Foreman

h1. Puppet Reports integration 

This feature is applicable only to the development version of Foreman, and is planned to be part of version 0.1-1 when it comes out.

if you used git, make sure you update your source as described in [[Installation_instructions#Future-Updates]]

h2. Overview

Foreman uses a custom puppet reports (similar to tagmail or store) which simply upload the puppet report to Foreman.

This enables you to see the reports through the web interface.

h2. Configuration

# copy *extras/puppet/reports/foreman.rb* to your report directory - e.g. /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/reports/

# open the new file with your favorite editor

# edit the URL (unless you have a DNS alias for foreman already) to point to foreman.

# add this report in your puppetmaster reports - e.g, in your puppet.conf add:

*reports=log, foreman*

# restart your puppetmaster

You should start seeing reports coming in under the reports link.

h2. Todo:

# enable the web interface to show more status - e.g. a dashboard

# Associate Users with Hosts, this will allow to send notifications (e.g. email) to the right users

# Send out a summary of all of yours hosts status per day

# Delete old reports