Let's try re-stating the original problem: Manage one mount point File type can be one of multiple types May or may not actually be mounted.
Instead of a virtual resource, how about a define or parametrized class that takes fstype and mount/don't-mount as input parameters ? “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) ----- Original Message ----- From: "iamauser" <tapas.sara...@gmail.com> To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 3:00:22 PM Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: two mounts with the same name (one present, one absent) <blockquote> Two mounts defined as virtual resources with same name but different fstype. One is is ensuring present, other absent. Puppet doesn't like it, Looking at a bug report earlier ( http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/7491 ), I followed the suggestion, but it doesn't help. puppet throws this error : You cannot declare multiple configurations of the same resource for the same target node. This constraint covers all resource declarations equally, including those of virtual and exported resources. Where it knows how to do so, Puppet intentionally recognizes and blocks attempts to disguise multiple declarations by use of different resource titles (contrary to some of the comments on issue 7491, but imho correctly). </blockquote> I agree with your opinion here because the comments on issue 7941 doesn't work. My case is a bit strange though. As you could see, I want to make the same mount "absent" only if the fstype is different from what was defined originally for "present". And both these operation should happen in the same node. I had tried declaring a single virtual resource and then change the fstype and ensure parameter. It doesn't work as I want. It removes the mount point "/data/01" that was initially present and simply ignores the change in the fstype. See e.g., class cl::mount { @mount { "mnt_sdisk_3" : device => "/dev/sdb1", name => "/data/01", fstype => "auto", options => "defaults", dump => "0", pass => "0", ensure => present; } } class cl::test_mount inherits cl::mount { realize(Mount["mnt_sdisk_3"]) Mount["mnt_sdisk_3"] { fstype => "ext3", ensure => absent, } } Notice: /Stage[main]/Cl::Mount/Mount[mnt_sdisk_3]/ensure: current_value mounted, should be absent (noop) Note that I am testing this on a machine where the change shouldn't happen because there is no "ext3" fstype with name "/data/01" in /etc/fstab. I guess this is a very special case and probably I have to deal with this by editing fstab using Exec. Cheers <blockquote> </blockquote> -- 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/-/qnFIsP5uO4AJ . 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. -- 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.
