We have to be thoughtful about when we're restarting the database server since we're changing the block size and the socket path.

Author: jsnshrmn

manifests/configsys.pp

@@ -14,23 +14,18 @@
   $ib1_files.each |String $ib1_file| {
     File {"/var/lib/mysql/${ib1_file}":
       ensure  => 'absent',
-      notify => Exec['mysql_restart']
     }
   }
 
-  # Restart MySQL service
-  exec { 'mysql_restart':
-    command     => '/bin/systemctl restart mysql',
-  }
-
   # config mariadb server using another module
   class {'::mysql::server':
     package_manage          => false,
     service_name            => 'mysql',
     root_password           => $mysqlroot_pw,
     remove_default_accounts => true,
     override_options        => $mysql_override_options,
-    require => Package['mariadb-server'],
+    restart                 => true,
+    require                 => Package['mariadb-server'],
   }
 
   # needed since libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev is providing client development files.