How to install and run a script in Puppet

Question

I am new to Puppet..I am trying to install a shell script and exceute it using Puppet. The shell script after running creates another conf file and places in a specific location /usr/local/conf/app.conf. How can I write a puppet code to execute this script and then take the output file and scp it to another server (in my case its the webserver). Can someone please help.

Answer 1

Let's assume you have developed a module named webconfig and your puppet config dir is /etc/puppet.

You would need to store your shell script as /etc/puppet/modules/webconfig/files/script.sh

Your puppet code would partially look like this:

file { '/path/to/script.sh':
  ensure   => present,
  source   => 'puppet:///modules/webconfig/script.sh',
  mode     => '0644',
  owner    => 'root',
  group    => 'root',
}
->
exec { 'Generate the config':
  command  => '/path/to/script.sh',
  cwd      => '/path/to',
  user     => 'root',
}
->
exec { 'SCP the config':
  command  => 'scp /usr/local/conf/app.conf user@remote-server:',
  cwd      => '/path/to',
  user     => 'root',
}