manage finding puppet command

tasks/configure.yml

@@ -1,37 +1,55 @@
 ---
-- name: Obtain path to puppet binary using which
+- name: Check if puppet agent is present
-  shell: which puppet | true
-  register: which_puppet
-
-- name: Show which_puppet
-  debug:
-    msg: "{{ which_puppet }}"
-
-- name: Obtain path to puppet binary using whereis
-  shell: "whereis -b puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\" \"} {print($2)}'"
-  register: which_puppet
-  when: which_puppet.stdout == ""
-
-- name: Get puppet permissions
   stat:
-    path: "{{ which_puppet.stdout }}"
+    path: /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet
-  register: which_puppet_stat
+  register: puppet_agent
 
-- name: Set fact for puppet path
+- name: Link agent to /usr/local/bin
-  set_fact:
+  file:
-    puppet_cmd: "{{ which_puppet.stdout }}"
+    state: link
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/puppet
+    src: /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet
   when:
-    - which_puppet.stdout != ""
+    - puppet_agent.stat.exists
-    - which_puppet_stat.stat.executable
-    - not which_puppet_stat.stat.isdir
 
-- name: Set fact for puppet path to estimated path when not found
+- name: Set puppet agent command
   set_fact:
-    puppet_cmd: "/usr/local/bin/puppet"
+    puppet_agent_cmd: /opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet
-  when: which_puppet.stdout == "" or not which_puppet_stat.stat.executable or which_puppet_stat.stat.isdir
+  when:
+    - puppet_agent.stat.exists
+
+- name: Find puppet agent
+  shell: which puppet
+  register: puppet_script
+  failed_when: puppet_script.rc == 127
+  when:
+    - not puppet_agent.stat.exists
+
+- name: Find puppet agent with whereis
+  shell: "whereis -b puppet | awk 'BEGIN {FS=\": \"} {print($2)}'"
+  register: puppet_script
+  failed_when: puppet_script.rc == 127
+  when:
+    - not puppet_agent.stat.exists
+    - puppet_script.stdout == ''
+
+- name: Check puppet agent was found
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'stdout' in puppet_script"
+      - puppet_script.stdout != ""
+      - puppet_script.rc == 0
+  when:
+    - not puppet_agent.stat.exists
+
+- name: Set puppet agent command (from which)
+  set_fact:
+    puppet_agent_cmd: "{{ puppet_script.stdout }}"
+  when:
+    - not puppet_agent.stat.exists
 
 - name: Obtain puppet configuration directory
-  shell: "{{ puppet_cmd }} config print confdir"
+  shell: "{{ puppet_agent_cmd }} config print confdir"
   register: current_puppet_confdir
 
 - name: Ensure puppet server is configured in main section
@@ -95,7 +113,7 @@
     mode: 0644
 
 - name: Run puppet for the first time
-  shell: "{{ puppet_cmd }} agent -t"
+  shell: "{{ puppet_agent_cmd }} agent -t"
   when: run_puppet
 
 - name: Ensure puppet agent service is enabled and started
@@ -109,6 +127,6 @@
 - name: Ensure puppet agent cron exists (WSL only)
   cron:
     name: puppet agent
-    job: puppet agent -t
+    job: "{{ puppet_agent_cmd }} agent -t"
     minute: '30'
   when: "'WSL' in ansible_facts['kernel']"

tasks/install_arm.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
     name:
       - ruby-full
       - ruby-augeas
-      #- libaugeas0
+      # - libaugeas0
       - libaugeas-dev
-      #- augeas-tools
+      # - augeas-tools
 
 - name: Ensure Puppet agent gem is installed
   gem:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     section: main
     option: server
     value: "{{ puppet_server }}"
-    create: yes
+    create: true
 
 - name: Ensure default puppet exists
   copy:
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@
     dest: /etc/systemd/system/puppet.service
   notify: Reload Systemd daemon
 
-#mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/
+# mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/
-#mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/
+# mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/
 
 - name: Ensure puppet agent service is enabled and running
   systemd:
     name: puppet
-    enabled: yes
+    enabled: true
     state: started

tasks/install_x86_64.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 - name: Ensure Puppet repository is installed
   apt:
     deb: "https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppet{{ puppet_version }}-release-{{ ansible_distribution_release }}.deb"
-  when: ansible_distribution_release != "hirsute"
+  when:
+    - ansible_facts['distribution_release'] not in ['groovy', 'hirsute']
 
 - name: Ensure Puppet repository is installed
   apt:
     deb: "https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppet{{ puppet_version }}-release-focal.deb"
-  when: ansible_distribution_release == "hirsute"
+  when:
+    - ansible_facts['distribution_release'] in ['groovy', 'hirsute']
 
 - name: Ensure puppet-agent is installed
   package: