Hi everyone,

I'm actually working on implementing templates as it is a very
convenient and powerfull way to configure files properly. But I'm
actually meeting a little problem, not a blocking one but a strange
thing.

Basically my module is configuring the ntp client, no big deal.
manifest/init.pp of the module define a simple variable from facts to
know if it's a VM or not

code :
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$HardwareType = $manufacturer ? { 'VMware, Inc.' => 'VM', default =>
'PHYSICAL' }
$ntpserver = 'time.au.fcl.internal'

class ntp
{
        package { 'ntp':
        ensure          => present,
        }

        file { '/etc/ntp.conf':
        owner           => root,
        group           => root,
        mode            => 644,
        content         => template('/etc/puppet/modules/ntp/templates/
ntp.conf.erb'),
        notify          => Service['ntpd'],
        require         => Package['ntp'],
        }

        service { 'ntpd':
        ensure          => running,
        enable          => true,
        hasrestart      => true,
        require         => Package['ntp'],
        }
}
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and template from the same module check if it's a VM or not and add a
special parameter to the ntp.conf if it is.

extract from the code :
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<% if @HardwareType == "VM" %>
# VMWare Option:
# Instructs NTP not to give up if it sees a large jump in time.
# This is important for coping with large time drifts and resuming
virtual machines from their suspended state.
tinker panic 0
<% end %>
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My problem is that on the first run I got a nice error like :
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[r...@foo puppet]# puppet agent --test
notice: Ignoring --listen on onetime run
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: Failed to parse template /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/templates/
ntp.conf.erb: Could not find value for 'ntpserver' at /etc/puppet/
modules/ntp/manifests/init.pp:25 on node foo.fqdn
warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
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Second run is fine even if run directly after the first one .... ????
/etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/init.pp:25 is the "content template"
line. So it seems that puppet didn't manage to get the variable on the
first run but the second run is ok. Strange isn't it ? Any hint ?

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