Puppet users - Feb 2009 - Define statement not being recognised - or so it seems

I''m trying to understand the sequence of passing variables from a node
definition to a define statement and how its called by a class. In short my
understanding is that nodes.pp can contain variables (eg. zoneip=>a.b.c.d, )
which are referenced by a define statement ( eg. define zones::zone_instance
(zoneip=$zoneip) and the class statement calls the definition (class zones
{zones::zone_instance etc)

More specifically, I''m defining a solaris zone, following a combination
of
some tips in a previous posting and the apache virtual_hosts example in
"Pulling Strings" and for some reason my definition statement is not
being
recognised * "Could not find resource type zones::zone_instance*"



Here''s the set up:-
*
The node def in nodes.pp:-*

* node ''solhost'' {
   include zones
   zone_instance { "solzone":
     zoneip => "10.20.1.89",
     zonename => "ptc37551-03",
     zonepath => "/zfs/ptc37551-03",
  }
  }*

within the zones modules directory:-

*modules/zones/manifests/init.pp*:-

*class zones {
zones::zone_instance { $zonename:
       zoneip => "$zoneip",
     zonename => "$zonename",
     zonepath => "$zonepath",
}
}*

and the corresponding  definition in
*modules/zones/manifests/ptczones.pp*:-

*define zones::zone_instance (zoneip=$zoneip,$zonename,$zonepath) {

$fullname = "$zonename.$domain"

zone { $zonename:
     ip => "bnx0:$zoneip",
    path => "$zonepath",
    realhostname => "$fullname",
     ensure => running,
}

}*


Running on the puppet client I get the following error
 puppetd --test
*err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find resource type
zones::zone_instance at /etc/puppet/modules/zones/manifests/init.pp:7  on
node solhost
*
Any pointers would be great*
*
Thanks
Paul

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> [...]
> Running on the puppet client I get the following error
>  puppetd --test
> *err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find resource type
> zones::zone_instance at /etc/puppet/modules/zones/manifests/init.pp:7  on
> node solhost
> *
> Any pointers would be great*
> *
you have to import ptczones.pp in the init.pp of the module. otherwise  
puppet won''t have parsed the define yet.

cheers pete

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Pete,
Thanks very much. That was definitely one of the issues. The other seemed to
be that the node definition in nodes.pp needed to say
*zones::zone_instance { "solzone":*  etc

rather than

*zone_instance { "solzone":*

thanks
Paul

2009/2/19 Peter Meier <peter.meier@immerda.ch>
> [...]
>> Running on the puppet client I get the following error
>>  puppetd --test
>> *err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find resource type
>> zones::zone_instance at /etc/puppet/modules/zones/manifests/init.pp:7 
on
>> node solhost
>> *
>> Any pointers would be great*
>> *
>>
>
> you have to import ptczones.pp in the init.pp of the module. otherwise
> puppet won''t have parsed the define yet.
>
> cheers pete
>


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