On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 9:08 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Friday, February 8, 2013 3:20:33 AM UTC-6, jim wrote:
>>
>> Hello Josh
>>
>> Thanks for reply so quickly, here is my manifest, thinking about it, I
>> assume it because i'm installing the agent every time, do I need to do
>> something like if service doesn't exist install else ignore ?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> James
>>
>> file { 'C:/Installs/check-mk-agent-1.2.1i5.exe':
>> source =>
>> 'puppet:///modules/base/check-mk-agent-1.2.1i5.exe',
>> mode => '0770',
>> owner => 'SYSTEM',
>> group => 'Administrators',
>> } ->
>>
>> exec { 'Check_MK_Agent':
>> command => 'C:/Installs/check-mk-agent-1.2.1i5.exe /S',
>> } ~>
>>
>> service { 'Check_MK_Agent':
>> ensure => 'running',
>> enable => true,
>> require => exec['Check_MK_Agent'],
>> }
>>
>
> It is because the Exec runs every time and has a signaling relationship
> (designated by ~>) with the service. (And note that the Service's
> 'require' of the Exec is redundant.) An Exec changes state from "not run"
> to "run" when its command is successfully executed, and that triggers an
> event to be dispatched to any listeners. Services restart if they receive
> events, which Puppet by default implements by stopping and then starting the
> service.
>
> The best approach would probably be to package the install program and
> anything else associated with the service into an installable package (i.e.
> an .msi file) and have the Service depend on the package instead of directly
> on the installer program. If that's not feasible, then you can use one or
> more of the Exec's 'onlyif', 'unless', and 'creates' parameters to instruct
> it whether it should execute the main command on any given catalog run.
>
Also, if you are using Puppet 3, then you can use the `package`
resource to install the executable. Just make sure the package name in
the manifest matches what's in Add/Remove Programs.
Josh
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Developer, Puppet Labs
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