[SOLVED] Puppet-Agent fails to resolve RPM from YUM-Repo

Issue

I´m trying to resolve RPMs additional from an our own YUM-Repository. I declared the additional Yum-Repo in "/etc/yum.repos.d/" and running the command "yum install JDK-jdk.x86_64" the rpm installs succesfully.

But when using the following manifest from Puppet, Puppet doesn`t seem to look in the declared additional YUM-repository:

class tomcat7_rhel {
  package { "sun-JDK-1.6.0":
    ensure => latest,
    require => Yumrepo["JDK-jdk.x86_64"]    
    #require => Package["JDK-jdk.x86_64"]    
  }
}

Running the agent with:

puppet agent --test --environment det

the Error looks as follows:

Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Invalid relationship: Package[sun-JDK-1.6.0] { require => Yumrepo[JDK-jdk.x86_64] }, because Yumrepo[JDK-jdk.x86_64] doesn't seem to be in the catalog Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

Currently I´m completly stuck, so any help would be appreciated.

Solution

try requiring a yum update on package installation to make sure you're getting your latest additions:

exec {"yum_update":
  command => "yum update -y",
}

package { "sun-JDK-1.6.0":
    ensure => latest,
    require => [ Yumrepo["JDK-jdk.x86_64"], Exec["yum_update"] ],
}

Answered By - Chris Montanaro

Answer Checked By - Candace Johnson (WPSolving Volunteer)