Puppet users - May 2010 - client specific configuration not working

Hi list,

I have a  puppet setup in which I use the file hierarchy from best
practices:

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Puppet_Best_Practice

I am currently working on a bind9 configuration for debian clients, I use he
modules directory for the bind configuration and it works fine. Puppet
installs bind and distributes named.conf. Now I want to distribute a
named.conf.local file for one specific host so I thought I put thyat in the
clients directory. Unfortunately I cannot get it to work.

This is my site.pp:

import "modules"
import "clients"
import "nodes"

this is my clients.pp:

import "servername"

in the clients directory there''s a directory "servername"
with
subdirectories manifests and files

here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:

class servername {
 file { "/etc/bind/named.conf.local":
        owner   => root,
        group   => bind,
        mode    => 644,
        source  => "puppet:///servername/named.conf.local",
    }
}

Now here''s the error I get on the client:

err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for environment production:
No file(s) found for import of ''servername'' at
/etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1

So what am I doing wrong here?

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On 18.05.2010 08:59, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
>
> in the clients directory there''s a directory
"servername" with
> subdirectories manifests and files
>
> here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:
have you changed the puppet.conf so that it can use the modules from the 
new location? Puppet does not load the modules by default from there...
It searches for them in /etc/puppet/modules (if i remember right, as I 
don''t use the default location)
>
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for environment 
> production: No file(s) found for import of ''servername''
at
> /etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1
>
> So what am I doing wrong here?
>
>
Silviu

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Hi,

I changed puppet.conf and added:

modulepath=/etc/puppet/modules:/etc/puppet/clients 

and restarted puppet

unfortunately the same error


Op dinsdag 18 mei 2010 11:36:54 schreef Silviu Paragina:
> On 18.05.2010 08:59, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> > in the clients directory there''s a directory
"servername" with
> > subdirectories manifests and files
> >
> > here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:
> 
> have you changed the puppet.conf so that it can use the modules from the
> new location? Puppet does not load the modules by default from there...
> It searches for them in /etc/puppet/modules (if i remember right, as I
> don''t use the default location)
> 
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for environment
> > production: No file(s) found for import of
''servername'' at
> > /etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1
> >
> > So what am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Silviu
> 
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Odd, should of worked.
Try this (at this point I''m guessing)
Try removing the import "servername", it''s optional in the
latest
versions of puppet.
And make sure you have something along the line in nodes.pp

node basenode {
     include servername
}

Silviu

On 18.05.2010 12:58, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I changed puppet.conf and added:
>
> modulepath=/etc/puppet/modules:/etc/puppet/clients
>
> and restarted puppet
>
> unfortunately the same error
>
>
> Op dinsdag 18 mei 2010 11:36:54 schreef Silviu Paragina:
>    
>> On 18.05.2010 08:59, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
>>      
>>> in the clients directory there''s a directory
"servername" with
>>> subdirectories manifests and files
>>>
>>> here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:
>>>        
>> have you changed the puppet.conf so that it can use the modules from
the
>> new location? Puppet does not load the modules by default from there...
>> It searches for them in /etc/puppet/modules (if i remember right, as I
>> don''t use the default location)
>>
>>      
>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for environment
>>> production: No file(s) found for import of
''servername'' at
>>> /etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1
>>>
>>> So what am I doing wrong here?
>>>        
>> Silviu
>>
>>      
>    
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Yes I think your correct Silviu. You want ''include'' not
''import''.

To explain:

Import is more like the C #include directive - it effectively just
pulls the contents of the external file into the current one. Because
you didn''t have a file ''servername.pp'' you got an
error (as one would
expect :-).

Include is a bit more magical. It does the import (behind the scenes)
of the file <modulepath>/manifests/init.pp and then calls the class
found inside it. I''m simplifying but I figure you get the idea :-).

ken.

On May 18, 5:15 pm, Silviu Paragina <sil...@paragina.ro>
wrote:
> Odd, should of worked.
> Try this (at this point I''m guessing)
> Try removing the import "servername", it''s optional in
the latest
> versions of puppet.
> And make sure you have something along the line in nodes.pp
>
> node basenode {
>      include servername
>
> }
>
> Silviu
>
> On 18.05.2010 12:58, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I changed puppet.conf and added:
>
> > modulepath=/etc/puppet/modules:/etc/puppet/clients
>
> > and restarted puppet
>
> > unfortunately the same error
>
> > Op dinsdag 18 mei 2010 11:36:54 schreef Silviu Paragina:
>
> >> On 18.05.2010 08:59, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
>
> >>> in the clients directory there''s a directory
"servername" with
> >>> subdirectories manifests and files
>
> >>> here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:
>
> >> have you changed the puppet.conf so that it can use the modules
from the
> >> new location? Puppet does not load the modules by default from
there...
> >> It searches for them in /etc/puppet/modules (if i remember right,
as I
> >> don''t use the default location)
>
> >>> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for
environment
> >>> production: No file(s) found for import of
''servername'' at
> >>> /etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1
>
> >>> So what am I doing wrong here?
>
> >> Silviu
>
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On 18.05.2010 22:47, Ken wrote:
> Yes I think your correct Silviu. You want ''include'' not
''import''.
>
> To explain:
>
> Import is more like the C #include directive - it effectively just
> pulls the contents of the external file into the current one. Because
> you didn''t have a file ''servername.pp'' you got
an error (as one would
> expect :-).
>
> Include is a bit more magical. It does the import (behind the scenes)
> of the file<modulepath>/manifests/init.pp and then calls the class
> found inside it. I''m simplifying but I figure you get the idea
:-).
>    
:-?? when I started using puppet, import was looking in the modules path 
also. I still have an import from that time and I don''t use the
standard
paths and it still works for me. Maybe something different in newer 
versions (I''m using 0.25.4)

Silviu

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On May 18, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Silviu Paragina wrote:
> On 18.05.2010 22:47, Ken wrote:
>> Yes I think your correct Silviu. You want ''include''
not ''import''.
>> 
>> To explain:
>> 
>> Import is more like the C #include directive - it effectively just
>> pulls the contents of the external file into the current one. Because
>> you didn''t have a file ''servername.pp'' you
got an error (as one would
>> expect :-).
>> 
>> Include is a bit more magical. It does the import (behind the scenes)
>> of the file<modulepath>/manifests/init.pp and then calls the
class
>> found inside it. I''m simplifying but I figure you get the idea
:-).
>>   
> :-?? when I started using puppet, import was looking in the modules path
also. I still have an import from that time and I don''t use the
standard paths and it still works for me. Maybe something different in newer
versions (I''m using 0.25.4)
import can use relative paths.  Could the file you were talking about have been
in a module''s directory?
-Patrick

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Thanks I already tried including the servername in nodes.pp but forgot to 
mention it in my initial post, sorry.  If I don''t include it in
nodes.pp
nothing happens. I guess I''ll can put the server specific modules in
the module
directory and call them s_servername or something. Not very tidy but at least 
it will work.

Op dinsdag 18 mei 2010 18:15:17 schreef Silviu Paragina:
> Odd, should of worked.
> Try this (at this point I''m guessing)
> Try removing the import "servername", it''s optional in
the latest
> versions of puppet.
> And make sure you have something along the line in nodes.pp
> 
> node basenode {
>      include servername
> }
> 
> Silviu
> 
> On 18.05.2010 12:58, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I changed puppet.conf and added:
> >
> > modulepath=/etc/puppet/modules:/etc/puppet/clients
> >
> > and restarted puppet
> >
> > unfortunately the same error
> >
> > Op dinsdag 18 mei 2010 11:36:54 schreef Silviu Paragina:
> >> On 18.05.2010 08:59, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
> >>> in the clients directory there''s a directory
"servername" with
> >>> subdirectories manifests and files
> >>>
> >>> here''s my clients/servername/manifests/init.pp:
> >>
> >> have you changed the puppet.conf so that it can use the modules
from the
> >> new location? Puppet does not load the modules by default from
there...
> >> It searches for them in /etc/puppet/modules (if i remember right,
as I
> >> don''t use the default location)
> >>
> >>> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not parse for
environment
> >>> production: No file(s) found for import of
''servername'' at
> >>> /etc/puppet/manifests/clients.pp:1
> >>>
> >>> So what am I doing wrong here?
> >>
> >> Silviu
> 
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