Dependencies can get complicated quickly, and it's easy to end up with a circular dependency (where A depends on B, which depends on A) that will cause Puppet to complain and stop working. Fortunately, Puppet's --graph option makes it easy to generate a diagram of your resources and the dependencies between them, which can be a big help in fixing such problems.
Install the graphviz package to view the diagram files:
t@mylaptop ~ $ sudo puppet resource package graphviz ensure=installed Notice: /Package[graphviz]/ensure: created package { 'graphviz': ensure => '2.34.0-9.fc20', }
Follow these steps to generate a dependency graph for your manifest:
Create the directories for a new
trifectamodule:ubuntu@cookbook:~/puppet$ mkdir modules/trifecta ubuntu@cookbook:~/puppet$ mkdir modules/trifecta/manifests ubuntu@cookbook:~/puppet$ mkdir modules/trifecta/files
Create the file
modules/trifecta/manifests/init.ppwith the following code containing...