> It would be neat if puppet could use tar.gz's as a source, instead of
> just bare directory trees. So I've lodged a feature request:
> https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5786
>
> Many of my manifests for applications need to cover the following
> process: 1. Download .tar.gz to host
> 2. Expand .tar.gz
> 3. Whatever install process is required
>
>
The best option is to build a Debian package or RPM. If you must build from
source on each agent, I've had good success with something like this:
file { "/usr/local/sbin/install-thing":
content => template("install-thing"),
group => root,
mode => 0755,
owner => root,
}
exec { "/usr/local/sbin/install-thing":
cwd => "/root",
refreshonly => true,
subscribe => File["/usr/local/sbin/install-thing"],
timeout => "-1",
}
If you use the pattern frequently, define a type that takes care of the
boilerplate so you can just do:
sourceinstall { "thing": script => template("install-thing") }
Your install-thing program may look something like this:
VERSION=0.0.0
TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
cd "$TMPDIR"
trap "cd / && rm -rf \"$TMPDIR\"" EXIT
wget "http://thing-server/thing-$VERSION.tar.gz";
tar xf "thing-$VERSION.tar.gz"
cd "thing-$VERSION"
./configure
make
make install
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