On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 17:01:03 UTC, jcbollinger wrote:
>
>
>
> On Monday, September 2, 2013 5:57:44 AM UTC-5, kashif wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi
>> I am using create_resource to create a dir and then mount it. I am using
>> two create_resources and want one to be completed before other.
>>
>> $mount_point = hiera('test::mount_point', [])
>> $defaults = {
>> 'ensure' => 'directory',
>> }
>> $mountit = hiera('test::mountit')
>> create_resources (file, $mount_point, $defaults)
>> create_resources (mount, $mountit)
>>
>>
>
> Do be aware, however, that it is distinctly problematic to manage a mount
> point directory with Puppet, because the operating system actively
> obfuscates the distinction between the mount point itself and the root of
> the remote filesystem mounted on it (if any). This is an intentional
> feature of UNIX and similar systems. That will present a problem for you
> if you want to manage the mount point, but you don't want to (or can't)
> manage the mounted filesystem root, which is a rather common situation.
>
> As it happens, another current thread suggests as good a solution as I've
> ever come across: use an Exec to create the mount point directory if it is
> absent. That would look something like this:
>
> exec { "Mount point $mountpoint":
> command => "/usr/bin/install -u root -g root -m 0755 -d $mountpoint",
> creates => $mountpoint,
> before => Mount[$mountpoint]
> }
>
>
John - many thanks for the detailed answer. I wasn't aware of the 'keys'
function of stdlib - this is very useful. For my particular problem, using
an Exec (with the Before metaparameter) fits perfectly.
Regards
Adam
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