Hi,

Some time ago, Nan wrote a Tomcat module for my company.  I have added
it to module forge here:
http://forge.puppetlabs.com/users/multiverse/modules/Tomcat/releases/1

I have recently been wrestling with the behavior of the module and
could use some help.

[root@puppetmaster pkg]# uname -a
Linux  2.6.18-238.el5xen SMP x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Note:  some information is suppressed.

[root@puppetmaster puppet]# puppet --version
2.6.9 (Puppet Enterprise 1.2.4)

When I create new Tomcat instances for the first time, let's say there
are two, the task completes excellently, including deploying/exploding
my wars.

When I create a third Tomcat instance, I get error messages that make
no sense to me.  My suspicion is that I need to use different syntax.
Our goal is to reduce the amount of time that is consumed deploying
new wars.  Here is a snapshot I took of the initial success, and the
subsequent failure.  You can see the current code I am using at the
forge link above.

Here is the screenshot:  http://www.multiverse.org/tomcat-one-run.jpg
- if the link gives you 404 or redirects with 403, you may have to
type it in by hand.  Sorry about that!

Thanks,
Berry

Here is a digest of a conversation on IRC:

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I am trying to figure out why puppet builds out a tree successfully,
but fails to do it a 2nd time when I add more data into my YAML file.

I believe http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/definedtypes.html
explains the problem

You cannot instantiate tomcat::war { 'foo': } twice on one node

Example YAML file
http://pastebin.com/sRkR4nas

***

After groking the defined types link, it everything looked good.  The
issue was that the data needed to be unique for this to work.  I
ensured that each of my instances had a unique name in its YAML file,
as well for the names of the apps.  Now it is cruising right along.

Thanks,
Berry

On Jan 12, 5:20 pm, Berry Sizemore <berry.sizem...@gmail.com> wrote: