On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 08:54:22PM +0000, Dan White wrote:
> Yes, I agree. If it were something as simple as pulling in a binary to the
> right location and setting up a script in /etc/init.d to let services/xinitd
> run it.
>
> But I am looking for something that might pull in a tar-ball, unroll it,
> compile it (maybe) and set up the appripriate stuff.
>
> I can (and will) try tinkering up something, but a working example would be
> very nice.
I can't paste in my work stuff, but the basic flow (with appropriate
dependencies, and keeping in mind that this is expected to work once only) is:
file resource to emplace a tarball
exec resource to untar the tarball
exec depends on the file to untar
exec happens "before" the service
exec uses "creates" to ensure it isn't run twice
exec runs your customized non-rpm'y install procedure
install procedure should install the init script or variant thereof
service resource ensures your service is started
I have additional steps instead of that last line:
file resource emplaces a monit config fragment
exec resource "bumps" monit to re-read its config ("monit reload")
Then monit starts the service on its next check run and monitors the service.
However, writing all that, it sounds like you might be better off creating RPMs
on a staging machine and running your own internal yum repository. It's far
easier to upgrade an RPM than something like the above.
> ----- Christopher Wood <christopher_w...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 08:21:34PM +0000, Dan White wrote:
> > > Are there any exapmples out there that show an intelligent way to do this
> > > ?
> >
> > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/type.html#service
> >
> > That makes it sound like as long as you have the right init script (or
> > platform-specific variant thereof) installed, puppet will do the right
> > thing.
> >
> > > My searches are not turning up anything useful
>
>
> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in
> the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
>
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