Thank you. David for immediate reply. Answer - ' I'd switch the title and
target of the symlink around'
On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 10:44:33 AM UTC-4, David Schmitt wrote:
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>
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> On 24 May 2017 at 15:16, ggun <gaurav...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
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>> Hi Experts,
>>
>> I need your help in below requirement.
>> *Requirement*
>> I need to create a file (xxx_logrotate.conf) with content as below
>>
>> /xx/xx/xx.log {
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>> weekly
>>
>> copytruncate
>>
>> rotate 8
>>
>> compress
>>
>> maxage 180
>>
>> missingok
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> 2. Create the symlink for above create file xxx_logrotate.conf to
>> /etc/logrotate.d/xxx_logrotate.conf
>>
>>
>> *My approach*
>>
>>
>> 1. I went ahead creating the file with using erb tempalte for adding the
>> file content but when I create a new resource to create the symlik for the
>> source and target. The puppet run fails with duplicate file resource
>>
>>
>> file { 'xxx-log-rotation-config-file':
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>> ensure => 'present',
>>
>> path => '/xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf',
>>
>> content => template('aaa/xxx_logrotate.conf.erb'),
>>
>> owner => 'root',
>>
>> group => 'root',
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> file { '/xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf':
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>> ensure => 'link',
>>
>> target => '/etc/logrotate.d/xxx_logrotate.conf',
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>> require => File['xxx-log-rotation-config-file'],
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> The puppet run fails for above code with below error
>>
>> Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement,
>> Duplicate declaration: File[/xxx/conf/mysql_logrotate.conf] is already
>> declared in file
>> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:46;
>>
>> cannot redeclare at
>> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:54
>>
>> at
>> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:54:3
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>>
>>
>>
>>
> You need to decide where you want the file, and where you want the
> symlink. As it stands, you define the file /xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf
> twice, once with the templated content, once as symlink. In your situation,
> I'd switch the title and target of the symlink around.
>
>
> Cheers, David
>
>
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