Puppet users - Apr 2008 - configuring services not to auto-run ("chkconfig off service")

Hello,

I use puppet to configure CentOS 5 servers which have services
controlled by linux-ha (heartbeat).

This means that these services have to be configured by chkconfig
(e.g. "chkconfig --add httpd") but NOT to execute automatically on
boot (i.e. "chkconfig httpd off").

Currently, from looking at the source of puppet (version 0.22.4,
installed from RPM from http://people.redhat.com/dlutter/yum/rhel/5/)
it appears that puppet ties the two - when a service is disabled it is
also deleted ("chkconfig --del httpd").

Right now I just keep puppet from controlling these service and do it
"manually" in external scripts, but is there a proper way to do this
without having to hack puppet too much?

Thanks,

--Amos

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Hi
> Right now I just keep puppet from controlling these service and do it
> "manually" in external scripts, but is there a proper way to do
this
> without having to hack puppet too much?
extend puppet''s provider for redhat services. it is
lib/puppet/provider/service/redhat.rb .
I think you might subclass it to a new provider or add a certain
parameter which would then force your needs, but by default keep it the
same as it is now.
Would be nice if you can provide a patch for that. :)

greets pete

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Peter Meier wrote:
> Hi
>
>   
>> Right now I just keep puppet from controlling these service and do it
>> "manually" in external scripts, but is there a proper way to
do this
>> without having to hack puppet too much?
>>     
>
> extend puppet''s provider for redhat services. it is
> lib/puppet/provider/service/redhat.rb .
> I think you might subclass it to a new provider or add a certain
> parameter which would then force your needs, but by default keep it the
> same as it is now.
> Would be nice if you can provide a patch for that. :)
>
>   
I agree.  I recently submitted a number of changes to the provider to 
support use of /sbin/service instead of direct calls to init scripts (to 
accomodate SELinux) and I am happy to test additional changes if it 
furthers development of the provider to better suit Red Hat norms.

Regards

James Turnbull

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