Class Puppet::Network::Client
In: lib/puppet/network/client.rb
Parent: Object

The base class for all of the clients. Many clients just directly call methods, but some of them need to do some extra work or provide a different interface.

Methods

drivername   handler   local?   new   recycle_connection   run   runnow   scheduled?   shutdown   start   xmlrpc_client  

Included Modules

Puppet::Util Puppet::Util::MethodHelper Puppet::SSLCertificates::Support

Classes and Modules

Class Puppet::Network::Client::CA
Class Puppet::Network::Client::File
Class Puppet::Network::Client::ProxyClient
Class Puppet::Network::Client::Report
Class Puppet::Network::Client::Runner
Class Puppet::Network::Client::Status

Constants

Client = self

Attributes

driver  [R] 
lastrun  [RW] 
local  [RW] 
schedule  [RW] 
stopping  [RW] 

Public Class methods

drivername()

Determine what clients look for when being passed an object for local client/server stuff. E.g., you could call Client::CA.new(:CA => ca).

handler()

Figure out the handler for our client.

new(hash)

Create our client.

xmlrpc_client()

The class that handles xmlrpc interaction for us.

Public Instance methods

local?()

Are we a local client?

recycle_connection()

Make sure we set the driver up when we read the cert in.

runnow()

A wrapper method to run and then store the last run time

start()

Start listening for events. We‘re pretty much just listening for timer events here.

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