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puppet: set global timeout for exec

I have a puppet manifest with many operations in exec, here an example of two of them:

Exec { path => "/bin" }
exec {
    "apt_get_update":
       timeout => 0,
       command => "/usr/bin/apt-get update";

     "dlmpi":
        timeout => 0,
        command => "wget http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.6/downloads/openmpi-1.6.5.tar.gz",
        cwd     => "/usr/local";
}

Is there a way to set the timeout globally so I do not have to repeat (and maybe forget) for each operation?

Solution

  • Try this code: 

    Exec { timeout => 0 }

    More details you will find in article about resource defaults.

    UPDATE: You can also try using puppet collector. It gives you more control about which resources will have default values: amending-attributes-with-a-collector.