On 09/28/2010 06:20 PM, Disconnect wrote:
> You need to include or inherit the class that defines the service before you
> can notify it. (Or just redefine the service in the other module.)
>
> There is no link between smtpexternal and smtp.
To clarify: Nesting a class inside another lexically does not imply
inheritance. It can still be worthwile:
class smtp {
...
class external inherits smtp {
...
}
}
You can then include smtp::external you want the subclass. We have found
this to be a sensible convention.
Regards,
Felix
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Matt Wallace
> <li...@truthisfreedom.org.uk>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm going out of my mind trying to get my head around inheritance in Puppet
>> 0.25.
>>
>> I have a module named smtp which contains a number of classes for setting
>> up
>> the various configurations that we have for SMTP Servers based on Exim.
>>
>> I have a class called SMTP which has a service defined as "exim".
>>
>> I have a sub-class named smtpexternal which contains a configuration file
>> provided from the smtp module and which needs to notify the "exim" service
>> defined in the smtp class.
>>
>> The simplified version is as follows:
>>
>> class smtp {
>>
>> package {"exim-mysql":
>> ensure => 'installed';
>> }
>>
>> service{"sendmail":
>> ensure => stopped,
>> }
>>
>> package{"sendmail":
>> ensure => absent,
>> }
>>
>> # sendmail uninstalls the LSB, so we need to re-install it here...
>> :(
>> package{"redhat-lsb":
>> ensure => installed;
>> }
>>
>> iptables{"SMTP Access for Exim":
>> proto => "tcp",
>> dport => "25",
>> jump => "ACCEPT",
>> }
>> service{ "exim":
>> ensure => "running",
>> hasrestart => true,
>> }
>>
>> class smtpexternal{
>>
>> include 'mysql'
>>
>> file{"external-exim.conf":
>> source => "puppet:///modules/smtp/external-exim.conf",
>> owner => "root",
>> group => "mail",
>> mode => "440",
>> path => "/etc/exim/exim.conf",
>> notify => Service['exim']
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> The issue I have is that when I include the smtp::smtpexternal class on a
>> node, it errors with the following:
>>
>> err: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not find dependent
>> Service[exim] for File[external-exim.conf] at
>> /usr/share/puppet/modules/smtp/manifests/init.pp
>>
>>
>> How do I get smtpexternal to notify smtp's exim service - or am I
>> approaching
>> this from the wrong direction?
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