You can setup a "pattern" with a regular expression to weed-out the process list if you don't use "hasstatus"
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#service ...but, sounds like you nailed it. On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Matthew O'Connor <thegreendra...@gmail.com > wrote: > That fixed it. > > Oh, I think I see what's going on: > > When I run `puppet httpd.pp`, it runs `ps` and finds a process with > `httpd` in the name and so concludes the service is running. If I rename > the script to something else then Puppet no longer finds any process with > 'httpd' in its name. > > Perhaps Puppet should have a check that prevents thinking it is the > satisfying service? > > Thanks, > Matt > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Matthew O'Connor >> <thegreendra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I looked for that. There's not any other http daemon running. The PID >> that >> > the first returns changes every time (now at 23052, 23139, etc.). The >> second >> > one never returns a PID (unless there's actually an httpd running). >> > >> >> Add hasstatus so it uses service instead of ps -ef for checking the >> service: >> >> service { 'httpd': >> ensure => running, >> enable => true, >> hasstatus => true, >> } >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nan >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
