On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 08:45, Locke Hajo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I suspect that you're misunderstanding something about how Puppet works,
>> because as far as I can tell, you're trying to copy
>> /etc/apache2/conf.d/testpuppet.conf to /etc/apache2/conf.d/testpuppet.conf.
>> (The same path)
>>
>> yes i want to mirror a file from the master to my client. For me it seems
> to bo the best way to mirror original files and changes.
> Otherwise i would need a further machine as a master and put changes into
> puppet:/// structur.
>
> For type file source attribut can have values puppet: , file: and http:
> description for file is: file: URIs, which behave the same as local file
> paths.
> Why is it offered, if it should not be used? Do i understand something
> wrong?
>

`file:///` sources are local to the *agent*, not the *puppetserver*.
Puppet's philosophy is to manage nodes based on a controlled source base
(the control repo), not mirroring from a live machine. If you want to have
a guided tour of the what and how, please follow Ben's recommendation of
trying out the learning VM at https://learn.puppet.com


Cheers, David


>
> Thanks,
> Hajo
>
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