E-DPK : Installation Of Tools 8.55.xx DPK On Linux With Existing Users Fails With Duplicate Declaration Error (Doc ID 2267592.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 01, 2018

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 8.55 version, Install and Packaging

Installing Tools 8.55.12 DPK on Linux with existing user using the following parameters in the psft_customizations.yaml file

---
users:
  psft_user:
  name: sysadm
  gid: 399
  home_dir: /home/sysadm
  expiry: absent
  remove: false
  oracle_user:
  name: sysadm
  gid: 399
  home_dir: /home/sysadm
  expiry: absent
  remove: false

 

ERROR
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The installation script fails with this error:
Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Duplicate declaration: Notify[User sysadm home dir /home/sysadm] is already declared in file /etc/puppet/modules/pt_profile/manifests/pt_system/users.pp:44; cannot redeclare at /etc/puppet/modules/pt_profile/manifests/pt_system/users.pp:44 at /etc/puppet/modules/pt_profile/manifests/pt_system/users.pp:44:9 on node ***********.org



STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:
1. Create the psft_customizations.yaml as shown above
2. Run the DPK installer


BUSINESS IMPACT
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The issue has the following business impact:
Due to this issue, users cannot install PeopleTools 8.55.12 DPK using their existing users.

Cause

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