On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 02:14:29PM -0800, jcbollinger wrote: > > On Jan 31, 3:12 pm, Ashley Gould <ago...@ucop.edu> wrote: > > if [ "/usr/bin/my_harmless_binary 2>&1 >/dev/null" ]; then > > echo "my_harmless_binary succeeded" > > cp /tmp/file1 /data/ > > else > > echo "my_harmless_binary FAILED" > > fi > > There are at least two possibilities. The more general, more puppetly > way is to write a custom fact that performs your test, and have your > manifests test the value of the fact as needed to determine the > appropriate configuration for the client. Custom facts are easy to > write and can be distributed through Puppet itself. This approach > does assume that the test is stable, however -- that is, that the > result will not change between when the client requests its catalog > and when it applies it. Also, this isn't so great if it could be a > problem for Puppet to apply a cached catalog compiled using an out-of- > date test result. > > Alternatively, if the action you want to perform conditionally is a > command that you would use an Exec for anyway, then making it > conditional on some command is exactly what Exec's "onlyif" parameter > is for. >
thank you both. my current task will use a file action. I'm trying to make puppet chose between alturnative versions of a file based on the result of a binary. I will work on the custom fact idea. if such an issue is coming at me so early in the game, then I may as well get started learning how to build facts. > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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. -- -ashley Did you try poking at it with a stick? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
