Not to say "You're doing this all wrong!", but wouldn't this best be
handled in the init script? You can put it under puppet control.
On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:39 PM, Jason Lavoie wrote:
>
> I'm trying to have a exec dependency on a service object that would
> keep
> it from being restarted if the exec fails. Unfortunately, the service
> gets refreshed regardless whenever the exec is run, failure or not.
>
> I've tried various combinations of subscribe/require/notify, but can't
> find an elegant way to not restart the service when the dependency
> fails. I must be missing something obvious.
>
> We have a few needs for this model, here's a (simplified) example of
> one:
>
> class dhcp::server {
> package { dhcp3-server: ensure => installed }
>
> service { dhcp3-server:
> ensure => running,
> hasstatus => true,
> require => [ Package["dhcp3-server"], Exec["check-dhcpd-conf"] ],
> }
>
> exec { "check-dhcpd-conf":
> command => "/usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -t 2>&1",
> refreshonly => true,
> subscribe => [ File["/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf"], File["/etc/
> dhcp3"] ];
> }
>
> file {
> "/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf":
> source => "puppet:///dist/dhcp/$hostname/dhcpd.conf";
> "/etc/dhcp3":
> source => "puppet:///dist/dhcp/include",
> recurse => true;
> }
> }
>
> Ideas?
>
> -j
>
>
> --
> Jason Lavoie
> Ratvarre sbe uver
> ja...@oasys.net
>
> >
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