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How to loop on a resource type multiple times in v3.8?

I have a Puppet manifest with three exec resources:

exec { 'test1':
  command     => "bla1",
  require     => File['test'],
}

exec { 'test2':
  command     => "bla2",
  require     => File['test'],
}

exec { 'test3':
  command     => "bla3",
  require     => File['test'],
}

Can someone offer a way to improve the code, such as with a loop?

I'm using Puppet 3.8 and would need something supported in that release.

Solution

  • This is one way to do it:

      $cmd = [
    "command1",
    "command2",
    "command3",
  ]

  define run_command {
    exec { "${name}":
      path    => ['/usr/bin','/usr/sbin','/bin','/sbin'],
    }
  }
  run_command { $cmd: 
      require => File['test'];
  }