On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:02:41AM +1000, Arthur Barton wrote: > Puppet 6 has moved some core functions/providers into modules, including > cron, mount, mailalias - a few others. > Originally I think these were bundled into vendor_modules for v6, but that > was deprecated at some point around 6.10 > > See the forge list at > https://forge.puppet.com/modules?q=_core&page_size=25&puppet=6.x&sort=rank > > $ puppet resource cron before command=/usr/bin/true > Error: Could not run: Could not find type cron > $ puppet module install puppetlabs-cron_core > Notice: Preparing to install into /home/arthurb/.puppetlabs/etc/code/modules > ... > Notice: Created target directory /home/arthurb/.puppetlabs/etc/code/modules > Notice: Downloading from https://forgeapi.puppet.com ... > Notice: Installing -- do not interrupt ... > /home/arthurb/.puppetlabs/etc/code/modules > └── puppetlabs-cron_core (v1.0.4) > $ puppet resource cron after command=/usr/bin/true > Notice: /Cron[after]/ensure: created > cron { 'after': > ensure => 'present', > command => '/usr/bin/true', > provider => 'crontab', > target => 'arthurb', > } After installing the now refactored moduls from forge (through librarian-puppet) I upgraded all my nodes to Puppet 6 without hassle. Stuff just works.
Unless I hear objections, I'll commit your work in day or two. Thanks!
