Puppet users - Nov 2011 - Using File when its source doesn't exist

Hi guys,

I''m trying to use the Apache SSL class from the camptocamp apache
module, The problem seems to be in the File type at the bottom
https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-apache/blob/master/manifests/vhost-ssl.pp

Whilst source => "file://$csrfile" doesn''t exist at the
time of
running, an exec creates it before the file is supposed to be run as
the require states.

So i assume this used to work as puppet wont have checked to see if
the source exists. But now it does, I''ve tried putting the file in a
new definition but it does the same thing and tells me the file isn''t
available, is there a sensible work around?

Thanks

Tom

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 01:36:07PM -0800, magicaltrout
wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I''m trying to use the Apache SSL class from the camptocamp apache
> module, The problem seems to be in the File type at the bottom
>
https://github.com/camptocamp/puppet-apache/blob/master/manifests/vhost-ssl.pp
> 
> Whilst source => "file://$csrfile" doesn''t exist at
the time of
> running, an exec creates it before the file is supposed to be run as
> the require states.
> 
> So i assume this used to work as puppet wont have checked to see if
> the source exists. But now it does, I''ve tried putting the file in
a
> new definition but it does the same thing and tells me the file
isn''t
> available, is there a sensible work around?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tom
Are you sure the file gets created? Does puppet fail on the first run and
runs fine on the second run (when the file was present from the
beginning)

I was not able to reproduce the issue with the following test:

    puppet apply -v << EOF
    exec { ''create_source'':
      command => ''/bin/echo "Hallo" >
/tmp/source'',
      creates => ''/tmp/source'',
    }
    file { ''/tmp/dest'':
      ensure => file,
      source => ''/tmp/source'',
      require => Exec[''create_source''],
    }
    EOF

Does it change anything if you substitude "file://$csrfile" with just
$csrfile?

If it still fails, can you please run puppet (agent) with --debug
and --verbose commandline arguments.

-Stefan