Setting up nodejs using puppet on vagrant - vagrant

Question

I am trying to instal node on a fresh vagrant box using puppet however when running the manifest i get the following errors on the box.
Warning: Config file /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml not found, using Hiera defaults
Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $include_src is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use $include => { 'src' => false } instead
Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $required_packages is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use package resources instead.
Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $key_source is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use $key => { 'source' => https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key } instead.
Warning: Scope(Apt::Key[Add key: 9FD3B784BC1C6FC31A8A0A1C1655A0AB68576280 from Apt::Source nodesource]): $key_source is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Please use $source instead.
Error: undefined method `ref' for nil:NilClass on node vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64.efiling.local
Error: undefined method `ref' for nil:NilClass on node vagrant-ubuntu-trusty-64.efiling.local
My vagrant file looks like this:
config.vm.provision :shell do |shell|
shell.inline = "mkdir -p /etc/puppet/modules;
puppet module install puppetlabs-apt;
puppet module install puppetlabs/nodejs"
end
config.vm.provision "puppet" do |puppet|
puppet.manifests_path = "manifests"
puppet.manifest_file = "default.pp"
end
This is my manifest file:
class { 'nodejs': }
The next part is to get vagrant to run the manifest file but I believe these errors are stopping this from happening.
This is all relatively new to me so looking for some guidance on the issue.

Answer 1

you should replace puppetlabs/nodejs by puppetlabs-nodejs so your Vagrantfile will look like
config.vm.provision :shell do |shell|
shell.inline = "mkdir -p /etc/puppet/modules;
puppet module install puppetlabs-apt;
puppet module install puppetlabs-nodejs"
end
Which version of puppet are you using ? I had to upgrade to newer version on my ubuntu box to make it work, I upgrade to puppet v3.8.4 to make it work - see below the log
==> default: Running provisioner: puppet...
==> default: Running Puppet with default.pp...
==> default: stdin: is not a tty
==> default: Warning: Setting templatedir is deprecated. See http://links.puppetlabs.com/env-settings-deprecations
==> default: (at /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/settings.rb:1139:in `issue_deprecation_warning')
==> default: Warning: Config file /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml not found, using Hiera defaults
==> default: Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $include_src is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use $include => { 'src' => false } instead
==> default: Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $required_packages is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use package resources instead.
==> default: Warning: Scope(Apt::Source[nodesource]): $key_source is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use $key => { 'source' => https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key } instead.
==> default: Warning: Scope(Apt::Key[Add key: 9FD3B784BC1C6FC31A8A0A1C1655A0AB68576280 from Apt::Source nodesource]): $key_source is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release. Please use $source instead.
==> default: Notice: Compiled catalog for ubuntu.localdomain in environment production in 0.71 seconds
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Apt/Apt::Setting[conf-update-stamp]/File[/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/15update-stamp]/ensure: defined content as '{md5}0962d70c4ec78bbfa6f3544ae0c41974'
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Apt/File[preferences]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource::Apt/Apt::Source[nodesource]/Apt::Key[Add key: 9FD3B784BC1C6FC31A8A0A1C1655A0AB68576280 from Apt::Source nodesource]/Apt_key[Add key: 9FD3B784BC1C6FC31A8A0A1C1655A0AB68576280 from Apt::Source nodesource]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource/Nodejs::Repo::Nodesource::Apt/Apt::Source[nodesource]/Apt::Setting[list-nodesource]/File[/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list]/ensure: created
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Apt::Update/Exec[apt_update]/returns: E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/https could not be found.
==> default: Error: /Stage[main]/Apt::Update/Exec[apt_update]: Failed to call refresh: /usr/bin/apt-get update returned 100 instead of one of [0]
==> default: Error: /Stage[main]/Apt::Update/Exec[apt_update]: /usr/bin/apt-get update returned 100 instead of one of [0]
==> default: Notice: /Stage[main]/Nodejs::Install/Package[nodejs]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present'
==> default: Notice: Finished catalog run in 29.83 seconds
The SSH command responded with a non-zero exit status. Vagrant
assumes that this means the command failed. The output for this command
should be in the log above. Please read the output to determine what
went wrong.
fhenri#machine:~/project/examples/vagrant/ubuntu$ vagrant ssh
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-29-virtual x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
Last login: Thu Nov 19 06:46:10 2015 from 172.16.42.1
vagrant#ubuntu:~$ node -v
v0.6.12

Answer 2

--- This is an alternative method
This took a while to de-bug but the best approach I found to installing node on a server through puppet is to run a manual instal through puppet.
I found this repo, and took what I needed from the manifest file.
class apt_update {
exec { "aptGetUpdate":
command => "sudo apt-get update",
path => ["/bin", "/usr/bin"]
}
}
class othertools {
package { "git":
ensure => latest,
require => Exec["aptGetUpdate"]
}
package { "vim-common":
ensure => latest,
require => Exec["aptGetUpdate"]
}
package { "curl":
ensure => present,
require => Exec["aptGetUpdate"]
}
package { "htop":
ensure => present,
require => Exec["aptGetUpdate"]
}
package { "g++":
ensure => present,
require => Exec["aptGetUpdate"]
}
}
class nodejs {
exec { "git_clone_n":
command => "git clone https://github.com/visionmedia/n.git /home/vagrant/n",
path => ["/bin", "/usr/bin"],
require => [Exec["aptGetUpdate"], Package["git"], Package["curl"], Package["g++"]]
}
exec { "install_n":
command => "make install",
path => ["/bin", "/usr/bin"],
cwd => "/home/vagrant/n",
require => Exec["git_clone_n"]
}
exec { "install_node":
command => "n stable",
path => ["/bin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/local/bin"],
require => [Exec["git_clone_n"], Exec["install_n"]]
}
}
include apt_update
include othertools
include nodejs