Thank you. David for immediate reply. Answer - ' I'd switch the title and target of the symlink around'
On Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 10:44:33 AM UTC-4, David Schmitt wrote: > > > > On 24 May 2017 at 15:16, ggun <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Experts, >> >> I need your help in below requirement. >> *Requirement* >> I need to create a file (xxx_logrotate.conf) with content as below >> >> /xx/xx/xx.log { >> >> weekly >> >> copytruncate >> >> rotate 8 >> >> compress >> >> maxage 180 >> >> missingok >> >> } >> >> >> 2. Create the symlink for above create file xxx_logrotate.conf to >> /etc/logrotate.d/xxx_logrotate.conf >> >> >> *My approach* >> >> >> 1. I went ahead creating the file with using erb tempalte for adding the >> file content but when I create a new resource to create the symlik for the >> source and target. The puppet run fails with duplicate file resource >> >> >> file { 'xxx-log-rotation-config-file': >> >> ensure => 'present', >> >> path => '/xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf', >> >> content => template('aaa/xxx_logrotate.conf.erb'), >> >> owner => 'root', >> >> group => 'root', >> >> } >> >> >> file { '/xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf': >> >> ensure => 'link', >> >> target => '/etc/logrotate.d/xxx_logrotate.conf', >> >> require => File['xxx-log-rotation-config-file'], >> >> } >> >> >> The puppet run fails for above code with below error >> >> Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, >> Duplicate declaration: File[/xxx/conf/mysql_logrotate.conf] is already >> declared in file >> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:46; >> >> cannot redeclare at >> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:54 >> >> at >> /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/xxx/manifests/postinstall.pp:54:3 >> >> >> >> >> > You need to decide where you want the file, and where you want the > symlink. As it stands, you define the file /xxx/conf/xxx_logrotate.conf > twice, once with the templated content, once as symlink. In your situation, > I'd switch the title and target of the symlink around. > > > Cheers, David > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/99c6e5e0-505c-4f75-88ef-c2d15484b31d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
