How will it know which directory in your modulepath to install it? On Aug 9, 2011 6:02 PM, "John Warburton" <jwarbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10 August 2011 08:47, James Turnbull <ja...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > >> We've just released version 0.3.4 of the puppet-module tool used to >> create and retrieve modules from the Puppet Labs Forge >> (http://forge.puppetlabs.com). >> >> excellent > > >> Will now be installed into your module path as: >> >> apache >> > > No, actually it won't install into your module path: "This archive is then > automatically unpacked into a new directory under your current directory" -- > unless you are in your module path > > So reading the section "Install a module release" it says "You can then add > this *module directory* to your Puppet configuration files to use it". My > mind went huh? Seems like I'm not the only one ( > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/6ae174f50e5f7364 > ) > > After 20 minutes of googling and Mr Google telling me there was a section on > the forge in Chapter 8 of Pro Puppet, I read the examples and worked out > that I need to install into modulepath as set in my puppetmaster config file > > modulepath seems to be the key text missing in the instructions & examples. > It may be obvious for people who have been doing this, but first timers, its > not quite there. > > So, if I was doing this, I'd have something like: > > [environment] > modulepath = /path/to/environment/modules:/path/to/forge/modules > > $ cd /path/to/forge/modules > $ puppet-module install puppetlabs-lvm > > [BTW this doesn't sit too well with me - seems to manual. I may end up > creating an RPM/pkg for each module to install...] > > Hope this helps someone out there > > 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. >
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