-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2010 08:26 PM, seph wrote: > I'm trying to use puppet to manage a directory full of files. Files are > each a collected resource. In my case, they're part of nagios. But I > can't really get it to work. The purge on the directory doesn't take > into account the collected resources, so they end up racing. > > My code is basically: > > class server { > Nagios_service <<||>> > > file { "/etc/naginator/services.d": > ensure => directory, > recurse => true, > replace => true, > purge => true, > require => File["/etc/naginator"], > } > } > > class target { > @@nagios_service { "check_ping-${hostname}": > ensure => present, > check_command => "check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%", > use => "generic-service", > host_name => "$fqdn", > target => "/etc/naginator/services.d/ping-$fqdn.cfg", > } > } > > I see a couple of threads from last year about this, but no really > satisfying conclusions. It sounds like most people end up adding a > dependency which causes everything to purge and then be recreated > anew. Which feels like a lot of churn. > > Do folks have a nice solution for this?
imho, you need define an empty source for the services.d directory resource, this will purge it: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#I+Want+To+Manage+A+Directory+and+Purge+Its+Contents cheers pete -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxfKx0ACgkQbwltcAfKi39LpACffJHs6ZcyZJuVGlBOC9x871Q8 tIgAn1xM9E+js3S62X6GB1N0gZypfXMH =hH46 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.