Hello all! I am having trouble with custom types. I am simply trying to invoke a provider function to learn how the "type" and "provider" interact with each other, but I keep getting the same error message of "Could not find resource type filetest", with "filetest" being the resource I am trying to declare. Here is what I have: /etc/puppet/puppet.conf --------------------------------- [main] vardir = /var/lib/puppet/ pluginsync = true server = localhost.localdomain reportdir = /etc/puppet/reports/ report = true daemonize = false /etc/puppet/manifests/modules.pp --------------------------------- import "testClass" /etc/puppet/manifests/nodes.pp --------------------------------- node basenode { include testClass } node ''localhost.localdomain'' inherits basenode {} /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp --------------------------------- import "modules" import "nodes" /etc/puppet/modules/testClass/manifests/init.pp --------------------------------- class testClass { filetest { "/theTestFile": ensure => insync, file => "/testFile", line => "This is a test line", } /etc/puppet/modules/testClass/plugins/puppet/type/filetest.rb --------------------------------- module Puppet newtype(:filetest) do @doc = "Testing the new resource type" newparam(:name) do isnamevar end newparam(:file) newparam(:line) newproperty(:ensure) do def retrieve do :outofsync end newvalue :outofsync provider.putline end newvalue :insync end end end /etc/puppet/modules/testClass/plugins/puppet/provider/filetest/ putfile.rb --------------------------------- Puppet::Type.type(:filetest).provide :putfile do def putline File.open(@resource[:name]) { |f| f.puts "HELLO \n" } end end --------------------------------- And then when I run the puppetmasterd master and then puppetd client with debug and trace options, I get the following below (it appears that the resource isn''t even instantiated)?: debug: Creating default schedules debug: Failed to load library ''ldap'' for feature ''ldap'' debug: Failed to load library ''shadow'' for feature ''libshadow'' debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[main]/File[/var/ lib/ puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[main]/File[/var/ lib/ puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/private_keys/localhost.localdomain.pem]: Autorequiring File [/etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[puppetd]/File[/etc/ puppet/puppet.conf]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[main]/File[/var/ lib/ puppet/log]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/csr_localhost.localdomain.pem]: Autorequiring File[/etc/ puppet/ssl] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/certs/localhost.localdomain.pem]: Autorequiring File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[main]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/public_keys/localhost.localdomain.pem]: Autorequiring File [/ etc/puppet/ssl/public_keys] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[main]/File[/var/ lib/ puppet/run]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /Settings[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/Settings[ssl]/File[/etc/ puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet/ssl] debug: Finishing transaction -606342368 with 0 changes notice: Starting Puppet client version 0.24.8 debug: Puppet::Network::Client::File: defining fileserver.describe debug: Puppet::Network::Client::File: defining fileserver.list debug: Puppet::Network::Client::File: defining fileserver.retrieve info: Retrieving plugins debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Creating checksum {mtime}Wed Apr 29 08:06:22 -0400 2009 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet]: Creating checksum {mtime}Wed Apr 29 08:06:25 -0400 2009 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider]: Creating checksum {mtime}Wed Apr 29 08:06:24 -0400 2009 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/filetest]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/filetest]: Creating checksum {mtime}Wed Apr 29 08:06:25 -0400 2009 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/filetest/putfile.rb]/ checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/provider/filetest/putfile.rb]: Creating checksum {md5}d142f8f6b5847de4522e468f66dab8ed debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type]: Creating checksum {mtime}Wed Apr 29 08:06:26 -0400 2009 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb~]: Changing ensure debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb~]: 1 change (s) debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb~]: Removing existing file for replacement with absent notice: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb~]/ensure: removed debug: Calling fileserver.list debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]/checksum: Initializing checksum hash debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]: Creating checksum {md5}0134dffa08117d6939e16bff404d5ef3 debug: Calling fileserver.describe debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]: Changing source debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]: 1 change(s) debug: Calling fileserver.retrieve debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]/checksum: Replacing /var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb checksum {md5} 0134dffa08117d6939e16bff404d5ef3 with {md5} 551d22f8581da011dd80f8070988a368 notice: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib/puppet/type/filetest.rb]/source: replacing from source puppet://localhost.localdomain/plugins/puppet/type/filetest.rb with contents {md5}551d22f8581da011dd80f8070988a368 debug: Finishing transaction -606167198 with 2 changes debug: Retrieved facts in 0.55 seconds debug: Retrieving catalog debug: Calling puppetmaster.getconfig err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find resource type filetest at /etc/puppet/modules/testClass/manifests/init.pp:6 on node localhost.localdomain Any suggestions? Again, I''m only trying to create a default situation where the provider is called and automatically creates and populates a file with a given string in order to better understand how the resource interacts with the provider. Thank you! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---