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authormh <mh@immerda.ch>2010-08-07 02:03:56 +0200
committermh <mh@immerda.ch>2010-08-07 02:03:56 +0200
commitadce830e8baf197cae3c4493f2b77e237643ecfa (patch)
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parentc246871b7a39ce39edf6a509e8b30baff2f2a8ad (diff)
improve documentation for puppet::cron
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@@ -18,8 +18,18 @@ Usage
The module currently looks for values on different variables to adjust
configuration of the master.
-Mode:
------
+Run puppet by cron:
+-------------------
+
+By default puppet runs as own daemon. However, you might want to run
+puppet by cron. To do this, you have to include `puppet::cron` instead
+of `puppet`. By default puppet will run twice an hour, spread amongst
+the half an hour depending on the host's fqdn. You can tweak that setting
+by setting $puppet_crontime
+
+
+Puppetmaster Mode:
+------------------
If you want to run the puppetmaster in a non-webrick based
mode, you can set $puppetmaster_mode either to:
@@ -53,7 +63,6 @@ $puppetmaster_checklastrun
by cron. Default: 40 10,22 * * *
* false: to disable check for last run
-
Example:
--------