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Adding a global Proxy information to an host (and using it)
Posted Tue Jul 11 09:26:27 2023
Push/pull from remote github repo
Posted Tue Feb 7 17:24:03 2023
Problem with boolSystem and download
Posted Mon Mar 8 15:09:08 2021
propellor: --init offers to use revoked GPG key
Posted Thu Sep 24 17:10:13 2020
propellor can't find privdata for gpg pubkey
Posted Thu Aug 20 13:07:55 2020
propellor: waitForProcess: does not exist (No child processes)
Posted Wed Aug 12 20:24:05 2020
Error trying to remove a key
Posted Tue Jun 30 09:10:36 2020
recommendations for setting up a Fedora chroot on a Debian host
Posted Thu Jun 18 11:23:29 2020
ssh_known_hosts
Posted Wed Jun 10 00:27:59 2020
CUPS configuration
Posted Fri May 29 13:21:22 2020
Branch not signed with trusted gpg key warning
Posted Thu Apr 9 13:28:06 2020
DNS for LAN
Posted Wed Mar 25 15:00:43 2020
Bootstrapping with Cabal on Archlinux fails
Posted Mon Feb 17 09:18:44 2020
using propellor on low RAM devices?
Posted Fri Jan 3 20:10:40 2020
etckeeper made obsolete by propellor?
Posted Thu Nov 21 09:34:05 2019
Setting altenative ?
Posted Tue Nov 5 16:54:17 2019
Conceptual : HostName vs. Domain
Posted Fri Nov 1 15:34:27 2019
isCopyOf does not work on nfs filesystem
Posted Tue Oct 1 13:03:04 2019
Unprivileged containers break propellor
Posted Tue Sep 24 01:26:23 2019
Combining properties with HasInfo and another without HasInfo
Posted Mon Sep 16 10:17:24 2019
running commands in Libvirt guests
Posted Wed Aug 14 20:41:05 2019
hasOriginUrl does not work if git was not installed
Posted Thu Aug 8 14:32:21 2019
ipv6 support for P.Property.Firewall
Posted Fri Jul 19 12:10:57 2019
How to make P.Property.Firewall.rule persistent
Posted Thu Jul 18 20:28:03 2019
Contribution and community
Posted Fri Jul 12 02:13:14 2019
apt releaseinfo
Posted Thu Jul 11 02:18:36 2019
WIP adding dhcp records to libvirt
Posted Sat Jun 8 14:27:06 2019
commands that need files
Posted Thu May 30 11:08:41 2019
merging upstream changes into my local propellor repo
Posted Wed May 29 12:43:01 2019
Getting Info from containers
Posted Sun Apr 14 20:37:24 2019
build propellor binary
Posted Thu Apr 11 15:40:17 2019
How can File.mode be used in config.hs ?
Posted Sat Mar 30 20:51:07 2019
need help to write a property of a generic kind
Posted Fri Mar 29 20:00:55 2019
Support writing as owner?
Posted Tue Mar 5 00:29:41 2019
noisy imageBuilt
Posted Sun Mar 3 13:31:17 2019
chown: invalid group: ‘com-sixs:com-sixs’
Posted Wed Feb 13 11:12:21 2019
~/.ssh/propellor: createDirectory: does not exist (No such file or directory)
Posted Wed Jan 16 09:33:15 2019
compiling 5.5.0 fails with lts 13.0
Posted Sun Dec 30 17:00:49 2018
installing apt packages without running new services
Posted Fri Nov 30 13:21:40 2018
Make clean fails in openbsd
Posted Sun Oct 21 19:19:28 2018
`Propellor.Bootstrap.cabalBuild` fails in openbsd
Posted Sun Oct 21 19:07:06 2018
Apt.backportInstalledMin ?
Posted Sun Oct 14 15:50:35 2018
"predictable" network interface names
Posted Sun Oct 14 12:50:31 2018
#propellor on irc.oftc.net
Posted Sat Oct 13 14:18:32 2018
support for non-bootable disk images
Posted Thu Oct 4 13:33:14 2018
installing small binary files
Posted Thu Oct 4 02:07:50 2018
configuring texlive papersize
Posted Mon Sep 17 18:39:31 2018
bind mounting in Sbuild chroots
Posted Fri Sep 7 10:48:50 2018
integration with gitolite
Posted Thu Aug 23 01:14:26 2018
making sure a package is at the latest version
Posted Wed Aug 22 23:17:29 2018
Privdata corrupted when spinning from macOS
Posted Tue Aug 14 20:30:32 2018
Certbot cert expanding
Posted Mon Jul 23 15:20:16 2018
Separation of data and code
Posted Fri Jul 6 09:10:18 2018
DNS - Support for Multiline TXT records
Posted Sun Jun 17 16:22:18 2018
Adding support for a SQL server
Posted Mon Jun 11 16:58:19 2018
5.3.5 import errors
Posted Sun Apr 29 07:41:16 2018
5.3.5 errors building with Stack
Posted Sat Apr 28 16:40:32 2018
Problem with getting started
Posted Fri Apr 13 13:41:19 2018
Apt: use deb.debian.org/debian-security
Posted Sun Apr 1 19:50:57 2018
Where can I find practical examples on how to use Propellor?
Posted Sun Apr 1 11:10:19 2018
can't get Apt.trustsKey to work
Posted Thu Mar 1 08:01:30 2018
--spin tries to pull from central repository?
Posted Wed Feb 21 09:39:16 2018
dm-crypt/LUKS encryption and key management
Posted Mon Feb 5 14:35:08 2018
Simple quickstart without git, SSH, GPG
Posted Sat Feb 3 20:21:55 2018
"Unknown host OS" after merging recent propellor
Posted Sat Jan 20 13:55:53 2018
Executing a property within a explicit CWD
Posted Mon Jan 8 15:44:59 2018
to teach propellor about other ARM boards
Posted Mon Jan 1 21:44:49 2018
** warning: ** Your ~/.propellor/ is out of date..
Posted Sun Dec 31 15:12:44 2017
secret-project deliverable
Posted Fri Dec 29 18:08:06 2017
secret-project and Module ‘Graphics.UI.Threepenny’ does not export ‘loadFile’.
Posted Thu Dec 28 12:29:03 2017
secret-project and type constructor or class ‘PartSpec’
Posted Wed Dec 27 23:11:31 2017
imageBuiltFor mount points not automatically created
Posted Wed Dec 20 18:58:51 2017
parted: invalid token: fat
Posted Wed Dec 20 14:41:09 2017
grub-mkconfig incorrectly run by imageBuiltFor?
Posted Tue Dec 19 20:35:34 2017
How to add a privdata for Gitlab cookies
Posted Wed Nov 22 10:24:15 2017
4.9.0 fail to build on jessie
Posted Thu Nov 2 08:25:45 2017
Fstab.mounted does not mount if entry exists
Posted Sun Oct 8 10:51:40 2017
Using ip address in a container
Posted Tue Oct 3 19:08:57 2017
how to boostrap the initial git repo
Posted Thu Sep 14 12:24:50 2017
Compatibility between different software versions
Posted Thu Aug 31 00:09:19 2017
How to create a property with info
Posted Fri Aug 25 14:20:21 2017
propellor 4.7.6 does not compile on jessie
Posted Tue Aug 22 12:27:33 2017
DiskImage creation does not work on my system
Posted Tue Aug 22 07:01:38 2017
creating Bind9 configuration
Posted Thu Aug 3 19:50:53 2017
propellor failed to sign the commit
Posted Sat Jul 29 17:58:06 2017

Posted Fri Jul 28 15:08:22 2017
Error building on remote host
Posted Tue Jul 25 22:06:34 2017
Work on OS X
Posted Thu Apr 13 20:50:08 2017
Fstab.mounted could call swapon when activating swap
Posted Tue Apr 4 21:10:01 2017
Git.cloned deletes harmless empty directory
Posted Tue Apr 4 21:07:53 2017
Using propellor for continers only
Posted Tue Mar 28 04:22:59 2017
Manage multiple different projects with propellor
Posted Fri Mar 24 16:59:19 2017
Docker.hs will Break in Stretch
Posted Thu Feb 2 00:34:27 2017
Inherited Variables...
Posted Thu Jan 26 06:10:07 2017
propellor and gpg2
Posted Mon Nov 28 18:41:48 2016
Systemd nspawn container failure
Posted Sat Oct 1 19:50:48 2016
Modules with Multiple cmdProperty causing build failures
Posted Sun Sep 18 01:09:48 2016
Ldap and Propellor
Posted Mon Jun 27 13:47:45 2016
use withUmask in a property
Posted Sat Jun 18 11:52:04 2016
Bug with Sbuild
Posted Thu Jun 16 14:41:02 2016
Systemd container pre-setup properties
Posted Thu Jun 16 04:07:25 2016
Apt.install return ok even if asked something impossible
Posted Tue Jun 14 10:10:36 2016
Propellor from unprivileged account
Posted Thu Jun 9 16:48:48 2016
cabal: Unrecognised flags: propellor-config
Posted Mon Jun 6 23:23:23 2016
functions that yield properties
Posted Thu Jun 2 06:15:47 2016
recent propellor snapshots cause ghc OOMs
Posted Mon May 9 00:10:07 2016
Formatting struggle with Apt.backportSuite
Posted Tue Apr 26 12:36:28 2016
newbie trying to set up NFS mount
Posted Tue Apr 5 14:03:49 2016
upgrading to propellor 3.0
Posted Sat Apr 2 19:38:56 2016
unix_listener: "/home/experiences/instrumentation/picca/.ssh/propellor/diffabs6.exp.synchrotron-soleil.fr.sock.j3awdJtqk5r3HB1I" too long for Unix domain socket
Posted Fri Mar 25 14:25:19 2016
Locales always generated
Posted Sun Mar 6 00:26:33 2016
Weird SSH issue
Posted Sat Mar 5 23:58:19 2016
Git repo updating
Posted Fri Mar 4 15:44:43 2016
FreeBSD Port
Posted Tue Mar 1 14:54:04 2016
chroot issue when upgrading
Posted Mon Feb 29 11:10:36 2016
Ssh.authorizedKey does not work on brand new user
Posted Fri Feb 26 12:20:37 2016
Understanding changesFile equation
Posted Wed Feb 24 20:19:17 2016
howto mapM RevertableProperty
Posted Mon Feb 8 10:33:22 2016
propellor 2.15.2 does not work on jessie
Posted Tue Jan 12 12:31:12 2016
Obnam.backupEncrypted fails if gpg key is already in keyring
Posted Fri Dec 11 13:24:42 2015
Fail to push changes when merging
Posted Mon Dec 7 14:27:22 2015
Script to convert config files for inclusion in Propellor config
Posted Tue Nov 24 15:41:34 2015
REversable property changes
Posted Wed Nov 11 14:00:53 2015
Updating a host's centralised git repo URI without spinning
Posted Tue Nov 10 19:49:36 2015
problem with Tar
Posted Tue Oct 27 11:02:58 2015
mailname set by Propellor.Property.Hostname.sane
Posted Fri Oct 23 13:09:06 2015
Dry run mode
Posted Fri Oct 9 05:17:24 2015
Embedding configuration files using Template Haskell
Posted Tue Oct 6 15:34:08 2015
propellor --add-key fails
Posted Sun Oct 4 08:53:25 2015
PROPELLOR_DEBUG doesn not propagate to the host
Posted Fri Oct 2 08:48:46 2015
Problem with cmdProperty and rm
Posted Fri Oct 2 08:45:09 2015
property which create a file
Posted Wed Sep 30 13:42:19 2015
chroot for sbuild
Posted Sat Sep 26 10:22:53 2015
Systemd.container produces non-standard systemd container
Posted Thu Sep 24 21:13:38 2015
removing key
Posted Wed Sep 23 11:31:48 2015
Shared connection to xxx closed.
Posted Tue Sep 15 07:32:19 2015
cron email
Posted Mon Sep 14 12:23:21 2015
reconfigure package
Posted Sun Sep 13 15:40:15 2015
Why downloading package list from hackage.haskell.org?
Posted Tue Sep 8 15:57:18 2015
how to install a cluster with propellor
Posted Sun Aug 30 12:52:20 2015
gnupg2
Posted Wed Aug 26 17:49:56 2015
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
Posted Wed Aug 26 14:58:08 2015
parsing a config file
Posted Fri Jul 31 10:59:02 2015
gitpush problem
Posted Thu Jul 30 08:57:16 2015
can not build debian package
Posted Fri Jul 10 20:44:58 2015
Propellor 2.5.0 does not build out of the box on newly installed ubuntu
Posted Tue Jun 30 12:36:57 2015
delete a field?
Posted Sat Jun 27 12:38:41 2015
Experimental propellor augeas intergration + workflow concenrs
Posted Sun Jun 21 08:12:24 2015
Multiple propellor repos
Posted Mon Jun 8 01:11:19 2015
passing host address dynamically to propellor
Posted Fri May 29 07:26:51 2015
running propellor as a library
Posted Wed May 27 13:31:03 2015
my experience with propellor: how to run a single task on a host?
Posted Tue Apr 14 17:15:17 2015
trying to --spin to a sid+experimental machine
Posted Fri Mar 27 03:14:17 2015
Propellor without superuser privileges
Posted Fri Dec 26 12:24:16 2014
Apache.siteEnabled doesn not update the apache config file
Posted Mon Dec 8 08:59:32 2014
Supported OS
Posted Sun Dec 7 00:05:23 2014
property combinator ordering
Posted Mon Dec 1 16:01:10 2014
how to set the proxy using an automatix proxy.pac
Posted Tue Nov 25 14:21:05 2014
propellor with no central repository?
Posted Fri Oct 31 13:40:13 2014
modify managed host propellor's .git/config
Posted Fri Oct 31 13:36:55 2014
Key sign problem
Posted Fri Jul 18 07:05:34 2014
cabal install problem
Posted Mon Jun 9 07:33:30 2014
remote.origin not copied to managed host?
Posted Mon Apr 21 16:52:15 2014