Managing Packages

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asked 2013-12-18 22:01:04 -0600

Michael Bauer
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Hi,

I want to manage about 200 packages with Puppet and I want a separate "package"-resource for each package. The problem is: Every time, the Puppet-Agent does a "run" / "apply", he checks every 200 packages. Each package-check needs about 2 seconds. Altogether it takes about 400 seconds, which is to much. I want the check to only few seconds. I heard that it would be possible if I use yaml with using a single command which contains all the desired packages. But I don't know how to do it.

Hopefully someone can help.

Thanks

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What package provider are you using and are you ensuring specific versions or latest? It shouldn't be taking that long to process 200 package resources.

rodjek ( 2013-12-19 00:49:55 -0600 )edit

If you are using RHEL based systems, take a look at pulp to help manage packages. http://www.pulpproject.org

spuder ( 2014-03-10 21:50:03 -0600 )edit

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answered 2013-12-20 07:35:40 -0600

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Do not ensure 'latest'. Instead ensure that the package is present. You can use MCollective to update your packages during a maintenance event, as opposed to possibly updating packages every puppet run. As rodjek mentioned, if you are using latest, that could incur a longer amount of time per resource.

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answered 2013-12-26 23:02:51 -0600

scoopex
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I think you question is not related to "yaml". It is possible to provide a list of packages using hiera (hiera is capable to use yaml files, see http://docs.puppetlabs.com/hiera/1/complete_example.html for an introduction), but that’s not the point.

If you provide a list of packages with a single package resource puppet might fetch the information about installed packages with a single command.

Example:

       package {
          'curl':                ensure => present;
          'wget':                ensure => present;
          'iftop':               ensure => present;
          'iptraf':              ensure => present;
          'sysstat':             ensure => present;
          'xfsdump':             ensure => present;
          'xfsprogs':            ensure => present;
          'zip':                 ensure => present;
          'ncftp':               ensure => present;
        }

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answered 2013-12-31 07:32:07 -0600

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Use an external node classifier (enc). Have the list of which packages need to be upgraded dealt with server-side to save processing on your clients. Use whatever script language you like to generate this list when you update a given package on the server.