how to add apt repository with puppet

[Fernando Padilla]

I keep googling, but I can't seem to find the answer.

What's the best way to add a apt-repository (ubuntu or rpm), using
puppet, and still have all of the package resource dependencies met..

1) add repository (file to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/NEWREPFILE)
2) run apt-get update (if any files change under /etc/apt/.....)
3) make sure this is run before any other package[] resources are
attempted to be resolved.

I know I can set this up.. and do an explicit dependency between the
package resource I know lives in the new repository, but I wonder how
would I do it so that the new repository is added (and apt-get update is
run) before any package resource..

[Nigel Kersten]

Package {
require => [ File["sources_list"], Exec["apt_update"],
}

assuming you have a File["sources_list"] set up to manage your
sources, and an Exec["apt_update"] to run apt-get update for you.

This will run every time, but if you want the Exec to be a bit
smarter, you'll need to do some logic there.

I'm quite happy with running apt-get update on each puppet run as we
don't run every 30 minutes.

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Nigel Kersten
nig...@google.com
System Administrator
Google, Inc.

[Mark Foster]

In case it saves you any time...
the file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ needs to end in .list or it will
be ignored.

-Signed, someone who learned the hard way.