Jacob,
Thank you that worked!
[root@puppet manifests]# cat motd.pp
file { "/etc/motd":
group => 'root',
owner => 'root',
mode => '440',
content => template("/etc/puppet/templates/motd.erb")
}
[root@puppet manifests]# cat /etc/motd
memory free = 389.88 MB
domain = jokefire.com
operating system = CentOS
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Jacob Helwig <ja...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
> On 2011-11-29 15:37 , Tim Dunphy wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I am having a problem with template file. Why are variables not
>> interpolated?
>>
>> [root@puppet manifests]# cat /etc/motd
>> memory free = <%= memoryfree %>
>> domain = <%= domain %>
>> operating system = <%= operatingsystem %>
>>
>> This is the template file
>>
>> [root@puppet manifests]# cat ../templates/motd.erb
>> memory free = <%= memoryfree %>
>> domain = <% domain %>
>> operating system = <% operatingsystem %>
>>
>> This is the puppet resource
>>
>> [root@puppet manifests]# cat /etc/puppet/manifests/motd.pp
>> file { "/etc/motd":
>> group => 'root',
>> owner => 'root',
>> mode => '440',
>> source => "/etc/puppet/templates/motd.erb"
>> }
>>
>>
>> thanks in advance
>> tim
>
> You need to tell Puppet that it's actually a template, not a raw file.
> Try something like this?
>
> file { "/etc/motd":
> group => 'root',
> owner => 'root',
> mode => '440',
> content => template("motd.erb"),
> }
>
> --
> Jacob Helwig
> http://about.me/jhelwig
>
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