My env is facter 1.5.7, puppet 0.25.1.
I am trying to (without resorting to exec) manage my hosts file so
that I remove the "loghost" alias which is associated with the system
hostname.
For example on a stock Solaris install you'll see this line in the
hosts file
172.33.12.2 dev-sandbox loghost
Then when you decide to send log's off host you'd break out the
above line to be
172.33.12.2 dev-sandbox
172.33.12.19 loghost
So based off some other posts on this topic and the handy docs I
thought I was clever with the following puppet bits. While this does
what I want the first time. Each following run it appears to remove
the invisible alias "" and modifies the hosts file each run.
node dev-sandbox {
$my_syslog_server = "1.1.1.1"
host { "loghost_hosts_entry":
ensure => "present",
ip => "$my_syslog_server",
name => "loghost",
}
# Remove the default loghost alias if we point loghost off
host
host { "loghost_hosts_alias":
alias => "",
name => "$hostname",
ip => "$ipaddress",
ensure => "present",
}
}
Here is the output from running the above script a few times.
grep loghost /etc/inet/hosts
172.33.12.2 dev-sandbox loghost
puppet loghost.pp
info: Applying configuration version '1265821768'
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_entry]: Changing ensure
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_entry]: 1 change(s)
notice: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_entry]/ensure: created
debug: Flushing host provider target /etc/inet/hosts
debug: Finishing transaction 76312890 with 0 changes
info: Filebucket[/var/puppet/clientbucket]: Adding /etc/inet/
hosts(6b5a890ed909eb6ea5911e8975d3118b)
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]: Changing alias
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]: 1 change(s)
notice: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]/alias: alias
changed 'loghost' to ''
debug: Flushing host provider target /etc/inet/hosts
debug: Finishing transaction 69468620 with 2 changes
the related lines in the hosts file now read
172.33.12.2 dev-sandbox
1.1.1.1 loghost
Running puppet again modifies the hosts file
puppet loghost.pp
info: Applying configuration version '1265821808'
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]: Changing alias
debug: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]: 1 change(s)
notice: //Node[dev-sandbox]/Host[loghost_hosts_alias]/alias: alias
changed 'absent' to ''
debug: Flushing host provider target /etc/inet/hosts
debug: Finishing transaction 76308800 with 0 changes
The only actual content that is getting changed in the hosts file
is the header line but I would prefer that not happen. This was the
closest I could get to the desired functionality and I'm wondering if
someone could point out my failings?
TIA. Derek.
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