I just added the require after subscribe alone didn't work.
I thought that if I specified the directory with recurse => true, it
would monitor all the files in the directory as well.
Is there a way to have puppet monitor files it isn't sourcing?
On Nov 6, 3:41 pm, Aj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This notification will only fire if the managed parameters for the
> directory are out of sync, e.g. Owner/group/modes/file type (link,
> file).
>
> Subscribe also implies require, FYI =)
>
> On 7/11/2008, at 8:38 AM, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's a defined file resource without a source parameter. Here is the
> > syntax:
>
> > file { "/opt/management/dns/zones":
> > owner => "root",
> > group => "root",
> > mode => "644",
> > ensure => directory,
> > recurse => true }
>
> > Then there is a service resource that subscribes to that file:
>
> > service { "named":
> > enable => true,
> > ensure => running,
> > require => File["/etc/named.conf"],
> > require => File["/opt/dns/management/zones"],
> > require => Package["bind"],
> > subscribe => File["/etc/named.conf"],
> > subscribe => File["/opt/management/dns/zones"] }
>
> > But the service never restarts when files in that directory change. I
> > would think it's because I'm not sourcing those files, but I'm not
> > sure.
>
> > On Nov 6, 12:37 pm, "Evan Hisey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:19 PM, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>> I'm having a similar issue that that wiki entry does not directly
> >>> address.
>
> >>> I'm trying to do a subscribe on a file definition that is a
> >>> directory.
>
> >>> I have ensure => directory and recurse => true.
>
> >>> I do not use puppet to source the files (they are on nfs shared to
> >>> all
> >>> servers that use them).
>
> >>> Puppet will not restart a service subscribed to this file
> >>> definition.
> >>> It does not seem to look at whether the files in the directory have
> >>> changed.
>
> >>> How do others make such a scenario work?
>
> >>> Thanks
>
> >> Is puppet actually managing the directory? Unless puppet manages the
> >> directory it can't know to handle a restart.
>
> >> Evan
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