Puppet users - Apr 2010 - Exported resource [...] cannot override local resource - Common error, how to get around

Hi,

I''ve runned into a fairly common problem:
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: Exported resource File[list-updates] cannot override local
resource on node X
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions

I cannot see how I can fix this. On all of my nodes i add the class
"list-updates", and on the puppetmaster i add "list-updates"
AND "list-
updates::all".

The manifests:
http://pastebin.com/vXqP2q6q

Of course this can be prevented by not including "list-updates" on the
puppetmaster. But, this problems occours since the puppetmaster
creates and uses an stored configuration. But why doesn''t this pose a
problem when using sshkeys?
http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Exported_Resources

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You''ve got to think about it from the servers perspective ... its
going to see many File["list-update"] resources ... one for each
machine in fact. Which is why you''re getting that error. Each machines
definition is trying to overwrite the other:

@@file { "list-updates":
        ensure  => present,
        path    => "/opt/puppet/list-updates/${fqdn}",
        source  => "file:///tmp/puppet-list-updates",
        backup  => false,
}

File <<| title == "list-updates" |>>

The name of the resource needs to be  unique when being imported, so
I''d change your configuration to use the path as the name because in
your case it _is_ going to be unique because of the fqdn var. Then
search for tags for instead for the import.

For example:

@@file { "/opt/puppet/list-updates/${fqdn}":
        ensure  => present,
        source  => "file:///tmp/puppet-list-updates",
        backup  => false,
        tag => "foo"
}

And then on the server use:

File <<| tag == "foo" |>>

ken.

On Apr 6, 3:00 pm, Tore <tore.lo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I''ve runned into a fairly common problem:
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> SERVER: Exported resource File[list-updates] cannot override local
> resource on node
Xhttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Frequently_Asked_...
>
> I cannot see how I can fix this. On all of my nodes i add the class
> "list-updates", and on the puppetmaster i add
"list-updates" AND "list-
> updates::all".
>
> The manifests:http://pastebin.com/vXqP2q6q
>
> Of course this can be prevented by not including "list-updates"
on the
> puppetmaster. But, this problems occours since the puppetmaster
> creates and uses an stored configuration. But why doesn''t this
pose a
> problem when using
sshkeys?http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Exported_Resou...
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Ah of course! I were testing this first with one node, then on the
puppetmaster I added File <<| title == "list-updates" |>>,
which of
course is acceptable since it only sees one File[X] resource, but when
i added the list-updates class on the puppetmaster, it sees two.

Thanks alot Ken :)

On 7 apr, 00:25, Ken <k...@bob.sh> wrote:
> You''ve got to think about it from the servers perspective ... its
> going to see many File["list-update"] resources ... one for each
> machine in fact. Which is why you''re getting that error. Each
machines
> definition is trying to overwrite the other:
>
> @@file { "list-updates":
>         ensure  => present,
>         path    => "/opt/puppet/list-updates/${fqdn}",
>         source  => "file:///tmp/puppet-list-updates",
>         backup  => false,
>
> }
>
> File <<| title == "list-updates" |>>
>
> The name of the resource needs to be  unique when being imported, so
> I''d change your configuration to use the path as the name because
in
> your case it _is_ going to be unique because of the fqdn var. Then
> search for tags for instead for the import.
>
> For example:
>
> @@file { "/opt/puppet/list-updates/${fqdn}":
>         ensure  => present,
>         source  => "file:///tmp/puppet-list-updates",
>         backup  => false,
>         tag => "foo"
>
> }
>
> And then on the server use:
>
> File <<| tag == "foo" |>>
>
> ken.
>
> On Apr 6, 3:00 pm, Tore <tore.lo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I''ve runned into a fairly common problem:
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> > SERVER: Exported resource File[list-updates] cannot override local
> > resource on node
Xhttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Frequently_Asked_...
>
> > I cannot see how I can fix this. On all of my nodes i add the class
> > "list-updates", and on the puppetmaster i add
"list-updates" AND "list-
> > updates::all".
>
> > The manifests:http://pastebin.com/vXqP2q6q
>
> > Of course this can be prevented by not including
"list-updates" on the
> > puppetmaster. But, this problems occours since the puppetmaster
> > creates and uses an stored configuration. But why doesn''t
this pose a
> > problem when using
sshkeys?http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Exported_Resou...
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