Story #2108: Add option to puppet_install distributor to install to 'modules' directory and cleanup base directory - Puppet Support - Pulp

#2 Updated by bmbouter over 3 years ago

Tracker changed from Issue to Story

This sounds good, but since we would be adding an option I need to switch it to be a story.

#3 Updated by jsherril@redhat.com over 3 years ago

This isn't critical, but we currently have to carry a cronjob to work around this issue and would love to get rid of it.

#4 Updated by bmbouter over 3 years ago

There is some issue with the description. It says that you want to delete /etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/ and that it does delete /etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/. Did you mean /etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/modules/ instead?

#5 Updated by jsherril@redhat.com over 3 years ago

Description updated (diff)

#6 Updated by jsherril@redhat.com over 3 years ago

Yes, updated the description to fix that. Good catch!

#7 Updated by mhrivnak over 3 years ago

Subject changed from Add option to puppet_install distributor to install to 'modules' diretory and cleanup base directory to Add option to puppet_install distributor to install to 'modules' directory and cleanup base directory

From my comment on the associated BZ, regarding the "modules" directory: "I imagine we'd add a setting called something like "create_modules_dir", that would have it create that directory during deployment, and clean it up on removal."

Adding such a setting could allow the distributor to preserve compatibility with existing behavior.

#9 Updated by bmbouter almost 3 years ago

Description updated (diff)

#10 Updated by bmbouter almost 3 years ago

Checklist item Add a release note about this featre added
Checklist item Add docs on this feature added
Sprint Candidate changed from No to Yes

Is this description right? Would the install_path be set to /etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/modules/ or would it be /etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/modules/modulename/?

#11 Updated by mhrivnak almost 3 years ago

I think the install_path would be "/etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/"

Then there would be an additional option. It could be:

subdir = 'modules'

in which case pulp would create a subdirectory called "modules" and put stuff in that. It would allow the distributor to be the explicit owner of "/etc/puppet/environments/MYENV/", and thus delete it with confidence during cleanup.

#12 Updated by bmbouter almost 3 years ago

Checklist item changed from Add docs on this feature to Add info about this feature to the puppet_install_distributor docs (see comments 11 and 12 for details and a link)
Checklist item have subdir option used when the puppet_install_module published added
Checklist item ensure that the removal still only removes the install_path, not including the subdir on the end of it. (this should Just Work since it's the existing functionality.) added

+1 to the subdir option which would default to ''

Link to where the docs should go: http://docs.pulpproject.org/plugins/pulp_puppet/tech-reference/plugin_conf.html#install-distributor

#13 Updated by mhrivnak almost 3 years ago

Checklist item changed from ensure that the removal still only removes the install_path, not including the subdir on the end of it. (this should Just Work since it's the existing functionality.) to ensure that distributor removal still removes the install_path and everything in it. (this should Just Work since it's the existing functionality.)

I clarified the fourth bullet point. @bmbouter may want to have a look, since I'm not sure if you had a different understanding of the behavior, or just described it in a way that read differently to me.

#14 Updated by mhrivnak almost 3 years ago

Checklist item Test and document how to transition a pre-existing distributor to start using the new option, while preserving the filesystem location of installed modules. This will likely be very important to katello. added
Description updated (diff)

#15 Updated by bmbouter almost 3 years ago

Groomed changed from No to Yes

@mhrivnak, all ^ looks good, so I'm going to go ahead and groom it.

#16 Updated by mhrivnak almost 3 years ago

Sprint/Milestone set to 31

#17 Updated by bizhang almost 3 years ago

Status changed from NEW to ASSIGNED
Assignee set to bizhang

#18 Updated by mhrivnak almost 3 years ago

Sprint/Milestone changed from 31 to 32

#19 Updated by bizhang almost 3 years ago

Checklist item changed from Add a release note about this featre to Add a release note about this feature
Checklist item Add a release note about this feature set to Done
Checklist item Add info about this feature to the puppet_install_distributor docs (see comments 11 and 12 for details and a link) set to Done
Checklist item have subdir option used when the puppet_install_module published set to Done
Checklist item ensure that distributor removal still removes the install_path and everything in it. (this should Just Work since it's the existing functionality.) set to Done
Checklist item Test and document how to transition a pre-existing distributor to start using the new option, while preserving the filesystem location of installed modules. This will likely be very important to katello. set to Done
Status changed from ASSIGNED to POST
Smash Test set to 495