Puppet users - Oct 2007 - Requires from other modules / requires with aliases

Hi everyone, I''ve been working on a module for bacula, and I''m
having
a problem requiring resources I''ve defined in other modules.  At the
moment, I have the following (simplified):

/etc/puppet/modules/bacula/manifests/init.pp:

class bacula {
...
       define configure ( $gui="true", $db_password ) {
...
               postgresql::create_db { "bacula":
                       alias => create_bacula_db,
                       require => create_bacula_user,
                       owner => "bacula",
               }

               postgresql::authorise{"bacula":
                       alias => authorise_bacula_user,
                       host => "local",
                       database => "bacula",
                       method => "md5",
                       require => [ create_bacula_db, set_bacula_db_password
]
               }
...
               service{"bacula-director" :
                       ensure => running,
                       require => [
File["/etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf"], authorise_bacula_user]
               }
...

postgresql::create_user and postgresql::create_db are defines in the
postgresql module.  Version of puppet is 0.23.2.

I wasn''t sure of the syntax to require postgresql::create_user or
create_db directly, so I tried using aliases (as above).  These seem
to work between resources I''ve defined,  but I''m getting an
error with
the require in the Service resource:

err: Could not create bacula-director: Parameter require failed:
Invalid relationship "authorise_bacula_user" at
/etc/puppet/modules/bacula/manifests/init.pp:119
err: Parameter require failed: Invalid relationship
"authorise_bacula_user" at
/etc/puppet/modules/bacula/manifests/init.pp:119

I tried using name => authorise_bacula_user instead of alias, with
similar results.

I also tried quoting the resource.  Again it''s fine with resources
I''ve defined.  This gives no errors:

               postgresql::password {"set bacula db password" :
                       alias => set_bacula_db_password,
                       username => "bacula",
                       password => $dbpassword,
                       require => [
Package["bacula-director-pgsql"],
"postgresql::Create_user[''bacula'']"]
               }

But with service, I get the Invalid relationship error:

               service{"bacula-director" :
                       ensure => running,
                       require =>
[File["/etc/bacula/bacula-dir.conf"],
"postgresql::Authorise[''bacula'']"]
               }

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Guy

On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:28 AM, guyzdm@googlemail.com wrote:
>                        require => [
Package["bacula-director-pgsql"],
> "postgresql::Create_user[''bacula'']"]
Use:

require => [Package[bacula-director-pgsql], Postgresql::Create_user 
[bacula]]

It''s kinda bad form to have a verb in a definition name, though; it  
makes more sense to talk about a database role or user:

define postgres::role(...) { }

In fact, you can look at my own code for exactly this by doing a git  
clone of ''git://reductivelabs.com/modules/postgres''.

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  Of the thirty-six ways of avoiding disaster, running away is best.
                                               -- Chinese Proverb
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Use:
>
> require => [Package[bacula-director-pgsql],
Postgresql::Create_user[bacula]]
That worked - thanks very much!
> It''s kinda bad form to have a verb in a definition name, though;
it
> makes more sense to talk about a database role or user:
Okay - that makes sense...