On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:34 AM, psyber <psyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a script that I exec every puppet run that contacts a web site to
> fetch a version number for a program then compares it to the installed
> version number to determine if they match. If they match the script exits,
> if they don't match it downloads a tarball and runs a somewhat complex set
> of installation steps. The tarball, version number and installation script
> are all maintained by another process. I don't really want to take over that
> responsibility as this all works to my satisfaction however the exec in
> dashboard is seen as a change even when the script exits 0 after the check.
> Is there a way to exec a script without it being seen as a change in
> dashboard or is there possibly another way to do this?
That's what unless and onlyif attributes are intended for in exec.
exec { 'install_software':
command => 'complex_script',
unless => 'check_installation',
}
HTH,
Nan
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