Hi > I'm trying to have a exec dependency on a service object that would keep > it from being restarted if the exec fails. Unfortunately, the service > gets refreshed regardless whenever the exec is run, failure or not. > > I've tried various combinations of subscribe/require/notify, but can't > find an elegant way to not restart the service when the dependency > fails. I must be missing something obvious. > > We have a few needs for this model, here's a (simplified) example of one: > > [...] > exec { "check-dhcpd-conf": > command => "/usr/sbin/dhcpd3 -t 2>&1", > refreshonly => true, > subscribe => [ File["/etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf"], File["/etc/dhcp3"] ]; > } > [...] > > Ideas?
don't set the command to refreshonly. this will trigger the exec only if it get triggered by someone else otherwise the resource counts as successful. cheers pete --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---