Good day, Does puppet have a way of setting up provider dependencies before setting up the provider itself?
Here's the scenario I'm trying to get working: I have some machines that need to be database servers. I also have a mysql type/provider that manages users and databases. However, the provider only works if mysql is already installed, since it requires '/usr/bin/mysql' to be present and fails the suitability test if the binary is missing. Thus, I cannot install mysql and then configure it -- I must install it by hand or using a class that does the installation without any configuration and then change classes once it is installed. I have tried using "optional_commands" instead of "commands" in the provider code. This allows the provider to be used, but it fails when it tries to test or create resources because the command binaries are apparently resolved at startup. I had a hack in place that would pretend to configure mysql using fake commands, which lets me set up the database as a two-step operation. However, this requires additional code to test for the existence of mysql around every further operation that requires the database to be present. The best solution I can see at the moment is to rewrite the provider to do everything manually instead of using the built-in command infrastructure. Are there any other options? Thanks, --J --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
