# puppet -ddd foo1.pp
Could not parse for environment production: Syntax error at 'set
/files/etc/services/service-name[port = '1002'] app_tcp'; expected ']' at
/data/foo1.pp:5
I don't believe that works...
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Rob McBroom <mailingli...@skurfer.com>wrote:
> On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Christopher Johnston wrote:
>
> > Has anyone attempted to use the augeas type to add a service? I got the
> service to add no problem, but having some difficulties to get the match to
> work to prevent duplicate entries from adding. Since the service-name[*]
> has endless number of entries I used a glob so it checks all the entries but
> that does not seem to work. Any ideas on how to proceed?
> >
> > augeas { app_tcp':
> > context => '/files/etc/services',
> > changes => ['insert service-name after service-name[last()]',
> > 'set service-name[last()] app_tcp',
> > 'set service-name[last()]/port 1002',
> > 'set service-name[last()]/protocol tcp'],
> > onlyif => "match service-name[.*] != '[port = 1002][protocol =
> tcp]'"
> > }
>
> I'm no expert, but I've messed with Augeas a bit and you can make it harder
> than it needs to be without even trying. I haven't done anything in
> `/etc/services`, but I had a similar issue with `sudoers`. A trick to keep
> in mind is that if you set something on a path that doesn't exist, Augeas
> will create it. So, if you can find something that makes an item unique, you
> can use that to specify a path. In this case, the port number will probably
> work.
>
> augeas { 'app_tcp':
> context => '/files/etc/services',
> changes => [
> "set /files/etc/services/service-name[port = '1002']/port 1002"
> "set /files/etc/services/service-name[port = '1002'] app_tcp"
> "set /files/etc/services/service-name[port = '1002']/protocol tcp"
> "set /files/etc/services/service-name[port = '1002']/#comment foo"
> ],
> }
>
> This should create the line in `/etc/services` if it doesn't exist, but if
> it does exist and nothing has changed, Puppet won't do anything to the line
> (which is generally what you want). Setting the “name” doesn't seem to work
> until after the thing exists, which is why it appears second on the list.
>
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