Reduce Duplicated File Attributes failure

[Paolo Supino]

Hi 

I'm trying to follow the process described in the link: http://www.puppetcookbook.com/posts/remove-duplicated-file-resource-attributes.html in a Puppet 2.7.x (x == 23 or 25) to try and reduce carpal tunnel syndrome... ;-) 

but when I run puppet I get the following error: "err: Could not parse for environment production: All resource specifications require names; expected '%s' at init.pp:13" ...

Line 13 is the closing curly brace for the block (numbers on the left are the line numbers as they appear in the editor): 

  8   file {

  9     ensure  => 'present',

 10     owner   => 'jboss',

 11     group   => 'jboss',

 12     mode    => '0775',

 13   }

Can this be done with Puppet 2.7.x (I don't know for what version puppet cookbook was written (the original one)

TIA,

Paolo 

[Matthew Hyclak]

You need to tell puppet what file you would like those attributes set. Probably

file {

  '/etc/jboss.conf':

    ensure => 'present',

    owner  => 'jboss',

    group   => 'jboss',

    mode   => '0755'.

}

which would create a blank file at /etc/jboss.conf.

If you need to control the contents of the file, you would need a source or content parameter.

Matt

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[Martin Alfke]

Hi,

you want to use file resource defaults for code de-deplucation.
resource defaults are references and the resource type starts with a capital letter.

You want:

File {
ensure => ‘file’,
owner => ….,
…
}

Please always use ensure => file and not ensure => present.
The first one is more clear.

hth,

Martin

[Paolo Supino]

Hi Martin 

I opted to write it instead of using copy and paste and missed the letter capitalization :(

thanx for the 'ensure' tip... 

Paolo 

On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Martin Alfke <tux...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

you want to use file resource defaults for code de-deplucation.
resource defaults are references and the resource type starts with a capital letter.

You want:

File {
   ensure => 'file',

   owner => ....,
   ...

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