Puppet users - Mar 2012 - Does create_resources support virtual resources?

Hi all,
I''m interested pushing my user list out of my users manifest and into
Hiera.  Unfortunately I haven''t been able to get it to work the way I
thought it would.  The error suggests that perhaps create_resources
cannot create virtual resources, but the docs I''ve read so far
don''t
address it.

The class (in init.pp):
class users {
  $system_users  = hiera(''system_users'')
  $system_groups = hiera(''system_groups'')

  create_resources("@users::mkuser",$system_users)
  create_resources("@users::mkgroup",$system_groups)
} # class users

The define (in mkuser.pp):

define users::mkuser (
  $uid,
  $gid = undef,
  $group = undef,
  $shell = ''/bin/bash'',
  $home = undef,
  $ensure = ''present'',
  $managehome = true,
  $dotssh = ''ensure'',
  $comment = ''created via puppet'',
  $groups = undef,
  $password = undef,
  $symlink = undef,
  $mode = undef
  ) {
<SNIP>
}

The error:
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
could not create resource of unknown type @users::mkuser at
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/configurations/se/environments/development/modules/users/manifests/init.pp:29

Is this the expected behavior, or have I missed something obvious?

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Create_resources doesn''t support virtual users, but Hiera DOES support
hash-merging, so it could find all users in all hierarchies with hiera_hash
and then declare them at once.

On Friday, March 30, 2012, Aaron Grewell wrote:
> Hi all,
> I''m interested pushing my user list out of my users manifest and
into
> Hiera.  Unfortunately I haven''t been able to get it to work the
way I
> thought it would.  The error suggests that perhaps create_resources
> cannot create virtual resources, but the docs I''ve read so far
don''t
> address it.
>
> The class (in init.pp):
> class users {
>  $system_users  = hiera(''system_users'')
>  $system_groups = hiera(''system_groups'')
>
>  create_resources("@users::mkuser",$system_users)
>  create_resources("@users::mkgroup",$system_groups)
> } # class users
>
> The define (in mkuser.pp):
>
> define users::mkuser (
>  $uid,
>  $gid = undef,
>  $group = undef,
>  $shell = ''/bin/bash'',
>  $home = undef,
>  $ensure = ''present'',
>  $managehome = true,
>  $dotssh = ''ensure'',
>  $comment = ''created via puppet'',
>  $groups = undef,
>  $password = undef,
>  $symlink = undef,
>  $mode = undef
>  ) {
> <SNIP>
> }
>
> The error:
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
> could not create resource of unknown type @users::mkuser at
>
>
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/configurations/se/environments/development/modules/users/manifests/init.pp:29
>
> Is this the expected behavior, or have I missed something obvious?
>
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Thanks Gary.  I''ll go figure out how that works.  :)

On 03/30/2012 12:04 PM, Gary Larizza wrote:
> Create_resources doesn''t support virtual users, but Hiera DOES
support
> hash-merging, so it could find all users in all hierarchies with
> hiera_hash and then declare them at once. 
> 
> On Friday, March 30, 2012, Aaron Grewell wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
>     I''m interested pushing my user list out of my users manifest
and into
>     Hiera.  Unfortunately I haven''t been able to get it to work
the way I
>     thought it would.  The error suggests that perhaps create_resources
>     cannot create virtual resources, but the docs I''ve read so far
don''t
>     address it.
> 
>     The class (in init.pp):
>     class users {
>      $system_users  = hiera(''system_users'')
>      $system_groups = hiera(''system_groups'')
> 
>      create_resources("@users::mkuser",$system_users)
>      create_resources("@users::mkgroup",$system_groups)
>     } # class users
> 
>     The define (in mkuser.pp):
> 
>     define users::mkuser (
>      $uid,
>      $gid = undef,
>      $group = undef,
>      $shell = ''/bin/bash'',
>      $home = undef,
>      $ensure = ''present'',
>      $managehome = true,
>      $dotssh = ''ensure'',
>      $comment = ''created via puppet'',
>      $groups = undef,
>      $password = undef,
>      $symlink = undef,
>      $mode = undef
>      ) {
>     <SNIP>
>     }
> 
>     The error:
>     err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER:
>     could not create resource of unknown type @users::mkuser at
>    
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/configurations/se/environments/development/modules/users/manifests/init.pp:29
> 
>     Is this the expected behavior, or have I missed something obvious?
> 
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