Puppet download file

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PuppetEcosystem Puppet Community Updates. Any Supported Supported or Approved. The optional http proxy password to use when downloading the file. By default this value accepts secure strings. A secure string is unfortunately tied to the machine that it is used for. To generate a secure string for a given machine, users should run the following powershell command on that machine replacing PASSWORD with the desired password :.

It is possible to get this information then clear the command from history, but it's important to note that the -Force argument is there to suppress warnings that the plaintext password is in the history.

The optional switch to change the way that proxyPassword is interpreted from secure string to plaintext. Sometimes, despite all the other tools and processes available, you just need to fetch a file from a website and put it on the local machine. While it's not the recommended way to manage things it's always nice to have it available as an option.

Whether and how file content should be backed up before being replaced. Default value: puppet , which backs up to a filebucket of the same name. This requires declaring a filebucket resource and a resource default for the backup attribute in site. If you are using multiple puppet master servers, you will want to centralize the contents of the filebucket. Either configure your load balancer to direct all filebucket traffic to a single master, or use something like an out-of-band rsync task to synchronize the content on all masters.

Valid values are md5 , md5lite , sha , sha , shalite , sha , sha , mtime , ctime , none. The checksum of the source contents. Only md5, sha, sha, sha and sha are supported when specifying this parameter. The desired contents of a file, as a string. This attribute is mutually exclusive with source and target. A read-only state to check the file ctime. Perform the file operation even if it will destroy one or more directories. You must use force in order to:.

If the owner is also the group, files with modes like "" will cause log churn, as they will always appear out of sync. A parameter which omits action on files matching specified patterns during recursion. How to handle links during file actions. During file copying, follow will copy the target file instead of the link and manage will copy the link itself. When not copying, manage will manage the link, and follow will manage the file to which the link points. Asked 5 years, 4 months ago.

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