Puppet development tips

Creating a 'testing' environment for new puppet code:

1. Create a new patch in infra-puppet, assuming your branch/topic name is 'fix_puppet'

2. Push your patch into a new branch, lets assume you name it 'testing':

   git push gerrit fix_puppet:testing
   

3. ssh to foreman.ovirt.org and populate the new enviornment:

   su puppet-repos -c "cd /home/puppet-repos && scl enable ruby193 '/home/puppet-repos/bin/r10k deploy environment testing'"
   

4. In foreman import the new environment:

   https://foreman.ovirt.org/environments -> 'Import from foreman.ovirt.org'
   

5. Change in foreman the puppet environment to 'testing' for the host you are working on.

6. Run puppet on your host to see the changes:

   puppet agent --test
   

   for logging you can use:

   rm -rf puppetlog; puppet agent --test 2>&1 puppetlog | tee -a puppetlog
   

7. Iterate as you need (steps 2 and 3).

8. Note that if the environment already exists, you don't need step 4.
9. Once done, delete the testing branch you used.