Puppet exec/wget - puppet

Question

I am trying to download a file from remote location into a directory in puppet.
.pp file
class test::test {
exec { 'wget http://10.0.0.1/test/test.txt':
cwd => '/opt/check',
path => ['/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin',],
}
}
I also tried with wget module in puppet :
class test::test {
include ::wget
wget::fetch { 'http://10.0.0.1/test/test.txt':
destination => '/tmp/',
timeout => 0,
verbose => false,
}
}
I am not getting the file downloaded, is there something i am doing wrong or is there a better way?
Please let me know.

Answer 1

Run which wget on your node to ensure you are including the right path, on my centos machine it's /bin/wget.
I often (and it's probably a bad habit) include the full path in the comand so I'd put /bin/wget http://10.0.0.1/test/test.txt
Have you tried running that command on the machine manualy?
Check this link out https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/5.5/type.html#exec
exec { 'get-test.txt':
cwd => '/opt/check',
command => '/bin/wget http://10.0.0.1/test/test.txt',
path => ['/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin',],
creates => '/opt/check/test.txt',
}
The "creates" stops running the exec if the file exists, you want to do that or every time puppet runs (default every 30 minutes) it'll run that command again.
I just ran a test on my machine, I created a file test.pp and put this in it;
exec { 'get-google':
cwd => '/tmp',
command => '/bin/wget http://www.google.com',
path => ['/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin',],
creates => '/tmp/index.html',
}
Then ran puppet apply test.ppand it worked, if you want to test small blocks of code that's a handy way of doing it.
Also, does the /opt/check directory exist?