Either comment it out for the one run or delete the target file manually. Neither solution is really good.
On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Mohamed Lrhazi wrote: > Thanks Brian... > Looks like 2 and 3 are my options.... > > 2) Add "replace=>false" so that Puppet will create the file but never > update it if it exists. Of course, that breaks when you have updates > that you really do need puppet to apply. > > When I need to force the update, I would simply comment out the > 'replace" for one run? is there a better way? > > Mohamed. > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Brian Gallew <[email protected]> wrote: >> Not really. There are a couple ways to handle this: >> 1) Make use of includes. Have the puppet-managed file include the >> app-managed file. Of course, this requires the app to be friendly to this >> kind of setup. >> 2) Add "replace=>false" so that Puppet will create the file but never update >> it if it exists. Of course, that breaks when you have updates that you >> really do need puppet to apply. >> 3) Install/use augeas. You'll probably need to write an appropriate lens, >> but if done correctly, this is very robust. >> 4) Use an exec to modify the file in-place. This is fugly. >> 5) Use an exec with the application's CLI to to have the application make >> the updates. Better than 4, but still not exactly beautiful. >> >> On Jan 27, 2011, at 8:26 AM, Mohamed Lrhazi wrote: >> >>> I have a file that is part of a software I am installing via puppet... >>> the file is constructed from a template, as it has a couple of fields >>> I wanna be able to change in the future. >>> The file is updated by the app itself, upon restart, which changes >>> just one field, in a key=val line...the result is that puppet rebuilds >>> the file, and becuase of depnedecy, restarts the app at each run. >>> >>> Can I somehow say ignore that one line? >>> >>> file { "splunk_outputs": >>> owner => splunk, >>> group => splunk, >>> mode => 644, >>> require => [Package["splunk"]], >>> path => "/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/outputs.conf", >>> content => template("gu_splunk/outputs.conf.erb"), #but please >>> ignore line starting with: sslPassword= >>> notify => Exec["restart"], >>> } >>> >>> Thanks a lot. >>> Mohamed. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Puppet Users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
