On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 2:34 PM Matt Zagrabelny <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings, > > I'm running puppet 5.5.6 (Debian testing.) > > I'm seeing some curious and inconsistent results from where I put config > settings in /etc/puppet/puppet.conf. When I use the [master] heading, the > "external_nodes" setting is read by the puppet master: > > # cat /etc/puppet/puppet.conf > [master] > node_terminus = exec > external_nodes = /opt/bin/my-enc > # systemctl restart puppet-master.service > # puppet config print external_nodes > none > > However, if I remove the "master" section heading in the puppet.conf file, > I get the results I expect: > > # cat /etc/puppet/puppet.conf > node_terminus = exec > external_nodes = /opt/bin/my-enc > # systemctl restart puppet-master.service > # puppet config print external_nodes > /opt/bin/my-enc > > Should I file a bug or is this somehow expected? > When your master run it uses only certain sections of the config file (mainly "master" and "main"[1]), while config print will by default use the section "main". You can use the `--section <section>` flag to act on a specific section. If you don't specify a section in the puppet.conf the setting will be applied to the "main" section. eg `puppet config print --section master external_nodes` should give you want you want. HTH, Justin 1. https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/5.5.x/lib/puppet/application/master.rb#L274 Thanks! > > -m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAOLfK3UsJHY%2BpFMXUpM1H4%2BL6FajzPj01x09EqfAcWHnkSqb1Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAOLfK3UsJHY%2BpFMXUpM1H4%2BL6FajzPj01x09EqfAcWHnkSqb1Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CA%2B%3DBEqVWin1P6KjyDPwsQ5MyhfaYab9-Wi%3Dtxkf5wij0vYVxFg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
