Hi All, I'm trying use use puppet in masterless mode to automate the setup of an RT4 server.
I've used the example preseed define from http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Debian_Preseed_Patterns. I set up RT4 manually, dumped the debconf keys into a preseed file, rolled back the VM snapshot and tried to apply the manifest. The apply failed with a bunch of errors from debconf-set-selections about missing questions from the debconf db. Which suggested to me that the debconf-set-selections was being done on an uninstalled package. Sure enough, installing RT via apt, uninstalling (without purging) and re-running the manifest succeeded. The bits that set up MySQL and its root password work fine, but that package was selected at install time. Is this a problem with the "responsefile" attribute of the apt package provider? Or am I doing something wrong? TBH, I haven't done much with automating Debian/Ubuntu installs before now, so I wouldn't be surprised if I'm completely missing the point with debconf. The relevant bit of my manifest looks like this: define preseed_package ( $ensure ) { file { "/root/puppet/preseeds/$name.preseed": mode => 600, backup => false, } package { "$name": ensure => $ensure, responsefile => "/root/puppet/preseeds/$name.preseed", require => File["/root/puppet/preseeds/$name.preseed"], } } package { "apache2": ensure => present } preseed_package { "mysql-server": ensure => present } package { "mysql-client": ensure => present } # Don't want the default sqlite3 backend for RT package { "rt4-db-mysql": ensure => present, before => Preseed_package["request-tracker4"] } preseed_package { "request-tracker4": ensure => present } service { "mysql": ensure => running, enable => true, require => Preseed_package["mysql-server"], } TIA, rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/J8iEPltN3hAJ. 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.
