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nelaaro
Asked: 2017-06-07 08:06:13 +0800 CST

how do create puppet file directory resource using variable in the name so that it does not add brackets around the name []

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When I try the following in my manifest.

$profile = hiera('duplicity::profile', 'test123')

file { [ "/tmp/${profile}" ]:
  ensure => directory,
  owner  => root,
  group  => root,
}

I have the following defined in the heira for that node

duplicity::profile:
  - 'testfails'

Which creates folders like this

find /tmp/\[testfails\]
/tmp/[testfails]

Why is it adding the brackets into the folder name?

linux

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The issue was with how I had declared my hiera data. 

    duplicity::profile:
  - 'testfails'

    That creates a list or array of values. It does not make sense to try and create a directory out of list or array. I should either iterate through the list or ensure that I only allow single string values.

    Where this assigns a single string to the variable. 

    duplicity::profile: 'testthatworks'

    That correctly creates the directory without []

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