Chapter 9. Enforcing Puppet Configuration on Managed Hosts

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Remote Execution Features.
2. Select the puppet_run_host remote execution feature.
3. Assign the Run Puppet Once - SSH Default job template.

Procedure

1. Connect to your managed host using SSH.
2. Add the Puppet agent run interval to /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf, for example runinterval = 1h.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Settings.

2. On the General tab, edit Out of sync interval. Set a duration, in minutes, after which hosts are considered to be out of sync.

   You can also override this interval on host groups or individual hosts by adding the outofsync_interval parameter.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Administer > Settings, and click the Config Management tab.
2. In the Puppet interval field, set the value to the duration, in minutes, after which hosts reporting using Puppet are considered to be out of sync.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Configure > Host Groups.
2. Select a host group.
3. On the Parameters tab, click Add Parameter.
4. In the Name field, enter outofsync_interval.
5. From the Type dropdown menu, select integer.
6. In the Value field, enter the new interval in minutes.
7. Click the Submit button.

Procedure

1. In the Satellite web UI, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts.
2. Click Edit for a selected host.
3. On the Parameters tab, click Add Parameter.
4. In the Name field, enter outofsync_interval.
5. From the Type dropdown menu, select integer.
6. In the Value field, enter the new interval in minutes.
7. Click the Submit button.