Fix linter errors on Windows PR 66.
  • Use common_appdata on Windows.
  • Removes management of the puppet/mco services on Windows systems.
  • Add start/wait to Windows upgrade.
  • Pass in configured server to Windows MSI.
  • Fixes SLES11 GPG key import issue.
  • Fixed regex for SLES compatibility.
  • Ensures local MSI package resource defined on Windows.

[1.0.0] - 2015-07-28

Summary

Fixed minor bugs and improved documentation. Now a Puppet Supported module.

Features

  • Improved documentation of upgrade process.

Bug fixes

  • For Windows PE upgrades, by default install the agent version corresponding to the PE master.
  • Reset puppet.conf's classfile setting.

[0.2.0] - 2015-07-21

Summary

Added support for most systems with both Puppet 3.8 and Puppet-Agent packages released by Puppet Labs.

Features

  • Support for Debian 6/7, Ubuntu 12.04/14.04, SLES 12, and Windows 2003 through 2012R2.

Bug fixes

  • Fix puppet_agent module doesn't touch puppet.conf settings outside an INI section (PUP-4886)
  • Made internal classes private, using stdlib's assert_private helper
  • Migrate SSL cert directories individually to account for individual settings (PUP-4690)
  • Migrated mcollective configuration should prefer the new plugin location (PUP-4658)
  • Fixed updating mcollective configuration files with multiple libdir or plugin.yaml definitions (PUP-4746)

[0.1.0] - 2015-06-02

Added

  • Initial release of puppetlabs-puppet_agent, supporting Redhat and Centos 5/6/7.

* This Changelog was automatically generated by github_changelog_generator