Puppet users - Sep 2010 - Having trouble configuring puppet for file serving

Hi,

I am running puppet-server 0.25.5 on CentOS 5.4.

I defined a moudle in /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf as below:
[files]
path /tmp/puppet
allow *

I also defined a resource in /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:
file { "/etc/passwd":
owner => "root",
group => "bin",
mode => 644,
}

file { "/tmp/0909.txt":
    source => "puppet://192.168.10.10/modules/files/0909.txt"
}

Then I ran the following command on a puppet client. The group of /etc/
passwd on the client became bin, but I don''t see /tmp/0909.txt on the
client side. What am I missing here? Thanks.
puppetd --onetime

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> [files]
> path /tmp/puppet
 What is the structure under /tmp/puppet?  I would expect to see /tmp/
puppet/files/0909.txt on the server.  My understanding of how modules
are structured is that in each module directory you would have a
directory called "files" which contains the files you want to serve
up .  For example in my "snmp" module I have the following

ls -1R snmp/
files
manifests
templates

snmp//files:
snmpd.conf

snmp//manifests:
init.pp

  As you can see the file I am passing out is located at snmp/files/
snmpd.conf.   Also the system logs of your client and server should
provide some further information which could be useful in discovering
the problem.  Another thing to mention is that the puppet master needs
to be able to read the file''s that are being requested from it so
double check the permissions.

  Anyhoo hope this get''s you moving in the right direction.
  Derek.
>
> I also defined a resource in /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:
> file { "/etc/passwd":
> owner => "root",
> group => "bin",
> mode => 644,
>
> }
>
> file { "/tmp/0909.txt":
>     source => "puppet://192.168.10.10/modules/files/0909.txt"
>
> }
>
> Then I ran the following command on a puppet client. The group of /etc/
> passwd on the client became bin, but I don''t see /tmp/0909.txt on
the
> client side. What am I missing here? Thanks.
> puppetd --onetime
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Thanks for your reply. I made some changes according to your feedback,
but I''m still unable to copy files to the client. What else am I
missing again?

[root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
# site.pp
file { "/tmp/0910.txt":
    source => "puppet://puppet.test.123.com/modules/configuration/
0910.txt"
}

[root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
[configuration]
path /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration
allow *

[root@puppet ~]# ls -lR /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/
/etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/:
total 8
drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 09:51 files

/etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/files:
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Sep 10 09:51 0910.txt

[root@node1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/puppet
# The puppetmaster server
PUPPET_SERVER=192.168.6.13

# If you wish to specify the port to connect to do so here
PUPPET_PORT=8140

# Where to log to. Specify syslog to send log messages to the system
log.
PUPPET_LOG=/var/log/puppet/puppet.log

# You may specify other parameters to the puppet client here
#PUPPET_EXTRA_OPTS=--waitforcert=500

Both 8140:tcp and 8140:udp are open on both the client and the server.
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
udp dpt:8140
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
tcp dpt:8140

The client and the server are rebooted as well.

Here''s the error message:
err: //File[/tmp/0910.txt]: Failed to retrieve current state of
resource: Could not retrieve information from source(s)
puppet://puppet.test.123.com/modules/configuration/0910.txt at /etc/
puppet/manifests/site.pp:4

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> What else am I missing again?
>
  Let''s try a different approach.  I think once you have a working
example you''ll be able to mold it as desired.  So here is a complete
working minimal example to try out.

 If you use these files with the listed directory structure I''m pretty
certain you''ll get a working solution.  Then the lightbulb will go off
and you can modify as you see fit.

 So here is the complete directory structure and all files under /etc/
puppet except for ssl related files/dirs

find /etc/puppet -type f -exec ls {} \;|grep -v ssl
/etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
/etc/puppet/modules/example_module/files/0910.txt

cat /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
#/etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
[modules]
  allow *

cat /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
#/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
file { "/tmp/0910.txt":
    source => "puppet:///modules/example_module/0910.txt"
}

cat /etc/puppet/modules/example_module/files/0910.txt
whoo hoo, i''m 0910.txt!

  So you''ll notice that I''m using the generic term
"modules" in the
fileserver.conf file instead of specifiying the module name.    I
actually use this in my fileserver.conf.  I''ve not ran into a reason
yet where I need to specify per module access permissions.   Also the
"source" parameter in the file resource is called out like this
"puppet:///modules/example_module/0910.txt" which alleviates the need
to actually specify the server location.  This notation means that the
file will be retrieved from server it contacted to get the manifest.

  Anyhoo give this a whirl.  I just tested it on my workstation and
spun up a new puppetmaster and client and it worked.
  HTH.  Derek.
> [root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
> # site.pp
> file { "/tmp/0910.txt":
>     source => "puppet://puppet.test.123.com/modules/configuration/
> 0910.txt"
>
> }
>
> [root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
> [configuration]
> path /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration
> allow *
>
> [root@puppet ~]# ls -lR /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/
> /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/:
> total 8
> drw-r--r-- 2 root root 4096 Sep 10 09:51 files
>
> /etc/puppet/manifests/configuration/files:
> total 8
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Sep 10 09:51 0910.txt
>
> [root@node1 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/puppet
> # The puppetmaster server
> PUPPET_SERVER=192.168.6.13
>
> # If you wish to specify the port to connect to do so here
> PUPPET_PORT=8140
>
> # Where to log to. Specify syslog to send log messages to the system
> log.
> PUPPET_LOG=/var/log/puppet/puppet.log
>
> # You may specify other parameters to the puppet client here
> #PUPPET_EXTRA_OPTS=--waitforcert=500
>
> Both 8140:tcp and 8140:udp are open on both the client and the server.
> ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
> udp dpt:8140
> ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            state NEW
> tcp dpt:8140
>
> The client and the server are rebooted as well.
>
> Here''s the error message:
> err: //File[/tmp/0910.txt]: Failed to retrieve current state of
> resource: Could not retrieve information from source(s)
> puppet://puppet.test.123.com/modules/configuration/0910.txt at /etc/
> puppet/manifests/site.pp:4
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After I did the following, it works. Thanks.
chmod 0665 -R /etc/puppet/modules

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The reason I wasn''t able to get it to work was because I
didn''t know I
have to modify modulepath in /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

[puppetmasterd]
    modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules:/tmp/
puppet/modules

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