- Overview
- Module Description - What the module does and why it is useful
- Setup - The basics of getting started 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
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.
To configure motd on your system, include the motd class: include motd.
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",
}motd: Configures the message of the day.
The following parameters are available in motd. All parameters are optional.
Specifies a custom template. A template take precedence over content. Valid options: '/mymodule/mytemplate.erb'. Default: 'undef'.
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'.
Enables or disables dynamic motd on Debian systems. Valid options: true or false. Default: true.
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.
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.
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.
The list of contributors can be found at: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-motd/graphs/contributors.