>  file { "logrotate_file":
>         name => "/etc/logrotate.d/$title",
>         content => template("logrotate-template.erb")
>  }

> }

> I put this code in logrotate.pp. Next, I added this to the node
> configuration:

> logrotate { "test003.txt":
>           source => "/home/kenneho/logtest.txt"
>   }

> The logrotate-template.erb file looks like this:

> <%= source %> {
>     missingok
>     notifempty
>     size <%= size %>
>     rotate <%= rotate %>
> }

> When executing this configuration on the client I get an error message
> saying:
> "Tue May 20 13:06:45 +0200 2008 Puppet (err): Could not retrieve
> catalog: Failed to parse template logrotate-template.erb: Could not
> find value for 'source' at /etc/puppet/manifests/classes/logrotate.pp:
> 6 on node <node>"

> I'm not sure where the error may be. Is it not allowd to call
> definitions directly from a node definition? Or must the definition be
> included in a class?

> define logrotate($owner = root, $group = root, $mode = 0644, $ensure
> =file, $size = "1MB", $rotate = 5, $source) { [...] }

> this might lead to the actual error you see.

> define logrotate($owner = root, $group = root, $mode = 0644, $ensure
> =file, $size = "1MB", $rotate = 5, $source) { [...] }