"problem" with windows client

[Gianmarco Carrieri]

Hi all,

sorry if this is a repost, i need to use a windows env in the configuration of puppet.

this is a piece of my conf:

        file { "Mozilla":

                ensure => "directory",

                recurse => "true",

                path => "%appdata%",

                purge => true,

                force => true,

                source => "puppet:///modules/winpc/Firefox_Profiles",

         #       source_permissions => 'ignore'

        }

how i can use the env variable %appdata%

thanks in advance and sorry for my english. :)

[Josh Cooper]

You'll need to create a custom fact that contains the path. This can be done in ruby like:

  Facter.add(:local_appdata) do

    confine :kernel => :windows

    setcode do

      require 'win32/dir'

      Dir::LOCAL_APPDATA

  end 

or whichever well-known folder you're looking for. The constants are defined in the win32-dir gem[1]. Then in your manifest, you would need to do:

  path => $::local_appdata

Note that you need specify the complete path for the process, not just a single directory. For example, if you apply the following resource:

  exec { 'c:\windows\sysnative\cmd.exe /c echo %PATH%':

    path => 'c:\windows\system32',

    logoutput => true

  }

You'll see that PATH for the process is only 'c:\windows\system32':

  C:\>puppet apply c:\path.pp

  ...

  Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Exec[c:\windows\sysnative\cmd.exe /c echo %PATH%]/returns: c:\windows\system32

So you'll want to do something like:

  path => $::local_appdata;$path

where `$path` refers to the built-in fact[2].

thanks in advance and sorry for my english. :)

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[1] https://github.com/djberg96/win32-dir/blob/ffi/lib/win32/dir.rb#L14-L70

[2] https://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/2.3/core_facts.html#path

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[Felix Frank]

On 12/12/2014 07:03 PM, Josh Cooper wrote:
> The constants are defined in the win32-dir gem[1].
>

Aweseome!

> path => $::local_appdata;$path

Wait, shouldn't this be

path => [ $local_appdata, $path ]

The semicolon would end the resource declaration I believe.

Cheers,
Felix

[Josh Cooper]

Actually it supports both! So either an array or a string whose components are delimited with the platform-specific separator: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb#L181-L192

An array is probably preferable since puppet will just do-the-right-thing for that platform.

Cheers,
Felix

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[Felix Frank]

On 12/12/2014 11:01 PM, Josh Cooper wrote:

path => [ $local_appdata, $path ]

The semicolon would end the resource declaration I believe.

Actually it supports both! So either an array or a string whose components are delimited with the platform-specific separator: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/type/exec.rb#L181-L192

Ah, I see. The native form should be quoted in this case, though. Otherwise, the parser will misinterpret the semicolon.