Hi Tim,
The exec type has some attributes that can control this, such as "onlyif",
"unless", and "creates".
Please review the documentation here:
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/type.html#exec
❧ Brian Mathis
@orev
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've created a very basic puppet module to install bacula and ensure that
> it's running. However one exec statement in my manifest gets applied every
> time.
>
> Here's the manifest:
>
> class bacula::install {
>
> if $hostname == "ops" {
>
> file { "/var/bacula":
> ensure => directory,
> }
>
> file {"/backup/tapes":
> ensure => directory,
> }
>
> package { ["bacula-client", "bacula-common", "bacula-storage",
> "bacula-libs", "bacula-libs-sql", "bacula-director", "bacula-console"] :
> ensure => present,
> require => [ File["/var/bacula"], File["/backup/tapes"]]
> }
>
> * exec { "update_mysql_alternatives":*
> * command => "alternatives --set libbaccats.so
> /usr/lib64/libbaccats-mysql.so",*
> * path => "/usr/local/bin/:/bin/:/usr/sbin"*
> * }*
>
> } else {
> package { ["bacula-client", "bacula-common"] :
> ensure => present,
> require => [ File["/var/bacula"], File["/backup/tapes"]]
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Seems pretty straight forward. But how can I get the exec command to run
> only once if it hasn't been run previously?
>
> Thanks!
> Tim
>
> Thanks
>
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