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On 08/06/2010 08:26 PM, seph wrote:
> I'm trying to use puppet to manage a directory full of files. Files are
> each a collected resource. In my case, they're part of nagios. But I
> can't really get it to work. The purge on the directory doesn't take
> into account the collected resources, so they end up racing.
>
> My code is basically:
>
> class server {
> Nagios_service <<||>>
>
> file { "/etc/naginator/services.d":
> ensure => directory,
> recurse => true,
> replace => true,
> purge => true,
> require => File["/etc/naginator"],
> }
> }
>
> class target {
> @@nagios_service { "check_ping-${hostname}":
> ensure => present,
> check_command => "check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60%",
> use => "generic-service",
> host_name => "$fqdn",
> target => "/etc/naginator/services.d/ping-$fqdn.cfg",
> }
> }
>
> I see a couple of threads from last year about this, but no really
> satisfying conclusions. It sounds like most people end up adding a
> dependency which causes everything to purge and then be recreated
> anew. Which feels like a lot of churn.
>
> Do folks have a nice solution for this?
imho, you need define an empty source for the services.d directory
resource, this will purge it:
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#I+Want+To+Manage+A+Directory+and+Purge+Its+Contents
cheers pete
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