Hi,
In my organization there are several separate teams that manage their own
applications. For consistency's sake I want to 'puppetize' some aspects of the
apps.
The problem is, I'm not the one who installs the apps and which apps exist on
which servers is out of my control. If a specific directory exists, I want
puppet to do certain things, if it does not exist, I want puppet to ignore it.
In pseudo-code:
if file_exists("/opt/orange_app") {
# file exists, load the module
include orange
}
Now, I saw this thread from a while back:
http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg01329.html
It suggests creating a custom fact which indicates if the file exists on the
client or not. Well, frankly I don't like that idea, for two reasons.
1. I'd have to create a custom fact for every check, which would become
cumbersome/tedious and is (IMHO) is just a hack/workaround.
2. The ability to determine whether a file exists via puppet would be a very
useful and powerful feature that many, if not all puppeteers could make use of.
The mailing lists contain several postings to the effect of 'custom facts
work, just write your own and be quiet', which frustrates me. A wise manager
once told me that you should build your systems around the needs of your
business instead of building your business around the capabilities of your
systems.
I searched the open issues and didn't find anything relating to such a feature.
I see from the puppet Type Reference that 'exec' has an optional 'onlyif'
parameter, which is close to what I'm looking for. But instead of the 'onlyif'
applying to a single exec, I'd like it to to apply to an entire block of code
in my puppet manifest. For example, in pseudo-code:
$orange_exists = "test -e /opt/orange"
if $orange_exists.exitcode = 0 {
# file exists, load the module
include orange
}
Thanks.
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