motd

Overview
Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
Setup - The basics of getting started with the motd module
- Beginning with the motd module
Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Module Description

The motd module configures a system message of the day. The module includes a default message template. Alternatively, you can specify a different template or a static string.

Setup

Beginning with the motd module

To configure motd on your system, include the motd class: include motd.

Usage

The motd module configures the message of the day on a wide variety of systems. The module populates either /etc/motd (on POSIX systems) or a registry key (on Windows systems) with the contents of a basic template file.

By default, the module populates motd using the included template. Alternatively, you can specify a different template or a static string. For example, to use a custom template you would set the template parameter:

class { 'motd':
  template => 'mymodule/mytemplate.erb',
}

To specify a string as the message of the day:

class { 'motd':
  content => "Hello world!/n",
}

Reference

Classes

Public classes

motd: Configures the message of the day.

Parameters

The following parameters are available in motd. All parameters are optional.

`template`

Specifies a custom template. A template take precedence over content. Valid options: '/mymodule/mytemplate.erb'. Default: 'undef'.

`content`

Specifies a static string as the motd content. Valid options: A string, such as "Hello!\n", or "Please lock workstations when not in use\n". Default: 'undef'.

`dynamic_motd`

Enables or disables dynamic motd on Debian systems. Valid options: true or false. Default: true.

Limitations

This module has been tested on the following platforms:

CentOS 5, 6, 7
Debian 6, 7, 8
Oracle 6, 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, 7
SLES 5, 6, 7
Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10, 14.04
Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2

Disabling dynamic motd is supported only on Debian.

A note on Windows

On Windows systems, the motd module populates the contents of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\legalnoticetext and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\legalnoticecaption. The legalnoticetext registry key is shown before login on a Windows system.

Development

Puppet Labs modules on the Puppet Forge are open projects, and community contributions are essential for keeping them great. We can’t access the huge number of platforms and myriad hardware, software, and deployment configurations that Puppet is intended to serve. We want to keep it as easy as possible to contribute changes so that our modules work in your environment. There are a few guidelines that we need contributors to follow so that we can have a chance of keeping on top of things. For more information, see our module contribution guide.

Contributors

The list of contributors can be found at: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-motd/graphs/contributors.

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