On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:11:09 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:11:09 -0700
> From: Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com>
> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Puppet Users] confused about file ensure/require
> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084)
> Message-Id: <290592db-a4cd-4982-9eb0-4c5d09d2e...@ttiltd.com>
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Jacob Helwig wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:17:46 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> >>
> >> my base/default includes this ntp manifest
> >>
> >> # cat modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp
> >> # ntp.pp
> >>
> >> class ntp {
> >> case $operatingsystem {
> >> centos, redhat: {
> >> $service_name = 'ntpd'
> >> $conf_file = 'ntp.conf.el'
> >> }
> >> debian, ubuntu: {
> >> $service_name = 'ntp'
> >> $conf_file = 'ntp.conf.debian'
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> package { 'ntp':
> >> ensure => installed,
> >> }
> >>
> >> service { 'ntp':
> >> name => $service_name,
> >> ensure => running,
> >> enable => true,
> >> subscribe => File['ntp.conf'],
> >> }
> >>
> >> file { 'ntp.conf':
> >> path => '/etc/ntp.conf',
> >> ensure => file,
> >> require => Package['ntp'],
> >> source => "puppet:///ntp/files/${conf_file}",
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> # class {'ntp': }
> >>
> >> So my questions...
> >>
> >> 1. I tested this by moving /etc/ntp.conf on my test client but it doesn't
> >> seem to replace the file though it clearly says 'ensure => file'
> >> Is my understanding wrong?
> >>
> >
> > That should replace the file. What output are you getting (if
> > anything)?
> >
> > % cat ../test.pp
> > file { 'blab':
> > path => '/tmp/blab.txt',
> > ensure => 'file',
> > content => 'asdf',
> > }
> >
> > % puppet apply ../test.pp
> > notice: /Stage[main]//File[blab]/ensure: defined content as
> > '{md5}912ec803b2ce49e4a541068d495ab570'
> > notice: Finished catalog run in 0.06 seconds
> >
> > % rm /tmp/blab.txt
> >
> > % puppet apply ../test.pp
> > notice: /Stage[main]//File[blab]/ensure: defined content as
> > '{md5}912ec803b2ce49e4a541068d495ab570'
> > notice: Finished catalog run in 0.06 seconds
> >
> > % puppet apply ../test.pp
> > notice: Finished catalog run in 0.04 seconds
> >
> >> 2. Files ntp.conf.el & ntp.conf.debian are located in
> >> /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/files - source =>
> >> 'puppet://puppet:///ntp/files/${conf_file} is this correct?
> >>
> >
> > You should include 'modules' in the 'puppet://' URI, since the form
> > without it has been deprecated for a while. IIRC it should look
> > something like:
> >
> > puppet:///modules/ntp/files/${conf_file}
> -----
> I sort of think it should just work but it doesn't
>
> # mv /etc/ntp.conf /root/
> root@ubuntu:/var/www/puppet-dashboard# puppet agent --test --verbose --server
> ubuntu.ttinet
> info: Retrieving plugin
> info: Caching catalog for ubuntu.ttinet
> info: Applying configuration version '1308606646'
> notice: Finished catalog run in 0.14 seconds
>
> still no /etc/ntp.conf
>
> root@ubuntu:/var/www/puppet-dashboard# puppet apply
> /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp
> notice: Finished catalog run in 0.01 seconds
>
> above is what I got from the 'puppet apply' command and before from puppet
> agent command, neither replaced /etc/ntp.conf and neither indicated an error.
>
> root@ubuntu:/var/www/puppet-dashboard# ls -l /etc/ntp.conf
> ls: cannot access /etc/ntp.conf: No such file or directory
>
> and this was after I changed the source as you indicated...
>
> # tail -n 5 /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp
> source => "puppet:///modules/ntp/files/${conf_file}",
> }
> }
>
> # class {'ntp': }
>
> Craig
> Doesn't look like you're including the ntp class? The line that would do it is commented out in /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp, if you're going to apply /etc/puppet/modules/ntp/manifests/ntp.pp directly. -- Jacob Helwig
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