That worked, thanks! I didn't realize "file" was even a valid setting for ensure.
notice: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/ensure: defined content as '{md5}6b3491d534f04c4eea426b9cf83e637d' info: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: Scheduling refresh of Service[zabbix_agentd] notice: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]: Triggered 'refresh' from 1 events notice: Finished catalog run in 5.32 seconds Again, thanks! On Monday, January 21, 2013 4:11:18 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza wrote: > > Have you tried explicitly setting the ensure value - a la "ensure => file" > - on the files that might exist as symlinks? I tested this out locally and > was able to get Puppet to overwrite a symlink with a file declaration. > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Sean Kelly wrote: > > I've tried that as well. It doesn't work. > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:34:00 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza wrote: > > You should be able to add "force => true" and get this to work for you > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sean Kelly wrote: > > I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different machines). > I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration file. > On all machines where the file wasn't a symlink, the deployment worked. > However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh > link with a regular file or do anything with it. > > I've read the type reference, and I see nothing specific about forcing > symlink replacement. I've looked at the source, and it seems like > remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file. But, > it isn't happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this? > > File { > backup => main, > owner => "root", > group => $operatingsystem ? { > freebsd => "wheel", > default => "root", > }, > mode => 644, > ensure => present, > } > > class zabbix { > file { > '/usr/local/etc/zabbix': > ensure => 'directory'; > '/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf': > content => template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"), > } > ... > > root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 64 Dec 9 2011 > /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -> > /usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf > > root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep > zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1 > debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe: subscribes to > File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf] > debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: > Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix] > debug: > /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: > Not managing symlink mode > > Thanks! > > -- > 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/-/mw3dMbd96TkJ. > To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users...@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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/uzMEDywYxD8J. > To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/CI6dzpN2iKEJ. 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.