https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-ibm_installation_manager/blob/master/lib/puppet/provider/ibm_pkg/imcl.rb#L104e

This doesn't work on my machine, Was there supposed to be a ps fact?

I tried to run puppet agent -t --noop to fetch ibm_installation _manager catalog from master. but i faced below errors. Can some one help to resolve the issue?

Error: Could not autoload puppet/provider/exec/windows: can't convert Hash into Integer
Error: Could not autoload puppet/type/exec: Could not autoload puppet/provider/exec/windows: can't convert Hash into Integer
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Could not intern from text/pson: Could not autoload puppet/type/exec: Could not autoload puppet/provider/exec/windows: can't convert Hash into Integer
Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

I get this error whenever I run this code and all other instances of ibm_pkg. Did this ever work? Seems like it should.

ibm_pkg { 'com.ibm.websphere.NDTRIAL.v85':
  ensure     => 'present',
  package    => 'com.ibm.websphere.NDTRIAL.v85',
  version    => '8.5.5000.20130514_1044',
  target     => '/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer',
  repository => '/opt/IBM/repository.config',
  imcl_path  => '/opt/Apps/WebSphere/was8.5/product/eclipse/tools/imcl'
}

Debug: Ibm_pkg[com.ibm.websphere.NDTRIAL.v85](provider=imcl): Executing '' to find processes that match /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Error: Could not set 'present' on ensure: no implicit conversion of nil into String at 11:/etc/puppet/modules/websphere_instance/tests/init.pp
Error: Could not set 'present' on ensure: no implicit conversion of nil into String at 11:/etc/puppet/modules/websphere_instance/tests/init.pp
Wrapped exception:
no implicit conversion of nil into String
Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Ibm_pkg[com.ibm.websphere.NDTRIAL.v85]/ensure: change from absent to present failed: Could not set 'present' on ensure: no implicit conversion of nil into String at 11:/etc/puppet/modules/websphere_instance/tests/init.pp

There are 3 modes that IIM can be installed in: admin, nonAdmin and group. This module only works for admin.

I've worked out how to fix this but I'm new to puppet and git (double whammy) and I haven't worked out how to connect my local git to github through a corporate firewall yet let alone fork/pull properly, so hopefully the attached file will help - it adds a new parameter "install_mode" and then sets the correct command to call.

init.pp.txt

Unless is pretty cool, but this is a bad code smell. Consider just using normal if/else conditions so the code is more readable if your going to have a else in your unless block.

 unless resource[:imcl_path]
      path = XPath.first(doc, '//installInfo/location[@id="IBM Installation Manager"]/@path')

      imcl = path.to_s + '/tools/imcl'

      unless imcl
        raise Puppet::Error, "Could not discover path to imcl"
      end
    else
      imcl = resource[:imcl_path]
    end

exec { 'Link wasinstall_var': this is managed by ibm installation manger of puppet module

command => 'mv /home/wasadmin/var /opt/ibm/was/InstallationManager &&

ln -s /opt/ibm/was/InstallationManager/var /home/wasadmin/var' ,

path => '/bin',

unless => 'test -L /home/wasadmin/var',

}

The symbolic link is getting overridden by ibm_installation_manager code and the link is not created successfully.

I am doing this because I wish to have the im_installation_manager logs and information to be on a different file system than the /home/wasadmin file system.

Can this use case be addressed in the code , Please let me know

Thanks
Venkatesh