Puppet users - Jan 2013 - End of file reached, while copying large files from modules to client

Hi, 

I am trying to copy a file from puppet server''s module to the Windows 
machine client
The following snippet is from init.pp of a module:

file {''copyingDB'':
                ensure => file,
                path => ''C:/dump/dump1.zip'',
                require => File[''dump''],
                mode => 0777,
                source => 
"puppet://puppet.server.com/modules/dump/dump1.zip",
        }

I found that, when the file size is small, the file is copied and the 
snippet works properly. But in my case the file size is of 5gb.
The following error is encountered:
...
...

Error: /Stage[main]/dump/File[copyingDB]: Failed to generate addition
al resources using ''eval_generate: end of file reached

Error: /Stage[main]/dump1/File[copyingDB]: Could not evaluate: end of
file reached Could not retrieve file metadata for 
puppet://puppet.server.com/modules/dump/dump1.zip: end of file reached
.....

...

The network bandwidth b/w server and client is of 100mbps.

Kindly provide assistance if I forgot something.

Regards, 
Pranay Manwatkar


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On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 5:06:17 AM UTC-6, liondgr8
wrote:
>
> Hi, 
>
> I am trying to copy a file from puppet server''s module to the
Windows
> machine client
> The following snippet is from init.pp of a module:
>
> file {''copyingDB'':
>                 ensure => file,
>                 path => ''C:/dump/dump1.zip'',
>                 require => File[''dump''],
>                 mode => 0777,
>                 source => "puppet://
> puppet.server.com/modules/dump/dump1.zip",
>         }
>
> I found that, when the file size is small, the file is copied and the 
> snippet works properly. But in my case the file size is of 5gb.
> The following error is encountered:
> ...
> ...
>
> Error: /Stage[main]/dump/File[copyingDB]: Failed to generate addition
> al resources using ''eval_generate: end of file reached
>
> Error: /Stage[main]/dump1/File[copyingDB]: Could not evaluate: end of
> file reached Could not retrieve file metadata for puppet://
> puppet.server.com/modules/dump/dump1.zip: end of file reached
> .....
>
> ...
>
> The network bandwidth b/w server and client is of 100mbps.
>
>
This is very likely an issue of the target architecture or compilation 
options of one or more of the pieces of the software stack on client or 
agent.

The largest number that can be represented by an (unsigned) 32-bit integer 
is just over 4 billion, which is not large enough for a file offset to the 
end of a 5G file.  If you were using all 64-bit components (on 64-bit 
hardware) then that shouldn''t matter, but if you are using a 32-bit
Ruby on
agent, master, or both that is built without large file support (if
that''s
even an option) then you might very well see an issue such as you 
describe.  I don''t think that Puppet itself has any direct dependency
on
the host''s native word size.


John

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