/etc/system_identification missing on some hosts?

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:37, Adam M. Dutko <dutko.adam at gmail.com> wrote:
> I receive an odd message on bastion02 when I logon. The message is:

This is an outstanding task that needs to be done and could be done by
someone in apprentice. Get a list of systems and go around to see
which ones don't have it, what they have on them, and what level they
look to need to be at.

> $system_identification has not been defined for this host.  Please do so.
> For more information see /etc/system_identification
>
> I actually see the contents of system_identification on puppet02.
>
> Is there a reason why some hosts have this file and others don't?
> Where would one "fix" this? Would we add it in the puppet git repo and
> change the host configuration in puppet to include the corresponding
> module or constraint?

This config is usually in the group class for a set of systems. Not
sure if this is the best way to do it but it is how it has been done
in the past.

> -Adam
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