Puppet users - May 2013 - Rhel based distro and multiple package version installed

Hello,

i''m starting using Puppet on my personal lab. There I''d like
to reproduce a
multi base tomcat installation as follows:

* Multiple jdk installations (multiple 1.6.x, multiple 1.7.x)
* Multiple tomcat installations (multiple 6.0.x, multiple 7.0.x)

Here is the problem:
using the Package definition, i''m unable to have multiple jdk version
(as
1.6.4 supersedes 1.6.3, leaving only the last one installed correctly), so 
I created a custom define that uses a File definition to copy multiple 
directories (/opt/java/jdk-$version) from my puppetmaster (recurse + purge) 
and used this as follows:

tomcat::home { "6.0.37": version => "6.0.37"}
jdk::home { "1.6.24": version => "1.6.24"}

but i''m unable to create a simple check on my tomcat istances like a 
require tomcat-6.0.37.

How can i accomplish what i need?

Thanks in advance.

Luca Gervasi

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Two options come to mind:

1) Install the JDK and Tomcat products from tarball into separate
directories for each version which is what I do with
erwbgy/sunjdk<http://forge.puppetlabs.com/erwbgy/sunjdk>
 and erwbgy/tomcat <http://forge.puppetlabs.com/erwbgy/tomcat>

2) Create custom packages for each of the product versions installing the
files into separate directories - for example using
fpm<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/puppet-users/3phnJuKctdQ/RfAL3pd4NxIJ>
.

  - Keith



On 18 May 2013 09:38, Luca Gervasi <luca.gervasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i''m starting using Puppet on my personal lab. There I''d
like to reproduce
> a multi base tomcat installation as follows:
>
> * Multiple jdk installations (multiple 1.6.x, multiple 1.7.x)
> * Multiple tomcat installations (multiple 6.0.x, multiple 7.0.x)
>
> Here is the problem:
> using the Package definition, i''m unable to have multiple jdk
version (as
> 1.6.4 supersedes 1.6.3, leaving only the last one installed correctly), so
> I created a custom define that uses a File definition to copy multiple
> directories (/opt/java/jdk-$version) from my puppetmaster (recurse + purge)
> and used this as follows:
>
> tomcat::home { "6.0.37": version => "6.0.37"}
> jdk::home { "1.6.24": version => "1.6.24"}
>
> but i''m unable to create a simple check on my tomcat istances like
a
> require tomcat-6.0.37.
>
> How can i accomplish what i need?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Luca Gervasi
>
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You should really build packages of java/tomcat with fpm. It will save
you so much time and hassle in the end. Want different versions of the
same package you just have to name them with the package version - no
problem. 

Let''s assume that extract the java distribution in a directory named
java-$(VERSION), just run the following:

fpm -s dir -t deb -n java-$(VERSION) -v $(VERSION) -a x86_64 --prefix /opt
--provides
java-runtime,java2-runtime,java5-runtime,java6-runtime,java7-runtime,java7-runtime-headless
java-$(VERSION)

and you should be good to go. Change this as needed(like architecture,
deb/rpm prefix and the provides)


-- 
Nikola




On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 01:38:47AM -0700, Luca Gervasi
wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i''m starting using Puppet on my personal lab. There I''d
like to reproduce a
> multi base tomcat installation as follows:
> 
> * Multiple jdk installations (multiple 1.6.x, multiple 1.7.x)
> * Multiple tomcat installations (multiple 6.0.x, multiple 7.0.x)
> 
> Here is the problem:
> using the Package definition, i''m unable to have multiple jdk
version (as
> 1.6.4 supersedes 1.6.3, leaving only the last one installed correctly), so 
> I created a custom define that uses a File definition to copy multiple 
> directories (/opt/java/jdk-$version) from my puppetmaster (recurse + purge)
> and used this as follows:
> 
> tomcat::home { "6.0.37": version => "6.0.37"}
> jdk::home { "1.6.24": version => "1.6.24"}
> 
> but i''m unable to create a simple check on my tomcat istances like
a
> require tomcat-6.0.37.
> 
> How can i accomplish what i need?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Luca Gervasi
> 
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Please heed the advice of others concerning packaging.

As to your require question, you can require a defined type just like any 
other resource:

require => Tomcat::Home[''6.0.37'']



On Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:38:47 AM UTC-6, Luca Gervasi
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> i''m starting using Puppet on my personal lab. There I''d
like to reproduce
> a multi base tomcat installation as follows:
>
> * Multiple jdk installations (multiple 1.6.x, multiple 1.7.x)
> * Multiple tomcat installations (multiple 6.0.x, multiple 7.0.x)
>
> Here is the problem:
> using the Package definition, i''m unable to have multiple jdk
version (as
> 1.6.4 supersedes 1.6.3, leaving only the last one installed correctly), so 
> I created a custom define that uses a File definition to copy multiple 
> directories (/opt/java/jdk-$version) from my puppetmaster (recurse + purge)
> and used this as follows:
>
> tomcat::home { "6.0.37": version => "6.0.37"}
> jdk::home { "1.6.24": version => "1.6.24"}
>
> but i''m unable to create a simple check on my tomcat istances like
a
> require tomcat-6.0.37.
>
> How can i accomplish what i need?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Luca Gervasi
>
>
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