podman::rootles fails with "Could not find resource "

[tuxmaster5000]

Sample code:

$user = 'foo'
$user_home = "/var/lib/${user}"
group { $user: system => true }
user { $user:
    home       => $user_home,
    shell      => '/sbin/nologin',
    system     => true,
    managehome => true,    
    require    => Group[$user]
  }
class { 'podman':
    nodocker                 => absent,
    podman_docker_pkg_ensure => absent,
    manage_subuid            => true,
  }
  podman::rootless { $user: }

It will fails with:
Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Could not find resource 'File[/var/lib/foo]' in parameter 'require'
I think the problem is line 22 and 24 of manifests/rootless.pp because puppet don't know the values on all times.

[southalc]

Interesting. The user attributes define "managehome => true", but that apparently does not add the directory as a file resource. To work around this, you should be able to declare $user_home as a separate file resource.
I'm working on a rewrite of the module where I hope to address the current issues by using custom providers, but until it's finished this behavior won't change.

[stephenCSE]

The puppet User resource relies on the "provider" to create the user home dir. the directory is not managed by puppet. From Puppet user manage_home param:

This creates the home directory if Puppet also creates the user account, and deletes the
home directory if Puppet also removes the user account.
This parameter has no effect unless Puppet is also creating or removing the user in the
resource at the same time. For instance, Puppet creates a home directory for a managed
user if ensure => present and the user does not exist at the time of the Puppet run.
If the home directory is then deleted manually, Puppet will not recreate it on the next
run.

Probably the best thing to do is remove require => File["${User[$name]['home']}"], and hope the user knows what they are doing.
https://github.com/southalc/podman/blob/master/manifests/rootless.pp#L17

If the homedir doesn't exist, then the puppet code will fail and the user can figure it out. Much like you do with /etc/containers

https://github.com/southalc/podman/blob/master/manifests/rootless.pp#L22

[stephenCSE]

Please see pull request #104