Seems like Augeas doesn't have a really good concept of conf file entry AND a comment that goes with it. I can 'ins' a comment before the configuration item, but every time augeas runs, it will add another.
I can re-'set' the comment before the existing configuration item, but that won't work if the comment doesn't already exist. Kind of a chicken and egg. This is what I have, and it doesn't work. Probably the match fails on the insert because the node doesn't exist at all -- too bad there isn't an unless.. define sysctl::set($value, $comment=undef) { include sysctl $key = $name if $comment { $comment_use = $comment } else { $comment_use = "Managed by puppet: $key => $value" } $sysctl = '/files/etc/sysctl.conf' augeas { "sysctl::set $key => $value": changes => [ "set $sysctl/$key '$value", ], notify => Service['sysctl'], } augeas { "sysctl::set insert comment for $key => $value": changes => [ "ins #comment before $sysctl/$key" ], onlyif => "match $sysctl/#comment[following-sibling::*[1][self::$key]] size == 0", require => Augeas["sysctl::set $key => $value"], } augeas { "sysctl::set change comment for $key => $value": changes => [ "set $sysctl/#comment[following-sibling::*[1][self::$key]] '$comment_use'" ], onlyif => "match $sysctl/#comment[following-sibling::*[1][self::$key]] size > 0", require => Augeas["sysctl::set $key => $value"], } } -- 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.