Getting error E: Version '3.1.4' for 'rabbitmq-server' was not found

[hamzasa]

Hi
i'm trying to install version 3.1.4 and i'm getting the following error:
E: Version '3.1.4' for 'rabbitmq-server' was not found
please advise

[jlambert121]

Could you provide some more details? OS, module version, how you are defining the rabbitmq version?

[hamzasa]

I'm running it on ubuntu 12.0.4 with version 3.0.0 and defining the version
with package_insure parameter

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Subject: Re: [puppetlabs-rabbitmq] Getting error E: Version '3.1.4' for
'rabbitmq-server' was not found (#110)

Could you provide some more details? OS, module version, how you are
defining the rabbitmq version?

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[jlambert121]

It looks like for Debian based distros the apt provider gets set up the rabbitmq repo and not being familiar with apt, it appears only 3.1.5 is available: http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/pool/main/r/rabbitmq-server/. Someone else may be able to correct me, but it appears you may need to find a different repo that has 3.1.4 for you.

[apenney]

The RabbitMQ authors are crazy and annoying for this - they remove all but the very latest versions from the repo. I don't know why or what the hell they think it accomplishes other than making life difficult for end users, but that's what is causing this. Sorry for the pain it causes but I don't know of a less terrible repo that we can rely on. I honestly considered a fact that parsed the rabbitmq site to figure out the latest version but it's even worse.

[bodepd]

what about just supporting versions that are packaged by distros?

[jlambert121]

Rather than hard code a version the params could be "latest" and an optional apt repo install for rabbitmq for those who want newer than the latest distro package.

[jlambert121]

I just looked again now that I'm on a real computer, Debian defaults to ensure => 'installed' for the package. By default not specifying a version then would install the most current on new machines and not change it once it was deployed. This seems like a reasonable way to go and I'm not sure there is much that can be done by this module if the RabbitMQ team is yanking previous versions as soon as there is a newer version other than making the RabbitMQ repo optionally installed and hosting the versions you want to keep in a private repo managed outside of this module.

[apenney]

I promised Dan before I would tackle making it use distro packages by default (even if they are out of date) and then have a toggle for the more up to date upstream packages so I'll work on that. My concern was that distro versions will have different cli output/flags that'll break the providers but that's a problem we'll deal with when we face it.

[bodepd]

@apenney This aspect of module development can be especially difficult. Either the providers/manifests need to contain tons of conditional logic, or the modules need to maintain a branching scheme that maps to application major versions. I've never been able to figure out the right balance when dealing with versions of everything...

[hamzasa]

all releases could be found in this under this url:
http://www.rabbitmq.com/releases/rabbitmq-server/

[wyardley]

Closed via #493