How can i install a local rpm using puppet - puppet

Question

I am trying to install a particular rpm using puppet, my init.pp is:
class nmap {
package {'nmap':
provider => 'rpm',
source => "<Local PATH to the RPM>",
}
}
and the rpm is in ...modules/nmap/files
If i move the rpm to manifests, and provide the rpm name in source => ''
class nmap {
package {'nmap':
provider => 'rpm',
source => "rpm-name.rpm",
}
}
it works, but how can i specify source path with ../files/ and do puppet apply successfully
When i use :
source => 'puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm',
i get an error:
Debug: Executing '/bin/rpm -i puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm'
Error: Execution of '/bin/rpm -i puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm' returned 1: error: open of puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm failed: No such file or directory
Error: /Stage[main]/Nmap/Package[nmap]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/bin/rpm -i puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm' returned 1: error: open of puppet:///files/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm failed: No such file or directory
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when running the command:
sudo puppet apply --modulepath=/home/user1/qa/puppet_qa/modules/ -e "include nmap" --debug

Answer 1

Unlike the file resource type, the package type has no support for Puppet fileserver URLs. You will need to use a file resource to download the rpm prior to installing it. If this is a recurring problem for you, make a defined type that does those in one go (think macros), e.g.
define fileserver_package($source, $ensure='installed') {
file { "/my/tmp/dir/$name.rpm": source => $source }
package { $name:
ensure => $ensure,
provider => 'rpm',
source => "/my/tmp/dir/$name.rpm",
require => File["/my/tmp/dir/$name.rpm"],
}
}
Edit: it is generally advisable to use a local yum repo instead, see also the first comment by #rojs below.

Answer 2

The RPM package can be installed this way:
package { 'epel-release-6':
provider => 'rpm',
ensure => 'present',
source => '/usr/local/rpms/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm',
}

Answer 3

It seems the module name you are using is nmap. You can use the same source parameter like this,
source => 'puppet:///modules/nmap/nmap-6.45-1.x86_64.rpm',
The syntax to access a file under a module goes like this,
puppet:///modules/<modulename>/<file you want to access>
See this link here, http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/modules_fundamentals.html#files

Answer 4

Lets start from start :
on server:
$rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-el-7.noarch.rpm
$yum -y install puppetserver
$vi /etc/sysconfig/puppetserver #change JAVA args
$systemctl start puppetserver
$systemctl enable puppetserver
$vi /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf #Add “dns_alt_names” in [master]
On Agent:
$rpm -ivh https://yum.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-pc1-el-7.noarch.rpm
$yum -y install puppet-agent
$systemctl start puppet
$systemctl enable puppet
$vi /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf # Add “server = pupmaster” in [main]
puppet cert list
puppet cert sign
/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp:
node webserver {
class { 'apache': }
}
node dbserver {
class { ‘mysql’: }
}
mkdir –p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/apache/{manifests, files}
apacheinstall.pp:
class apache::apacheinstall {
if $osfamily == 'redhat' {
package { 'httpd':
ensure => 'latest'
}
service {'httpd':
ensure => 'running',
require => Package["httpd"],
}
file { '/var/www/html/ndex.html':
mode => "0644",
owner => 'root',
group => 'root',
source => 'puppet:///modules/apache/index.html',
}
}
elsif $osfamily == 'debian' {
package { 'apache2':
ensure => 'latest'
}
service {'httpd':
ensure => 'running',
require => Package["httpd"],
}
}
}
INIT.pp
class apache {
notify { 'Installing and Configuring Webserver for $osfamily': }
include apache::mysqlinstall
}
Mysqlinstall.pp:
class apache::mysqlinstall {
exec { 'wget':
path => [ "/bin/", "/sbin/", "/usr/bin/", "/usr/sbin/" ],
command => "/usr/bin/wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el7-9.noarch.rpm && rpm -ivh /tmp/mysql57-community-release-el7-9.noarch.rpm",
cwd => '/tmp/',
creates => '/etc/firstruns/p1.done',
}
}