How to loop "exec" in a manifest

[Malintha Adikari]

Hi,

My requirement is copy some files from agent source to agent's destination. I have the list of files. I store the list of file as a hash looks follows

$foo = [{"addr" => $source1, "dest" => $destination1},                                    
          {"addr" =>  $source2, "dest" => $destination2}]

And then I define a type as follows to go through the hash and execute copy command

 define bar () {                                                     
    $var1 = $name["addr"]                                                      
    $var2 = $name["dest"]
 
exec { "myexec":
    command => "cp  ${var1} ${var2}",
    cwd => $agentLocation,
    mode => "0777",
    path      => $command_path,
    logoutput => true,
    timeout => 3600,   
}
                                             
                                              
  }


But this gives me exception says

 Error 400 on SERVER: Duplicate declaration: Exec[myexec] is already declared in file /etc/puppet/modules/config/manifests/init.pp:78; cannot redeclare at /etc/puppet/modules/config/manifests/init.pp:78

How can I correct this or is there any alternative for this specific task ?

Regards,
Malintha Adikari

[Spencer Krum]

First, you can use the file type instead of the exec type. Source can be a local path.
Second, in a define you must add $name to the title of every resource to prevent duplicate definition errors.
Third, I would build a hash of every file in your list, then call create_resources() on that hash.
Fourth, using a define like you are doing is the right idea, but set the names of the files to be managed as parameters to the type.
Fifth, the file type can recurse through subdirectories, this might help you.

Cheers,
Spencer

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