Puppet module for TVHeadend

This module is archived because it was unmaintained. Please see #47 and https://voxpupuli.org/docs/deprecated_and_archived_modules/ for more information.

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Setup - The basics of getting started with tvheadend
   • What tvheadend affects
   • Setup requirements
   • Beginning with tvheadend
3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
6. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

Installation and initial setup of TVHeadend.

Tvheadend is a TV streaming server and recorder for Linux, FreeBSD and Android supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, ISDB-T, IPTV, SAT>IP and HDHomeRun as input sources.

http://tvheadend.org

Setup

Beginning with tvheadend

A tvheadend server can be set up and installed with

class{'tvheadend':
  release        => 'stable',
  admin_password => 'password',
}

Parameters to tvheaded class

• release Choice of release, stable, unstable or obsolete as documented. The default is release.
• user Default unix user to run the service, defaults to hts.
• group Default unix group to run the service, defaults to hts.
• home Default home directory to run the service, defaults to /var/lib/hts.
• distribution defaults to $facts['lsbdistcodename'].
• secondary Array of groups user should be in. Defaults to ['video'].
• admin_username Web interface admin user id. Defaults to hts.
• admin_password Password of web admin_username.

Limitations

The module is currently very particular to Debian, Ubuntu.

Copyright Steve Traylen steve@traylen.net, 2017.