The message of the day, or MOTD, is the first thing a user sees when logging into a system. Providing contextual information about the system allows users to quickly get an overview of what the system does. This module is used internally at Puppet and is actively maintained.
Below are a some examples of what this module can produce.
Note that the
Consul Agent (profile::consul)line below each MOTD was added by ploperations/profile_metadata
short-puppet.epp:
canary-basic-debian8-dev-1.example.net - 10.0.0.20 - opdx
_____ _
| _ |_ _ ___ ___ ___| |_
| __| | | . | . | -_| _| Puppet 6.10.1 in production
|__| |___| _| _|___|_| role::canary::basic
|_| |_|
Canary node
role::canary::basic owned by team infracore
Consul Agent (profile::consul)
tall-puppet.epp:
____ __ __ ____ ____ ___ ______
| \| | || \| \ / _] | Env: production
| o ) | || o ) o ) [_| | OS: Debian 8 aka jessie
| _/| | || _/| _/ _]_| |_| Location: opdx in vmware
| | | : || | | | | [_ | | Puppet: 6.10.1
| | | || | | | | | | |
|__| \__,_||__| |__| |_____| |__|
FQDN: canary-basic-debian8-dev-1.example.net
Canary node
role::canary::basic owned by team infracore
Consul Agent (profile::consul)
colossal-puppet-dag.epp:
canary-basic-debian8-dev-1.example.net - 10.0.0.20 - opdx
8888888b. 888 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
888 Y88b 888 @,,,,,,@@@@@@@@
888 888 888 @,,@@,,@@@@@@@@
888 d88P 888 888 88888b. 88888b. .d88b. 888888 @,,,,,,,@@@@@@@
8888888P" 888 888 888 "88b 888 "88b d8P Y8b 888 @@@@@@@@,,,,,,@ Puppet 6.10.1 in production
888 888 888 888 888 888 888 88888888 888 @@@@@@@@,,,,,,@ role::canary::basic
888 Y88b 888 888 d88P 888 d88P Y8b. Y88b. @@@@@@@@,,,,,,@
888 "Y88888 88888P" 88888P" "Y8888 "Y888 @,,,,,,,@@@@@@@
888 888 @,,@@,,@@@@@@@@
888 888 @,,,,,,@@@@@@@@
888 888 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Canary node
role::canary::basic owned by team infracore
Consul Agent (profile::consul)
This module will fully manage /etc/motd while also allowing other module (or profiles) to add information to it. This module will work without additional setup on your part. See Reference on the Puppet Forge or REFERENCE.md on GitHub for additional details about setup options.
include meta_motdThis module is documented via pdk bundle exec puppet strings generate --format markdown. Please see Reference on the Puppet Forge or REFERENCE.md on GitHub for more info.
CHANGELOG.md is generated prior to each release via pdk bundle exec rake changelog. This process relies on labels that are applied to each pull request.
This module does not currently do anything on Windows nodes.
PR's, including ones with additional templates, are welcome!