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On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 03:22:37PM +0000, Darryl Wisneski wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:42:53AM -0400, Christopher Wood wrote:
> > Breaking in late... I use some defaults to ensure I get binary packages out
> > of my local mirror. (I'm not terribly fussed about binary-only packages,
> > possibly because I come from a Linux background.)
> >
> > case $::operatingsystem {
> > freebsd: {
> > # For this we still have to specify freebsd'ish names. Instead of
> > # 'ntp', we have to use 'net/ntp'.
> > Package {
> > provider => 'freebsd',
> > source =>
> > 'http://repos/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9.0-release/',
> > }
> > }
> > }
>
>
> That repository source statement is pretty powerful stuff and will
> help us out extremely here. Have you tried to get puppet to do
> make install? The outcome is probably too variable anyhow.
I've never tried this, but in my environment I wouldn't want the divergence. I
also need to shorten maintenance windows, so I can't wait for the compilation
to finish on a production machine.
> That is pretty clear case syntax too. I have seen that on the
> puppetlabs site too.
>
> Here is some background on the freebsd provider giving the error:
> "not in required origin format: .*/<port_category>/<port_name>"
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-dev@googlegroups.com/msg13765.html
>
> >
> > Then as mentioned above:
> >
> > package { 'net/ntp': }
> >
> > I found that if I specified other styles of package names with the freebsd
> > package provider they would be reinstalled with every puppet run.
> >
>
> I have been OK specifying only the package and not half of the ports
> directory tree so far.
Now I'm really wondering how I managed that.
> > For some modules I use the 'include "module::$operatingsystem"' syntax, for
> > others I use a case statement. I'm still undecided which is better, but so
> > far it depends how much systems diverge from each other on a per-module
> > basis.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 07:08:48AM -0700, Jamie Scott wrote:
> > > dkw, that worked!
> > >
> > > Now I only need to use: package { 'mytop': ensure => installed }
> > >
> > > I can't tell you how happy I am!
> > >
> > > Thank you!!!
> > > Jamie
> > >
> > > On Monday, 23 April 2012 14:54:03 UTC+1, dkw wrote:
> > >
> > > Howdy:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 06:29:38AM -0700, Jamie Scott wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > Wondering if any of you could help me.
> > > >
> > > > We've been using puppet on our CentOS servers for a while now with
> > > no
> > > > problems at all, very much out of the box.... but we do have some
> > > MySQL
> > > > servers running FreeBSD (for the slightly better memory
> > > utilisation).
> > > I've
> > > > taken up the challenge to get these FreeBSD servers talking to our
> > > puppet
> > > > master but I'm having no ends of trouble with trying to get the
> > > manifests
> > > > working. Forgetting the operating system variables and just going
> > > for
> > > a
> > > > straight install of a package such as mytop this is what I have
> > > tried
> > > in
> > > > our manifest:
> > > >
> > > > This didn't seem to work at all:
> > > >
> > > > ? ? ?package { 'mytop': ensure => installed } ? ?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > ?Gave me this message on the server: *puppet-agent[3232]:
> > > > (/Stage[main]/Node[###########]/Package[mytop]/ensure) change from
> > > absent
> > > > to present failed: mytop: not in required origin format:
> > > > .*/<port_category>/<port_name>*
> > > >
> > >
> > > To get rid of this error you have to build the puppet from ports
> > > on the freebsd client host and uncheck the PACKAGE_ORIGIN option.
> > > I don't pretend to understand why.
> > >
> > > cd /usr/ports/sysutils/puppet ; make install
> > >
> > > # cat /var/db/ports/puppet/options
> > > # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
> > > # No user-servicable parts inside!
> > > # Options for puppet-2.7.12
> > > _OPTIONS_READ=puppet-2.7.12
> > > WITHOUT_MONGREL=true
> > > WITHOUT_PACKAGE_ORIGIN=true
> > > WITHOUT_PACKAGE_ROOT=true
> > >
> > > The below package stanza looks correct.
> > >
> > > -dkw
> > >
> > > >
> > > > So instead I tried listing the full port name even with the
> > > provider:
> > > >
> > > > ? ? package { '.*/databases/mytop':
> > > > > ? ? ? ? ? ? ensure => installed,
> > > > > ? ? ? ? ? ? provider => freebsd,
> > > > > ? ? ? ? ? ? } ? ?
> > > > >
> > > > ?
> > > > Now it is giving me this message: *puppet-agent[3232]:
> > > (/Stage[main]//Node[*
> > > > *###########**]/Package[.*/databases/mytop]/ensure) change from
> > > absent
> > > to
> > > > present failed: Could not fetch ports INDEX: 500 Illegal PORT range
> > > > rejected.*
> > > >
> > > > Even with specifiying a source:
> > > >
> > > [1]ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/
> > > ?I don't
> > > > seem to be getting very far!
> > > >
> > > > Here is a print out of the debug log:
> > > >
> > > > debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderFreebsd: Executing
> > > > > '/usr/sbin/pkg_info -aoQ'
> > > > > debug: Package: .*/databases/mytop: origin =>
> > > {:port_name=>"mytop",
> > > > > :port_category=>"databases"}
> > > > > debug: Package: .*/databases/mytop: source =>
> > > #<URI::FTP:0x29869038
> > > > >
> > >
> > > URL:[2]ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/>
> > > > > debug: Fetching INDEX: #<URI::FTP:0x298684e4
> > > > >
> > >
> > > URL:[3]ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/INDEX.bz2>
> > > > > err:
> > > > >
> > >
> > > /Stage[main]//Node[[4]boomer.sov.m-w.co.uk]/Package[.*/databases/mytop]/ensure:
> > > > > change from absent to present failed: Could not fetch ports
> > > INDEX:
> > > 500
> > > > > Illegal PORT range rejected.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Some odd behaviour I've noticed as well, when packages are already
> > > > installed it doesn't seem to register as them being there.
> > > >
> > > > Looking for information about puppet on FreeBSD is like trying to
> > > find
> > > a
> > > > needle in a haystack. I hope someone can help, any input would be
> > > > appreciated!
> > > >
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> > > References
> > >
> > > Visible links
> > > 1. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/
> > > 2. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/
> > > 3.
> > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-9.0-release/INDEX.bz2
> > > 4. http://boomer.sov.m-w.co.uk/
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