>
> My best translation of your apparent intent into effective Puppet code
> would be this:
> Class['postfix::install'] -> Class['postfix::config']
> Class['postfix::config'] ~> Class['postfix::service']
> . That which can be shortened to this:
> Class['postfix::install'] -> Class['postfix::config'] ~>
> Class['postfix::service']
Excellent info! I'll give that a shot. I forgot about chaining the way you
demonstrate. I look forward to putting this into practice. Thank you!
Tim
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:17 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org>wrote:
>
>
> On Tuesday, March 4, 2014 11:17:48 AM UTC-6, bluethundr wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm attempting to setup some defaults to my postfix 'config' class to
>> require a package and request a refresh of the postfix service.
>>
>> This is my class definition:
>>
>> class postfix::config {
>> $require = Class["postfix::install"]
>> $notify = Class["postfix::service"]
>>
>> File {
>> owner => "postfix",
>> group => "postfix",
>> mode => 0644,
>> }
>>
>> file { "/etc/postfix/master.cf":
>> ensure => present,
>> source => "puppet:///modules/postfix/master.cf",
>> }
>>
>> file { "/etc/postfix/main.cf":
>> ensure => present,
>> content => template("postfix/main.cf.erb"),
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> But I notice that if I create a situation where the service _should_ be
>> refreshed (like by moving the main.cf file out of the way and doing a
>> puppet run) the service is not cycled.
>>
>> Can anyone point out where I'm going wrong with my syntax in this class
>> definition?
>>
>>
>
> You are initializing class variables $postfix::config::require and
> $postfix::config::notify with class references, but that has no special
> meaning to Puppet. In particular, those class variables are not related to
> the 'require' and 'notify' metaparameters that all classes and resources
> provide (and if they were then you wouldn't be able to assign values to
> them inside the class body).
>
> My best translation of your apparent intent into effective Puppet code
> would be this:
>
> Class['postfix::install'] -> Class['postfix::config']
> Class['postfix::config'] ~> Class['postfix::service']
>
> . That which can be shortened to this:
>
> Class['postfix::install'] -> Class['postfix::config'] ~>
> Class['postfix::service']
>
> Put one of those in your class in place of the variable declarations, or
> else pull it up to a higher level (e.g. in class 'postfix', if that exists
> and can be assumed to have been declared).
>
>
> John
>
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