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Sean Kelly

2013-Jan-21 17:19 UTC

[Puppet Users] Unable to replace a symlink with regular file

I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different machines). 
 I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration file. 
On all machines where the file wasn''t a symlink, the deployment worked.
However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh 
link with a regular file or do anything with it.

I''ve read the type reference, and I see nothing specific about forcing 
symlink replacement. I''ve looked at the source, and it seems like 
remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file. But, 
it isn''t happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this?

File {
        backup => main,
        owner => "root",
        group => $operatingsystem ? {
                freebsd => "wheel",
                default => "root",
        },
        mode => 644,
        ensure => present,
}

class zabbix {
file {
''/usr/local/etc/zabbix'':
ensure => ''directory'';
''/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf'':
content => template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"),
}
...

root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  64 Dec  9  2011 
/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -> 
/usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf

root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep 
zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1
debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe: subscribes to 
File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]
debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: 
Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix]
debug: 
/Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: 
Not managing symlink mode

Thanks!

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Gary Larizza

2013-Jan-21 18:34 UTC

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Re: [Puppet Users] Unable to replace a symlink with regular file

You should be able to add  "force => true" and get this to work for
you


On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different machines). 
I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration file. On
all machines where the file wasn''t a symlink, the deployment worked.
However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh link
with a regular file or do anything with it.
> 
> I''ve read the type reference, and I see nothing specific about
forcing symlink replacement. I''ve looked at the source, and it seems
like remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file. But,
it isn''t happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this?
> 
> File {
>         backup => main,
>         owner => "root",
>         group => $operatingsystem ? {
>                 freebsd => "wheel",
>                 default => "root",
>         },
>         mode => 644,
>         ensure => present,
> }
> 
> 
> class zabbix {
> file {
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix'':
> ensure => ''directory'';
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf'':
> content => template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"),
> }
> 
> ...
> 
> root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  64 Dec  9  2011
/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf ->
/usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> 
> 
> root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep
zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe: subscribes to
File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]:
Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix]
> debug:
/Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: Not
managing symlink mode
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Sean Kelly

2013-Jan-21 19:31 UTC

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Re: [Puppet Users] Unable to replace a symlink with regular file

I''ve tried that as well. It doesn''t work.


On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:34:00 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza
wrote:>
>  You should be able to add  "force => true" and get this to
work for you
>
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different machines). 
>  I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration file.
> On all machines where the file wasn''t a symlink, the deployment
worked.
> However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh 
> link with a regular file or do anything with it.
>
> I''ve read the type reference, and I see nothing specific about
forcing
> symlink replacement. I''ve looked at the source, and it seems like 
> remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file. But, 
> it isn''t happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this?
>
> File {
>         backup => main,
>         owner => "root",
>         group => $operatingsystem ? {
>                 freebsd => "wheel",
>                 default => "root",
>         },
>         mode => 644,
>         ensure => present,
> }
>
> class zabbix {
> file {
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix'':
> ensure => ''directory'';
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf'':
> content => template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"),
> }
> ...
>
> root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  64 Dec  9  2011 
> /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -> 
> /usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
>
> root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep 
> zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe: subscribes to 
> File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: 
> Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix]
> debug: 
> /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: 
> Not managing symlink mode
>
> Thanks!
>
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Gary Larizza

2013-Jan-21 22:11 UTC

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Re: [Puppet Users] Unable to replace a symlink with regular file

Have you tried explicitly setting the ensure value - a la "ensure =>
file" - on the files that might exist as symlinks?  I tested this out
locally and was able to get Puppet to overwrite a symlink with a file
declaration.


On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> I''ve tried that as well. It doesn''t work.
> 
> 
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:34:00 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza wrote:
> > You should be able to add  "force => true" and get this
to work for you
> > 
> > 
> > On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
> > 
> > > I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different
machines).  I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration
file. On all machines where the file wasn''t a symlink, the deployment
worked. However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh
link with a regular file or do anything with it.
> > > 
> > > I''ve read the type reference, and I see nothing specific
about forcing symlink replacement. I''ve looked at the source, and it
seems like remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file.
But, it isn''t happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this?
> > > 
> > > File {
> > >         backup => main,
> > >         owner => "root",
> > >         group => $operatingsystem ? {
> > >                 freebsd => "wheel",
> > >                 default => "root",
> > >         },
> > >         mode => 644,
> > >         ensure => present,
> > > }
> > > 
> > > 
> > > class zabbix {
> > > file {
> > > ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix'':
> > > ensure => ''directory'';
> > > ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf'':
> > > content =>
template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"),
> > > }
> > > 
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> > > lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  64 Dec  9  2011
/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf ->
/usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> > > 
> > > 
> > > root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep
zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1
> > > debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe:
subscribes to File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]
> > > debug:
/Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]:
Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix]
> > > debug:
/Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: Not
managing symlink mode
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
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Sean Kelly

2013-Jan-21 22:55 UTC

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Re: [Puppet Users] Unable to replace a symlink with regular file

That worked, thanks! I didn''t realize "file" was even a valid
setting for
ensure.

notice: 
/Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/ensure: 
defined content as ''{md5}6b3491d534f04c4eea426b9cf83e637d''
info: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: 
Scheduling refresh of Service[zabbix_agentd]
notice: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]: Triggered
''refresh''
from 1 events
notice: Finished catalog run in 5.32 seconds

Again, thanks!

On Monday, January 21, 2013 4:11:18 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza
wrote:>
> Have you tried explicitly setting the ensure value - a la "ensure
=> file"
> - on the files that might exist as symlinks?  I tested this out locally and
> was able to get Puppet to overwrite a symlink with a file declaration.
>
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> I''ve tried that as well. It doesn''t work.
>
>
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:34:00 PM UTC-6, Gary Larizza wrote:
>
>  You should be able to add  "force => true" and get this to
work for you
>
> On Monday, January 21, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>
> I am running Puppet 2.7.x (x varies from 14 to 20 on different machines). 
>  I am trying to use Puppet to deploy a new Zabbix agent configuration file.
> On all machines where the file wasn''t a symlink, the deployment
worked.
> However, every machine where it is a link, Puppet refuses to replace teh 
> link with a regular file or do anything with it.
>
> I''ve read the type reference, and I see nothing specific about
forcing
> symlink replacement. I''ve looked at the source, and it seems like 
> remove_existing should be unlinking teh symlink ahead of my new file. But, 
> it isn''t happening. Any suggestions on hwo to do this?
>
> File {
>         backup => main,
>         owner => "root",
>         group => $operatingsystem ? {
>                 freebsd => "wheel",
>                 default => "root",
>         },
>         mode => 644,
>         ensure => present,
> }
>
> class zabbix {
> file {
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix'':
> ensure => ''directory'';
> ''/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf'':
> content => template("zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.erb"),
> }
> ...
>
> root@victor:~# ls -ld /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
> lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  64 Dec  9  2011 
> /usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf -> 
> /usr/local/flightaware/monitor-scripts/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf
>
> root@victor:~# puppet agent --test --debug --color=no | grep 
> zabbix_agentd.conf 2>&1
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/Service[zabbix_agentd]/subscribe: subscribes to 
> File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]
> debug: /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]: 
> Autorequiring File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix]
> debug: 
> /Stage[main]/Zabbix/File[/usr/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf]/mode: 
> Not managing symlink mode
>
> Thanks!
>
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