Puppet action pack

Dispatch Preprocess

• Checks for the existence of the module named, rlm_module and creates the module if it does not already exist
• Creates the manifest file that contains classes necessary for the execution of the deployment process

Dispatch Fileput

• Copies files to rlm_module on the Puppet server
• Checks for the Puppet defined type for this action in rlm_module and creates it, if the defined type does not already exist
• Updates the process manifest with the relevant deployment task to actually put the file on the target server

Dispatch Fileget

• Not supported, exits with an error if invoked
• Other than the Puppet or Chef dispatcher, this action can be executed through any other dispatcher (for example, NSH dispatcher)

Dispatch Srun

• Looks for special cases, such as:
  • Config Get:  Lists modules and manifests on the Puppet Master server
  • Execute_Puppet_Module:  Adds this module to the process manifest for the particular Puppet Agent run
• Checks for the existence of the Puppet defined type for the Dispatch fileput action and creates it if it does not already exist
• Checks for the existence of the Puppet defined type for the Dispatch srun action and creates it if it does not already exist
• Copies that action which is a part of the current deployment process (for example, Execute Command Line) to the module files directory (windows or default) depending on the target host platform
• Creates a fileput entry for the action file in the process manifest
• Looks for the required data files (VL_INPUT_DATA) to send as a file. If the data files exist, then it adds them to the manifest file
• Creates an srun entry to execute the relevant action on the Puppet agent in the process manifest
• Adds environment variables to the srun entry for the deployment task

Dispatch Prun

• Not supported, exits with an error if invoked
• Other than the Puppet or Chef dispatcher, this action can be executed through any other dispatcher (for example, NSH dispatcher)

Dispatch Postprocess

•  Creates cleanup scripts to remove the temporary files from the Puppet agent after the deployment process is complete
• Adds fileput and srun tasks to the process manifest
• Adds task ordering to process for a sequential run
• Adds a notification file to the Puppet External Node Classifier (Puppet ENC) to provide class name to the Puppet Agent, when requested
•  Verifies if all tasks were invoked on the target
• Once invoked, removes the notification file for ENC to prevent subsequent runs on the Puppet Agent
• If tasks are not invoked, sends an error to the log to verify if the Puppet Agent is running

Execute Puppet Module

Execute any Puppet module as a part of the BMC Release Package and Deployment process by using the Invoke Action activity library.

Note: Requires the Puppet module name to be added to the process, under the Configure Panel, in the Action Arguments box.
For example, if you want to execute the core_permissions Puppet module, you must mention core_permissions in the Action Arguments box.

Config Get

Pulls the configuration data from the Puppet Master server and returns a list of modules and manifests available (to the dispatcher) on the Puppet Master server.

Note: This action requires a channel to be setup, that uses a channel template satisfying the following two conditions:

• The channel template must be created with the type selected as Puppet.
• The channel template must have the Managed flag as Yes under the Config tab.