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Petrus Theron
Asked: 2013-08-02 11:51:43 +0800 CST

Clear Directory with Salt State File

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How do I clear a directory on a salt-minion using a state file? I want to delete all *.conf files in /etc/supervisord/conf.d/ before I set up other supervisor services.

The following top.sls configuration has no effect:

/etc/supervisor/conf.d/*:
  file.absent

file.remove fails as being unavailable.

ubuntu

3 Answers

  1. Had same issue as you. That's what worked for me. 

    remove-supervisord-confd:
   file.directory:
      - name: /etc/supervisord/conf.d/           
      - clean: True
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  2. Not a perfect answer, but you could use file.absent on the directory, then recreate it. Note that this will delete the dir every time the state is run. You could get fancy with a jinja conditional surrounding the following:

    supervisor-conf-delete:
  file.absent:
    - name: /etc/supervisord/conf.d

supervisor-conf-create:
  file.directory:
    - name: /etc/supervisord/conf.d
    - user: root
    - group: root
    - mode: 0755
    - require:
        - file: supervisor-conf-delete
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  3. You can use the cmd module in salt states. The following code could be present in your state file:

    rm -f /etc/supervisord/conf.d/*.conf:
    cmd.run

    You can also write more complicated commands if you wish.

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