Puppet Support

++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bugzilla Bug #975163 ++

Description of problem:

Description of problem: puppet module install and upgrade have a --force flag which can be used to force a reinstallation of already installed modules. When trying to install or update a module in pulp, there is no such option and the operation does not succeed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): pulp-puppet-admin-extensions-2.2.0-0.3.beta.fc18.noarch

How reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. pulp-admin puppet repo create --repo-id=puppet-repo --feed=http://forge.puppetlabs.com/ --queries=puppetlabs
2. pulp-admin puppet repo sync run --repo-id=puppet-repo
3. pulp-admin puppet consumer bind --consumer-id=puppet-install --repo-id=puppet-repo
4. pulp-admin puppet consumer install run --consumer-id=puppet-install --content-unit=puppetlabs/stdlib
5. pulp-admin puppet consumer install run --consumer-id=puppet-install --content-unit=puppetlabs/stdlib OR pulp-admin puppet consumer update run --consumer-id=puppet-install --content-unit=puppetlabs/stdlib

Actual results:
Operations: unit_update
Resources: puppet-install (consumer)
State: Successful
Start Time: 2013-06-17T16:06:20Z
Finish Time: 2013-06-17T16:06:21Z
Result:
Details:
Puppet Module:
Details:
Errors:
Puppetlabs/stdlib:
Error:
Multiline: Could not upgrade module 'puppetlabs-stdlib' (v4.1.0 ->
latest: v4.1.0) The installed version is already the
latest version Use `puppet module install --force`
to re-install this module
Oneline: Could not upgrade 'puppetlabs-stdlib'; module is not
installed
Installed Version: v4.1.0
Module Name: puppetlabs-stdlib
Requested Version: latest
Result: noop
Successes:
Succeeded: True
Num Changes: 0
Reboot:
Details:
Scheduled: False
Succeeded: True
Task Id: 3c17dbde-b54e-40be-9377-892ff3c45db7

however there is no --force flag for pulp-admin puppet consumer install run

Expected results:
A --force flag that allows reinstallation of a module like puppet has:
[jcline@jcline ~]$ puppet module install puppetlabs-stdlib
Notice: Preparing to install into /home/jcline/.puppet/modules ...
Error: Could not install module 'puppetlabs-stdlib' (latest)
Module 'puppetlabs-stdlib' (v4.1.0) is already installed
Use `puppet module upgrade` to install a different version
Use `puppet module install --force` to re-install only this module
[jcline@jcline ~]$ puppet module install puppetlabs-stdlib --force
Notice: Preparing to install into /home/jcline/.puppet/modules ...
Notice: Downloading from https://forge.puppetlabs.com ...
Notice: Installing -- do not interrupt ...
/home/jcline/.puppet/modules
└── puppetlabs-stdlib (v4.1.0)

Additional info:

--- Additional comment from mhrivnak@redhat.com at 06/21/2013 15:04:50 ---

We don't have this for rpm installs either. I think this is fairly low on the priority list, so I'm kicking it down the road a bit.

--- Additional comment from jskeoch@redhat.com at 08/12/2013 01:35:59 ---

User jcline@redhat.com's account has been closed

--- Additional comment from cduryee@redhat.com at 11/11/2014 22:04:21 ---

This is still outstanding as of 2.4.3

$ pulp-admin puppet consumer install run
Command: run
Description: triggers an immediate content unit install on the consumer

Available Arguments:

--bg               - if specified, the client process will end immediately
                     (the task will continue to run on the server)
--consumer-id      - (required) unique identifier; only alphanumeric, ., -,
                     and _ allowed
--content-unit, -u - module name with optional version as
                     "author/title[/version]"
--whole-repo, -w   - install all modules from the repository with this ID
The following options are required but were not specified:
--consumer-id