Puppet users - Apr 2013 - before and after not being honoured

Hi,

I''m running puppet 3.1.1

I have something similar to the following configuration.

class my_roles::puppet_master {
  file { ''/etc/default/puppetmaster'':
    ensure => present,
    source => 
''puppet:///modules/my_roles/puppetmaster/etc/default/puppetmaster'',
#    before => Class[''puppet''],
  }

  class {''puppet'' :
    require       => File[''/etc/default/puppetmaster''],
  }
}

I would expect that the file type gets applied before the class type 
further down. I''ve tried both the before, and the require keywords, but
no
matter what, they never get honoured.

I could use the stage''s to force the puppet class into a stage after
main,
but that really shouldn''t be necessary here. 

Does anyone have any ideas about what I''m doing wrong?

Regards,
Dave

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I think that this is because classes are not applied but are declared. 
Check the anchor pattern and declare that an puppet::start is declared
before the file. I can give you more info when you actually give us the
puppet class itself.

You can find more info about the anchor pattern here
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8040 and
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/blob/master/lib/puppet/type/anchor.rb



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On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 09:13:23AM -0700, Dave Bell
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I''m running puppet 3.1.1
> 
> I have something similar to the following configuration.
> 
> class my_roles::puppet_master {
>   file { ''/etc/default/puppetmaster'':
>     ensure => present,
>     source => 
>
''puppet:///modules/my_roles/puppetmaster/etc/default/puppetmaster'',
> #    before => Class[''puppet''],
>   }
> 
>   class {''puppet'' :
>     require       =>
File[''/etc/default/puppetmaster''],
>   }
> }
> 
> I would expect that the file type gets applied before the class type 
> further down. I''ve tried both the before, and the require
keywords, but no
> matter what, they never get honoured.
> 
> I could use the stage''s to force the puppet class into a stage
after main,
> but that really shouldn''t be necessary here. 
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas about what I''m doing wrong?
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> 
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On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 11:13:23 AM UTC-5, Dave Bell
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I''m running puppet 3.1.1
>
> I have something similar to the following configuration.
>
> class my_roles::puppet_master {
>   file { ''/etc/default/puppetmaster'':
>     ensure => present,
>     source => 
>
''puppet:///modules/my_roles/puppetmaster/etc/default/puppetmaster'',
> #    before => Class[''puppet''],
>   }
>
>   class {''puppet'' :
>     require       =>
File[''/etc/default/puppetmaster''],
>   }
> }
>
> I would expect that the file type gets applied before the class type 
> further down. I''ve tried both the before, and the require
keywords, but no
> matter what, they never get honoured.
>

I''m sure they do get honored, but what that means is not what you
expect.
For one thing, it would be pretty hard to tell whether they were honored or 
not with the example code you provide, because applying a class itself is a 
no-op.   The nature of your problem would be easier to discern if you 
provided a minimal, complete manifest set that genuinely exhibited it, but 
Nikola is probably right that it involves a containment issue that could be 
addressed by applying the Anchor pattern.


John

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