[Puppet Users] Problem with Virtual Resource

What version of Puppet?

-Jeff

2.7.9..

We usually choose to inherit the developers class from the virtual
class, have you tried that approach?

The other option is to move the include virtual to inside the
user::developers class.

Are you implying a parse order dependency?

That should not be the case. I've yet to see any evidence for this
happening.

The theory is: If a virtual resource X is declared *anywhere* in a given
node's manifest, realizing it will add it to the catalog.

Regards,
Felix

Does that suppose that the realize function enqueues a command to be
processed later, to perform the actual realization after everything
has been parsed? I don't think that's the way it works. Yes, the
virtual resource can be declared anywhere, but its declaration needs
to have been parsed before the resource can be realized. Personally,
I would put "include 'user::virtual'" at the beginning of the body of
class user::developers to address that requirement.

I do not think it's a parse-order issue, however. In the first place,
Puppet should emit an error message if instructed to realize an (at
that point) unknown resource. In the second place, the node
declaration includes user::virtual before user::developers, so they
should be parsed in that order.

I'm with Felix in thinking that there is some missing or incorrect
information here. The output from "puppet agent --debug --no-
daemonize --onetime" might help clarify things.


John

Is *none* of the users created?

Please double check that there is in fact no user "graham" on the box in
question.

Thanks,
Felix