Puppet Function: validate_cmd

Defined in:
puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

validate_cmd() ⇒ Any

Perform validation of a string with an external command. The first argument of this function should be a string to test, and the second argument should be a path to a test command taking a % as a placeholder for the file path (will default to the end). If the command, launched against a tempfile containing the passed string, returns a non-null value, compilation will abort with a parse error.

If a third argument is specified, this will be the error message raised and seen by the user.

A helpful error message can be returned like this:

Example:

# Defaults to end of path
validate_cmd($sudoerscontent, '/usr/sbin/visudo -c -f', 'Visudo failed to validate sudoers content')

# % as file location
validate_cmd($haproxycontent, '/usr/sbin/haproxy -f % -c', 'Haproxy failed to validate config content')

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_cmd.rb', line 5

newfunction(:validate_cmd, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
  Perform validation of a string with an external command.
  The first argument of this function should be a string to
  test, and the second argument should be a path to a test command
  taking a % as a placeholder for the file path (will default to the end).
  If the command, launched against a tempfile containing the passed string,
  returns a non-null value, compilation will abort with a parse error.

  If a third argument is specified, this will be the error message raised and
  seen by the user.

  A helpful error message can be returned like this:

  Example:

      # Defaults to end of path
      validate_cmd($sudoerscontent, '/usr/sbin/visudo -c -f', 'Visudo failed to validate sudoers content')

      # % as file location
      validate_cmd($haproxycontent, '/usr/sbin/haproxy -f % -c', 'Haproxy failed to validate config content')

  ENDHEREDOC
  if (args.length < 2) or (args.length > 3) then
    raise Puppet::ParseError, ("validate_cmd(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 2 or 3)")
  end

  msg = args[2] || "validate_cmd(): failed to validate content with command #{args[1].inspect}"

  content = args[0]
  checkscript = args[1]

  # Test content in a temporary file
  tmpfile = Tempfile.new("validate_cmd")
  begin
    tmpfile.write(content)
    tmpfile.close

    if checkscript =~ /\s%(\s|$)/
      check_with_correct_location = checkscript.gsub(/%/,tmpfile.path)
    else
      check_with_correct_location = "#{checkscript} #{tmpfile.path}"
    end

    if Puppet::Util::Execution.respond_to?('execute')
      Puppet::Util::Execution.execute(check_with_correct_location)
    else
      Puppet::Util.execute(check_with_correct_location)
    end
  rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => detail
    msg += "\n#{detail}"
    raise Puppet::ParseError, msg
  rescue StandardError => detail
    msg += "\n#{detail.class.name} #{detail}"
    raise Puppet::ParseError, msg
  ensure
    tmpfile.unlink
  end
end