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I am trying to create multiple directories and then copy files to each of the directories . For that I have created the following resource

$dirs=myapp $appdirs = [ "/data/tomcat/$dirs/conf", "/data/tomcat/$dirs/config" ] file { $appdirs: ensure => "directory", owner => "root", group => "root", } file { "Copy Directory": path => "/data/tomcat/$dirs/conf", ensure => "present", recurse => "true", source => "puppet:///modules/tomcat8/conf/" } }

But I am getting the error already defined as shown below

 Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Cannot alias File[Copy Directory] to ["/data/tomcat/jacplus8/conf"] at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/classes/app.pp:20; resource ["File", "/data/tomcat/jacplus8/conf"] already declared at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production /manifests/classes/app.pp:14 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/classes/app.pp:20:1 on node Node-003.example.com

I need to copy files using the second resource file { "Copy Directory":} to the destination directory after it is created using the first resource file { $appdirs:} but it is giving me already defined error although the resource names are different . I am looking for workarounds so that I can create the directories and then copy files in it .

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I resolved it like this by rewriting my manifests rules . For creating the directories , I remove the arrays and created each of the directory by using a single file resource .Also removed the path variable from filename and the directory to be created was provided as a resource name. 

 class app { $dirsname=myapp file { 'directory': path => "/data/tomcat/${dirsname}/", ensure => "directory", owner => "root", group => "root", } file { '/data/tomcat/${dirsname}/conf': ensure => "directory", owner => "root", group => "root", require => File['directory'], } file { '/data/tomcat/$dirsname/config': ensure => "directory", owner => "root", group => "root", require => File['directory'], } file { '/data/tomcat/$dirsname/conf/': path => "/data/tomcat/$dirsname/conf/", ensure => "present", recurse => "true", source => "puppet:///modules/conf/"

}

file { '/data/tomcat/$dirsname/config/': path => "/data/tomcat/$dirsname/config/", ensure => "present", recurse => "true", source => "puppet:///modules/config/" } }
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I had a situation like this:

 $dirs = [ "/app/logs", "/app/logs/archive", "/app/logs/archive/${instance_name}" ]

with an error like

resource ["File", "/app/logs/archive"] already declared

Turns out, $instance_name was empty, so it was indeed, trying to declare /app/logs/archive twice.

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As info for those still landing here (search engines show me this result as 1st).

If some resource is already declared (for example in a module) and it conflicts with a declaration in a node or a class that is managed by you, one way to avoid the conflict is.

if !Resource['title'] { #then you manage the resource }

example

if !Package['centos-release-scl'] { # this is already declared (by the zabbix module) package { 'centos-release-scl': ensure => installed, } }
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