Tim,
> On Oct 14, 2015, at 10:14 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> On puppet server 3.8.2 here. And I have a file definition that I want to set
> as 'absent'. For example, this is what I have:
>
> file { '/etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg':
> ensure => absent,
> path => '/etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg',
> content => template('newrelic/newrelic.cfg.erb'),
> before => Service[$newrelic_php_service],
> notify => Service[$newrelic_php_service],
> }
If you specify 'ensure => absent' then you should not have a 'content' line.
They are contradictory parameters. (Also, but unrelated, the path parameter is
duplicative since specifying the path as the file resource name serves the same
purpose.)
> And if I remove the file I want on the target host:
>
> [root@ops3:~] #rm -fv /etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg
> removed ‘/etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg’
>
> And then run the puppet agent again:
>
> [root@ops3:~] #puppet agent --test
> Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
> Info: Retrieving plugin
> Info: Loading facts
> Could not retrieve fact='nr_java_found', resolution='<anonymous>': undefined
> method `start_with?' for nil:NilClass
> Info: Caching catalog for ops3.jokefire.com <http://ops3.jokefire.com/>
> Info: Applying configuration version '1444874991'
> Notice:
> /Stage[main]/Newrelic::Agent::Php/File[/etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg]/ensure:
> created
> Info: /Stage[main]/Newrelic::Agent::Php/File[/etc/newrelic/newrelic.cfg]:
> Scheduling refresh of Service[newrelic-daemon]
> Notice: /Stage[main]/Newrelic::Agent::Php/Service[newrelic-daemon]: Triggered
> 'refresh' from 1 events
> Notice: /Stage[main]/Mcollective::Service/Service[mcollective]/ensure: ensure
> changed 'stopped' to 'running'
> Info: /Stage[main]/Mcollective::Service/Service[mcollective]: Unscheduling
> refresh on Service[mcollective]
> Notice: /Stage[main]/Apache::Service/Service[httpd]/ensure: ensure changed
> 'stopped' to 'running'
> Info: /Stage[main]/Apache::Service/Service[httpd]: Unscheduling refresh on
> Service[httpd]
> Notice: /Stage[main]/Puppet::Service/Service[puppet]/ensure: ensure changed
> 'stopped' to 'running'
> Info: /Stage[main]/Puppet::Service/Service[puppet]: Unscheduling refresh on
> Service[puppet]
> Notice: Finished catalog run in 7.17 seconds
>
> Notice the newrelic.cfg file that I want to be 'absent' is created
> nontheless.
>
> Is this some kind of flaw in the version of puppet I'm using? Or could I be
> doing something wrong?
>
> Because this is not at all the way I understand the 'absent' value of the
> ensure setting is supposed to work!
>
> I guess in the meantime I can comment out the file definition entirely. But I
> would like to understand why the 'absent' setting isn't working the way it's
> supposed to!
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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