Hi guys I've asked around on the IRC on the channel to no avail, partly cause of difficulty collating all the information required, so hopefully I can do a better job here.
At a very high level the crux of my question is thus: http://analytical-labs.com/cycles.png When I add the require dependency for Saiku::Tomcat to the Saiku::Instance resource I get a cyclical dependency. I have my 2 defines here: define saiku::instance($ensure , $app_name = 'saiku') { package { "${app_name}": ensure => latest, notify => Service["tomcat-${name}"], } saiku::datasource { "foodmart_dev_${name}": ensure => absent, datasource_name => "foodmart", tomcat_name => "${name}", #require =>Package["${app_name}"], #notify => Service["tomcat-${name}"], } saiku::datasource { "foodmart_mysql_dev_${name}" : ensure => present, datasource_name => "foodmart_mysql_${name}", tomcat_name => "${name}", #notify => Service["tomcat-${name}"], #require =>Package["${app_name}"], } } define saiku::tomcat($ensure, $tomcat_http, $tomcat_ajp, $tomcat_server) { include tomcat::source tomcat::instance {"${name}": ensure => present, ajp_port => "${tomcat_ajp}", server_port => "${tomcat_server}", http_port => "${tomcat_http}", } } You see I would like to notify my Tomcat instance that either a new app has been installed or if either of the two files have changed. (The file notifies are currently disabled to try and aid debugging) I use the camptocamp puppet-tomcat module https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-tomcat/blob/master/manifests/instance.pp and my control.pp file looks like this: class cloudbi::saiku::control { $saiku_http = extlookup('saiku_http','') $saiku_ajp = extlookup('saiku_ajp','') $saiku_server = extlookup('saiku_server','') $saiku_tomcat_name = extlookup('saiku_tomcat_name','') $saiku_url = extlookup('saiku_url','') include saiku::apt saiku::instance{ "${saiku_tomcat_name}": ensure => present, require => [Class["saiku::apt"],Saiku::Tomcat["$ {saiku_tomcat_name}"]], } saiku::tomcat{ "${saiku_tomcat_name}": ensure => present, tomcat_http => "${saiku_http}", tomcat_ajp => "${saiku_ajp}", tomcat_server => "${saiku_server}", } } But no matter what refactoring I do I get a dependency cycle with the following error: err: Could not apply complete catalog: Found 1 dependency cycle: (Tomcat::Instance[saiku] => Saiku::Tomcat[saiku] => Saiku::Instance[saiku] => Package[saiku] => Service[tomcat-saiku] => Tomcat::Instance[saiku]) Cycle graph written to /var/lib/puppet/state/graphs/cycles.dot. Can someone please explain in layman's terms why me requiring Tomcat being installed, prevents me from notifying it when part of my configuration is changed, considering it needs to be installed to be notified in the first place. Running Ubuntu Natty and Puppet 2.7 Thanks Tom -- 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.
