Unable to import a manifest file from a different directory to the one where site.pp is located using environments

[Peter Foley]

Hi List,

Puppet Version: v2.7.13

Question - If I correctly setup multiple manifestdir's in the puppet.conf file how can I import a node pp file located in a different directory tree to site.pp? 

My configuration information is below.

In my puppet.conf file I have setup an environment called "stable", within this environment I have setup the manifestdir, modulepath and manifest settings like so:

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[stable]

manifestdir=/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests:/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes

modulepath=/srv/puppetmaster/stable/modules:/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-modules

manifest=/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/site.pp

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If I run a config print against the manifestdir against the stable environment it outputs the correct paths:

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root@core ~# puppet config print --environment stable manifestdir

/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests:/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes

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In my site.pp file I have 

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 root@core stable/manifests# pwd

/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests

root@core stable/manifests# cat site.pp

Exec { path => "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" }

import "core.mob.ifoley.local.pp"

node default {

  fail ("

    Please create a node file for this computer !

")

}

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In my core.mob.ifoley.local pp file I have 

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root@core stable/site-nodes# pwd

/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes

root@core stable/site-nodes# cat core.mob.ifoley.local.pp

node 'core.mob.ifoley.local' {

  notice("Inside core pp file")

}

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On the puppet client when I run the Puppet apply it gives the below output.

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root@core ~# puppet agent --server puppet.mob.ifoley.local --environment stable --no-daemonize --verbose --onetime

info: Retrieving plugin

info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/root_home.rb

info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb

info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb

info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/concat/lib/facter/concat_basedir.rb

info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/concat_basedir.rb

info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb

info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb

info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb

err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Could not parse for environment stable: No file(s) found for import of 'core.mob.ifoley.local.pp' at /srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/site.pp:8 on node core.mob.ifoley.local

info: Not using expired catalog for core.mob.ifoley.local from cache; expired at Wed Apr 25 08:22:31 +1000 2012

notice: Using cached catalog

err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

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If I move the core.mob.ifoley.local.pp file into the same directory as the site.pp file then it correctly imports the file and spits out the notice message.

Am I doing something wrong?

Any help would be greatly appricated.

Thanks,

Peter.

[Luke Bigum]

I don't think $manifestdir will take a directory list, only a single directory. From the 2.7.12 docs:

[root@puppet ~]# puppet --genconf | grep -B2 -A1 manifestdir

    # The entry-point manifest for puppet master.
    # The default value is '$manifestdir/site.pp'.
    manifest = /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
--
    # Where puppet master looks for its manifests.
    # The default value is '$confdir/manifests'.
    manifestdir = /etc/puppet/manifests

Is this your directory structure?

/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/site.pp

/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes/
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes/core.mob.ifoley.local.pp

The import function is relative, so you could try do this:

import "../site-nodes/*.pp"

Or move the site-nodes directory under stable/manifests/ and do this:

import "site-nodes/*.pp"

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[Peter]

Hi Luke,

Thanks for the reply. That makes sense now ... my issue was thinking
it had the same behavour as the modulepath setting.

I might have to re-think how I was going to manage multiple
environments and multiple users using the same or different
environments.

For some background on what I was thinking I was planning on having:

1. A Repo(s) to manage settings that would be common across
environments (with minor tweaks managed by site settings)
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/modules/

2. A Repo(s) that contains information that defines how an
environments nodes are setup and run
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes/
/srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-modules/

I will just have to think a it harder on how to achieve this ...

On Apr 25, 5:56 pm, Luke Bigum <Luke.Bi...@lmax.com> wrote:
> I don't think $manifestdir will take a directory list, only a single
> directory. From the 2.7.12 docs:
>
> [root@puppet ~]# puppet --genconf | grep -B2 -A1 manifestdir
>
>      # The entry-point manifest for puppet master.
>      # The default value is '$manifestdir/site.pp'.
>      manifest = /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
> --
>      # Where puppet master looks for its manifests.
>      # The default value is '$confdir/manifests'.
>      manifestdir = /etc/puppet/manifests
>
> Is this your directory structure?
>
> /srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/
> /srv/puppetmaster/stable/manifests/site.pp
> /srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes/
> /srv/puppetmaster/stable/site-nodes/core.mob.ifoley.local.pp

Yes this is correct.

>
> The import function is relative, so you could try do this:
>
> import "../site-nodes/*.pp"
>
> Or move the site-nodes directory under stable/manifests/ and do this:
>
> import "site-nodes/*.pp"
>

As mentioned above I will have a think about how I want things setup
now.

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>
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> LMAX, Yellow Building, 1A Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN

Thanks for your help.

Peter.