Resource Type: reboot_notify

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/reboot_notify.rb

Providers:

notify

Overview

Notifies users when a system reboot is required.

This type creates a file at $target the contents of which provide a summary of the reasons why the system requires a reboot.

NOTE: This type will only register entries on refresh. Any other use of the type will not report the necessary reboot.

A reboot notification will be printed at each puppet run until the system is successfully rebooted.

Properties

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  Whether the notification should be added or removed

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent

Parameters

• control_only (defaults to: false)

  This resource is only for control and should not add an item to the notification list

  You may only have ONE resource with this set to ‘true` in your catalog

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
  • yes
  • no
• log_level (defaults to: notice)

  Set the message log level for notifications

  This is only active with :control_only set to ‘true`

  Supported values:

  • alert
  • crit
  • debug
  • notice
  • emerg
  • err
  • info
  • warning
• name (namevar)

  The item that is being modified that requires a reboot

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘reboot_notify` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• reason (defaults to: modified)

  An optional reason for rebooting