Mac OSX Package install

[engle]

I am trying to setup a simple puppet config to pull a .dmg file off an
http server and install that package on to a mac laptop. I seem to
have the configuration working somewhat, but the package does not get
installed on the laptop.

I am trying to do a simple install of Firefox and have obtained the
latest .dmg file from the Firefox website. I am then placing the file
on a local web server.

Here is my init.pp file :

define pkg_deploy($sourcedir = false) {
$sourcedir_real = $sourcedir ? {
false => "http://webserver.foo/packages",
default => $sourcedir
}
package { $name:
ensure => installed,
provider => pkgdmg,
source => "$sourcedir_real/$name"
}
}

class mac-firefox {
pkg_deploy { "Firefox3.0.6.dmg": }
}

I can see the laptop put out a "GET" for the file and it seems that
the file is being transfered to the mac. However, that is as far as I
can trace. I do not see the dmg get 'mounted' on the laptop nor does
the package get installed.

Any help would be appreciated. More information gladly provided if
needed.

Thanks,
-kurt

[Nigel Kersten]

engle, does it work when you avoid the define and just do a standard
package install?

Note that the pkgdmg provider relies upon marker files for packages in
/var/db/.puppet_installed_* so if that marker already exists, it won't
reinstall it. (There's no necessary link between the dmg name and the
packages that are contained within it)

That may be your problem.

--
Nigel Kersten
Systems Administrator
Tech Lead - MacOps

[engle]

Nigel, thanks for the quick response.

Avoiding the 'define':
I am not seeing a marker file being installed in /var/db. I have tried
to install the package with the standard package install using
puppet... no go. I get errors regarding the package path: ...Execution
of '/usr/sbin/installer -pkg http://server/packages/firefox.3.0.6-1.dmg
-target /' returned 1: installer: Error the package path specified was
invalid: <path>'.

The file is there and the path is correct.

Using the 'define':
I have actually made a little progress on this one. I am now getting
an hdutil error about no mountable filesystems in /tmp or /tmp/
Firefox3.0.6-1.dmg. I am seeing the puppet client doing a 'GET' from
the the web server but I am not seeing the file anywhere on the client
system. Could this be a permissions issue on the client?

Also, in all my errors, I get: 'err: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/
Pkg_deploy[Firefox3.0.6-1.dmg]/Package[Firefox3.0.6-1.dmg]/ensure:
change from absent to present failed:

Thanks again for your help.

-kurt

[Nigel Kersten]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, engle <kurt....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nigel, thanks for the quick response.
>
> Avoiding the 'define':
> I am not seeing a marker file being installed in /var/db. I have tried
> to install the package with the standard package install using
> puppet... no go. I get errors regarding the package path: ...Execution
> of '/usr/sbin/installer -pkg http://server/packages/firefox.3.0.6-1.dmg
> -target /' returned 1: installer: Error the package path specified was
> invalid: <path>'.
>
> The file is there and the path is correct.

Something is wrong there. Installer is trying to install the dmg, not
the package inside it.

What if you manually specify the package provider to be "pkgdmg" ?
Does that change behavior?

[engle]

Here is my manifest file:

class mac-firefox {
$firefox_pkg = "firefox3.0.6.dmg"
package { $firefox_pkg:
provider => pkgdmg,
source => "http://nicola6.lane.edu/packages/
$firefox_pkg",
ensure => installed,
}
}

Here is the error:
notice: Starting catalog run
debug: Loaded state in 0.01 seconds
debug: Prefetching pkgdmg resources for package
debug: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Package[firefox3.0.6.dmg]: Changing
ensure
debug: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Package[firefox3.0.6.dmg]: 1 change
(s)
debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkgdmg: Executing '/usr/bin/curl
-o /tmp/firefox3.0.6.dmg -C - -k -s --url http://nicola6.lane.edu/packages/firefox3.0.6.dmg'
debug: Success: curl transfered [firefox3.0.6.dmg]
debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkgdmg: Executing '/usr/bin/
hdiutil mount -plist -nobrowse -readonly -noidme -mountrandom /tmp /
tmp/firefox3.0.6.dmg'
err: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Package[firefox3.0.6.dmg]/ensure:
change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/hdiutil
mount -plist -nobrowse -readonly -noidme -mountrandom /tmp /tmp/
firefox3.0.6.dmg' returned 1: hdiutil: mount failed - not recognized

debug: Finishing transaction 9556694 with 1 changes
debug: Storing state
debug: Stored state in 0.12 seconds
notice: Finished catalog run in 1.14 seconds

The weird thing is that if I use the pkg_deploy define the manifest
seems to run without errors, but the package does not get installed.

define pkg_deploy($sourcedir = false)
{
$sourcedir_real = $sourcedir ? {

false => "http://nicola6.lane.edu/packages",

default => $sourcedir
}
package { $name:
ensure => installed,
provider => pkgdmg,
source => "$sourcedir_real/$name"
}
}

class mac-firefox {
pkg_deploy { "Firefox3.0.6.dmg": }
}

Output:
notice: Starting catalog run
debug: Loaded state in 0.03 seconds
debug: Prefetching pkgdmg resources for package
debug: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Pkg_deploy[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]/Package
[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]: Changing ensure
debug: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Pkg_deploy[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]/Package
[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]: 1 change(s)
debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkgdmg: Executing '/usr/bin/curl
-o /tmp/Firefox3.0.6.dmg -C - -k -s --url http://nicola6.lane.edu/packages/Firefox3.0.6.dmg'
debug: Success: curl transfered [Firefox3.0.6.dmg]
debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkgdmg: Executing '/usr/bin/
hdiutil mount -plist -nobrowse -readonly -noidme -mountrandom /tmp /
tmp/Firefox3.0.6.dmg'
debug: Puppet::Type::Package::ProviderPkgdmg: Executing '/usr/bin/
hdiutil eject /tmp/dmg.R54j5J'
notice: //Node[default]/mac-firefox/Pkg_deploy[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]/
Package[Firefox3.0.6.dmg]/ensure: created

I can look in the /tmp dir and see the dmg file come down, I can see
the dmg.R54j5J file get created and then go away on the eject
command.

It seems that I am damn close. Is it a problem with the dmg file? At
this point, I am using the dmg file off the Firefox web site.

Thanks for your help, it is very much appreciated.

-kurt

On Mar 4, 8:36 am, Nigel Kersten <nig...@google.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, engle <kurt.en...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Nigel, thanks for the quick response.
>
> > Avoiding the 'define':
> > I am not seeing a marker file being installed in /var/db. I have tried
> > to install the package with the standard package install using
> > puppet... no go. I get errors regarding the package path: ...Execution

> > of '/usr/sbin/installer -pkghttp://server/packages/firefox.3.0.6-1.dmg

[Nigel Kersten]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:34 AM, engle <kurt....@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems that I am damn close. Is it a problem with the dmg file? At
> this point, I am using the dmg file off the Firefox web site.

ahah. That's your problem.

The dmg from the Firefox site contains an app, not a pkg, so it can't
be installed...

I haven't used it much, but I believe there is an appdmg provider as
well ? That might be more appropriate?

I tend to believe in using pkgs for deployment with puppet, and
haven't experimented with the appdmg provider.

[engle]

Nigel, that did the trick. I changed my provider to appdmg and the dmg
from Firefox installed properly.

I will have to look into what we are using to build these packages. I
am somewhat new to Mac's and the concept of packages, hence, the
source of my confusion.

What is the recommended process of creating a package for use with
puppet?

Thanks again for all your help,

-kurt

On Mar 4, 9:37 am, Nigel Kersten <nig...@google.com> wrote:

[Nigel Kersten]

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM, engle <kurt....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nigel, that did the trick. I changed my provider to appdmg and the dmg
> from Firefox installed properly.
>
> I will have to look into what we are using to build these packages. I
> am somewhat new to Mac's and the concept of packages, hence, the
> source of my confusion.
>
> What is the recommended process of creating a package for use with
> puppet?

Apple's tool is PackageMaker which you get with the free developer tools.

A third party tool that is somewhat more reliable is Iceberg.

http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/Iceberg.html

We actually have a Makefile based system here that we're looking at
possibly open sourcing in the next few months.