Template in collectd::plugin::perl::plugin generates unstable output

[blajos]

Hi,

We are using collectd::plugin::perl::plugin to collect data from some rabbitmq servers. But the generated config file is changing regurarly.

The simplest solution would be to use sort on hashes in file templates/plugin/perl/plugin.erb.

Thanks,
Lajos

Affected Puppet, Ruby, OS and module versions/distributions

• Puppet: 3.8.7
• Ruby: 1.8.7
• Distribution: CentOS 6/7
• Module version: 4.2.0

How to reproduce (e.g Puppet code you use)

  collectd::plugin::perl::plugin { 'RabbitMQ':
    module      => 'RabbitMQ',
    include_dir => '/usr/local/collectd',
    provider    => 'file',
    source      => 'puppet:///files/usr/local/collectd/RabbitMQ.pm',
    destination => '/usr/local/collectd',
    config      => {
      'Username' => 'collectd',
      'Password' => 'very_secure',
      'Port'     => 15672,
      'Host'     => 'localhost',
      'Realm'    => 'RabbitMQ Management',
    },
    require     => File['/usr/local/collectd'],
  }

What are you seeing

Config lines move around regurarly on puppet runs.

What behaviour did you expect instead

Config lines should stay put.

Output log

Any additional information you'd like to impart

Used versions are pretty old, but the current code still has the same issue.

[oranenj]

I'll assume this is fixed and close this issue, because the PR is merged