Puppet inserting --- before outputs in yml

[moretalk]

Hi,

Iv found puppet keeps inserting --- above the outputs section in our yml file which is making winlogbeat ignore the outputs section. Example below:

https://gist.github.com/moretalk/498f5f400e31fa13661c6419768cc6c3

[claflico]

Are you getting anything before the initial winlogbeat:? I'd like to know which template file is getting used.

What version of puppet are you using?

[moretalk]

Hi Sorry should of said it's the new template > ruby 18. I tried forcing the old template and although --- was not there it still had some weird indentation that stopped it working. Puppet server 3.8.7

[tschettino]

Had this problem with winlogbeat.yml.erb template
change the template last lines like (check the indentation)
### Winlogbeat configuration managed by Puppet ###
<%= @winlogbeat_config.to_yaml %>
winlogbeat:
registry_file: <%= @registry_file %>
<%- if @event_logs != nil -%>
event_logs:
<%- @event_logs.each do |event_log,options| -%>
- name: <%= event_log %>
ignore_older: <%= options["ignore_older"] %>
<%- end -%>
<%- end -%>

[ghoneycutt]

Might look at refactoring to use to_yaml() instead of building the yaml in template files.