Hi, A couple of ways come to mind. Use the 'before' metaparameter in your configtest exec.
You can use ordering syntax '->' between your resources, see http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/language_guide.html#chaining-resources See this for a complete overview: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/ordering.html Cheers, Den On 15/08/2011, at 23:29, Jonathan Gazeley <jonathan.gaze...@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to set up a routine in puppet where if a service is scheduled for > a restart, eg because of new configs, then a config test is executed first. > If the config test fails, the service is not restart (and so keeps running > with the old config, rather than stopping and causing an outage). > > So far I've tried this kind of thing: > > # DHCP service > service { "dhcpd": > require => [ File["dhcpd.conf"], Package['dhcp'] ], > ensure => running, > enable => true, > hasstatus => true, > hasrestart => true, > notify => Exec['dhcpd-config-test'], > } > > # This exec tests the dhcpd config and fails if it's bad > exec { "dhcpd-config-test": > command => '/etc/init.d/dhcpd configtest 2>&1 | grep "Syntax: OK" | wc -l', > returns => 0, > refreshonly => true > } > > > In this context, is it better to use notify or require in the service > declaration? Using only "notify" seems to not care about the order, and > sometimes the dhcpd-config-test is executed *after* the dhcpd service has > already been restarted, which is useless. > > Using only "require" doesn't always trigger dhcpd-config-test when dhcpd > restarts. > > Is there a better way of reliably triggering a config test before the service > restarts, but only when it restarts, and then failing if necessary? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
