storage file default dir is not created, service start fails

[cybacolt]

$storage_file = '/var/lib/varnish/$INSTANCE/varnish_storage.bin' resolves to:
/var/lib/varnish/default/varnish_storage.bin

when 'puppet agent' runs, it cant restart the service because the 'default' directory does not exist.

creating and chown'ing the 'default' directory to varnish:varnish allows the service to start properly.

i'm running Puppet 2.7, current puppet-varnish, and Ubuntu 12.04 on the host in question.

shouldnt this directory should be created by your module, if it doesnt exist?

[javierbertoli]

Hi @cybacolt,

Varnish can run with many different types of storages (even with storages in RAM partitions) and AFAIK Debian and Ubuntu, by default, don't provide this directory and use a RAM storage instead.

Currently this module is not checking the existence of the $storage_file's directory (which would be a nice thing to add :) ).

I'll keep this issue opened as a reminder to add this feature.

Please, feel free to send a patch if you want to.

Regards, Javier

[cybacolt]

yup, i think the default varnish install was using malloc until i used the modules varnish template, which is sets it to file and breaks.
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i'll give patching it a go and submit if i get it going.

thanks!