Why my puppet can not handle bundle exec?

Question

My install file is like this: ``` ... cd /home/work/package/dea_ng ... bundle install export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin bundle exec rake dir_server:install ``` I'm pretty sure that the last command can run successfully on my client machine, but puppet keep reporting " returned 1 instead of one of [0]" error. So, here is the install manifest: ``` class dea_ng::install { exec { "/bin/bash /home/work/install/dea_ng_install.sh": path=>'/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin', cwd =>'/home/work/install', logoutput => false, require =>Class["dea_ng::dea_ngfile"], before => Class["dea_ng::service"], } } ``` The problem also happens to my start command which also use bundle exec: after puppet finished dea_ng::install and run dea_ng::service, the command below did not work unless I execute it manually on the client machine. ``` bundle exec rake dir_server:run[config/dea.yml] & ``` I'm really confused about this, it seems like puppet can not handle bundle exec…

Accepted Answer

The real error is found by adding output => true:

```
couldn't find HOME environment -- expanding `~'
```

And this is a know issue in Puppet3, see

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/puppet-users/5sk9mJqe4Z0

So add HOME env solves the problem:

environment => "HOME=/root"

Why my puppet can not handle bundle exec?

Solution

Problem