Puppet: loops for creating file and symlink simultaneously - puppet

Question

I would like to parse array and create files and symlink in another directory.
I can create files in sites-available and would like to create a symlink in sites-enabled
Could you prompt me on how I can do it, please? Can I do at once?
$domainsnames.each |String $domain| {
file {"/etc/nginx/sites-available/${domain}.conf":
# ensure => link,
content => template('nginx_on_templates/virtualhost.conf.erb'),
# target => "/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/${domain}.conf",
mode => '0644',
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
}
}
Thank in advance,
Rostyslav

Answer 1

You probably are managing both sites-available and sites-enabled, and you want to simulate what a2ensite enable <site-name> does, correct?
In that case, you have something like:
$domainsnames.each |String $domain| {
file {"/etc/nginx/sites-available/${domain}.conf":
ensure => file,
content => template('nginx_on_templates/virtualhost.conf.erb'),
mode => '0644',
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
}
file {"/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/${domain}.conf":
ensure => link,
target => "/etc/nginx/sites-available/${domain}.conf",
}
}
I also recommend you taking a look at the puppetlabs/apache module, where you don't have to manage the .conf yourself, but you manage the configurations for your virtual host:
e.g.:
apache::vhost { 'user.example.com':
port => '80',
docroot => '/var/www/user',
docroot_owner => 'www-data',
docroot_group => 'www-data',
}