Use a file resource to deploy it to the agent and make the exec depend
on the file resource.
On May 2, 2011, at 7:58, Edd Grant <e...@eddgrant.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have defined the following module to untar/unzip and copy the Maven
> distributable to a convenient location:
>
> class apache-maven-v3 {
> exec { "/bin/tar xzf /etc/puppet/modules/apache-maven-v3/files/
> apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz":
> cwd => "/usr/local/java",
> creates => "/usr/local/java/apache-maven-3.0.3",
> }
> ...
> }
>
> The above definition executes perfectly however in order to keep the
> module portable I want to replace the absolute path to the .gz file
> with a puppet:/// URI e.g.
>
> exec { "/bin/tar xzf
> puppet:///modules/apache-maven-v3/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz":
>
> When I change the class to use the puppet:/// URI I get the following
> error:
>
> (/Stage[main]/Apache-maven-v3/Exec[/bin
> /tar xzf
> puppet:///modules/apache-maven-v3/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz]/return
> s) change from notrun to 0 failed: /bin/tar xzf
> puppet:///modules/apache-maven-v
> 3/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz returned 2 instead of one of [0] at /
> etc/puppet/
> modules/apache-maven-v3/manifests/init.pp:11
>
> It appears to me that the puppet:/// URI is not being resolved in the
> exec and this is causing the tar command to operate on the literal
> path puppet:///modules/apache-maven-v3/apache-maven-3.0.3-bin.tar.gz
> which of course doesn't exist.
>
> Looking at the docs I can't see any examples of puppet:/// being used
> in this way, is there anyway I can obtain the resolved absolute path
> to pass this in to my exec? Failing that it there a standard approach
> for combining a puppet:/// URI with an exec?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Edd
>
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