Passing hash as parameters to manifest
treydock
to create a single script and the necessary directories. What I can't
seem to figure out how to do is have this hash's values be used to
create files / directories and also populate a template.
Here's the hash...
$backuppc_db_dumps = {
redmine => {
'backup_dir' => '/var/www/rails/redmine',
'databases' => 'redmine',
'dump_dir' => '/backups/misc-sqldumps',
},
general => {
'backup_dir' => '/etc',
'databases' => 'mysql',
'dump_dir' => '/backups/misc-sqldumps',
},
}
I have successfully used that to with a template to generate a script,
but am unsure how to pass those values to a define in order to ensure
the "dump_dir" exists.
After the above variable I added
backuppc::sqldump { $backuppc_db_dumps: }
Here's the define ...
define backuppc::sqldump () {
file {
"$name[dump_dir]":
ensure => directory,
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
mode => '0770',
}
}
Is this something that's even possible? The error I get doesn't make
any sense to me...
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
SERVER: Invalid tag "generaldump_dir/backups/misc-
sqldumpsdatabasesmysqlbackup_dir/etcredminedump_dir/backups/redmine-
sqldumpsdatabasesredminebackup_dir/var/www/rails/redmine" at /etc/
puppet/modules/backuppc/manifests/definitions/sqldump.pp:9 on node
Thanks
- Trey
Nan Liu
> I have a module for backuppc, and am trying to pass a hash to a define
> to create a single script and the necessary directories. What I can't
> seem to figure out how to do is have this hash's values be used to
> create files / directories and also populate a template.
>
> Here's the hash...
>
>
> $backuppc_db_dumps = {
> redmine => {
> 'backup_dir' => '/var/www/rails/redmine',
> 'databases' => 'redmine',
> 'dump_dir' => '/backups/misc-sqldumps',
> },
> general => {
> 'backup_dir' => '/etc',
> 'databases' => 'mysql',
> 'dump_dir' => '/backups/misc-sqldumps',
> },
> }
>
>
> I have successfully used that to with a template to generate a script,
> but am unsure how to pass those values to a define in order to ensure
> the "dump_dir" exists.
>
> After the above variable I added
>
> backuppc::sqldump { $backuppc_db_dumps: }
You are passing a hash as the resource title, a resource title is
either a string or array of string.
> Here's the define ...
>
> define backuppc::sqldump () {
>
> file {
> "$name[dump_dir]":
> ensure => directory,
> owner => 'root',
> group => 'root',
> mode => '0770',
> }
> }
>
> Is this something that's even possible? The error I get doesn't make
> any sense to me...
Not in the current form, what you are looking for is probably best
described here:
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8670
However a small change should allow this to work. (disclaimer,
untested, but I've done something similar).
define backuppc::sqldump ($var) {
$value = $var[$name]
file {
"$value[dump_dir]":
ensure => directory,
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
mode => '0770',
}
}
backuppc::sqldump { ['redmine', 'general']:
var =>$backuppc_db_dumps,
}
If you have a functions that gets an array of the first level hash
keys, you can use that instead of specifying redmine, general.
HTH,
Nan
treydock
you linked, looks like it's available only in 2.7.x. I'm currently
running 2.6.9, but may be worth upgrading for.
I tried you suggestion, but get this error...
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
sqldumpsdatabasesredminebackup_dir/var/www/rails/redmine" at /etc/
puppet/modules/backuppc/manifests/definitions/sqldump.pp:11 on
node ...
Also I am not sure what you mean by "functions that get an array of
first level hash keys".
Thanks
- Trey
On Aug 11, 5:59 pm, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
Nan Liu
> Looking up the use of create_resources which is mentioned in the bug
> you linked, looks like it's available only in 2.7.x. I'm currently
> running 2.6.9, but may be worth upgrading for.
Pretty sure you can be backport to 2.6 since it's just a function:
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-create_resources
> I tried you suggestion, but get this error...
>
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on
> SERVER: Invalid tag "dump_dir/backups/redmine-
> sqldumpsdatabasesredminebackup_dir/var/www/rails/redmine" at /etc/
> puppet/modules/backuppc/manifests/definitions/sqldump.pp:11 on
> node ...
Can't say for sure without more code, but this simple example should
demonstrate how this works:
$myhash = {
var1 => {
message => 'hi'
},
var2 => {
message => 'bye'
}
}
define my_notify ($var) {
notify { $name:
message => $var[$name]['message']
}
}
my_notify { ['var1', 'var2']:
var => $myhash
}
> Also I am not sure what you mean by "functions that get an array of
> first level hash keys".
I mean if you need this to work with any hash without manually
providing an array of resource titles write a custom puppet function
that returns hash keys as a custom puppet function.
Thanks,
Nan
treydock
On Aug 11, 9:11 pm, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
Your first example would have worked, but I had put double quotes
around the file resource name which was breaking the module. In case
anyone runs into something similar, here's exactly what I used to make
this definition work...
My node definition contains...
$backuppc_db_dumps = {
'redmine' => {
backup_dir => '/var/www/rails/redmine',
databases => 'redmine',
'general' => {
backup_dir => '/etc',
databases => 'mysql',
dump_dir => '/backups/misc-sqldumps',
},
}
}
This is the define ...
define backuppc::sqldump ($backup_db) {
file {
$backup_db[$name]['dump_dir']:
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
}
}
Thanks Nan for your help!
- Trey
