1 When updating puppet to a newer version one of the required update

     2 steps is to update the puppet SMF configuration file.  To aid in

     3 that process the update_smf.py utility can be used to automate the

     4 regeneration of this file.  To use this utility follow the outlined

     5 steps below.

     6 

     7 

     8 1. Update the puppet release and perform all update activities

     9    associated with it.

    10 

    11 2. Generate and install the puppet release on a system.

    12 

    13 3. Execute the following puppet command

    14 

    15 $ puppet agent --genconfig > puppet.conf

    16 

    17 4. Copy or make available the puppet.conf file created in step 3

    18    to the system with the userland tree

    19 

    20 5. Execute the following commands:

    21 

    22 $ cd <userland>/components/puppet/files

    23 $ python update_smf.py -c <path>/puppet.conf -s puppet.xml 

    24       -v <puppet_version> -o puppet.new.xml

    25 

    26 6. Perform a quick check of the resulting SMF file puppet.new.xml

    27    to make sure everything looks correct. 

    28 

    29 7. Update the current puppet.xml file with the new version

    30 

    31 $ mv puppet.new.xml puppet.xml

    32 

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