# How to create a puppet module with pdk using ansible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [July 12, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036 "2018-07-12T14:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabio_Gomes_Sakiyama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/1 "2018-07-12T14:27:49Z")
Hi, I’m trying to create a new puppet module using pdk (pdk new module moduleName) with ansible, but this command requires some prompts and I’m struggling to make it work. I tried the ansible [expect](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/expect_module.html)module, but without success. Here’s the command from shell: ```auto [fabiosakiyama@puppetmaster modules]$ pdk new module conf pdk (INFO): Creating new module: conf We need to create the metadata.json file for this module, so we're going to ask you 4 questions. If the question is not applicable to this module, accept the default option shown after each question. You can modify any answers at any time by manually updating the metadata.json file. [Q 1/4] If you have a Puppet Forge username, add it here. We can use this to upload your module to the Forge when it's complete. --> fabiosakiyama [Q 2/4] Who wrote this module? This is used to credit the module's author. --> fabiosakiyama [Q 3/4] What license does this module code fall under? This should be an identifier from https://spdx.org/licenses/. Common values are "Apache-2.0", "MIT", or "proprietary". --> Apache-2.0 [Q 4/4] What operating systems does this module support? Use the up and down keys to move between the choices, space to select and enter to continue. --> RedHat based Linux, Debian based Linux, Windows Metadata will be generated based on this information, continue? Yes ``` Here’s the playbook task: ```auto - name: Create conf module expect: chdir: /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/ command: /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/bin/pdk new module conf responses: .*: '\r' .*: '\r' .*: '\r' .*: '\r' .*: '\r' ``` ```auto ``` ```auto I want to answer 'enter' to all answers, since there's a default answer. So i tried with '\r' and ' '. ``` ```auto ``` ```auto Any help? ``` ```auto ``` ```auto Thanks in advance! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Guilherme\_Costa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ea924/32.png) [@Guilherme\_Costa](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Guilherme_Costa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/2 "2018-07-12T14:51:15Z")
Hi, I’m not sure about how to do what you want with the expect module, but if all you want to do is to create a new module with the default configurations, you can do so adding the --skip-interview flag to pdk new module (at least according to the documentation at [https://puppet.com/docs/pdk/1.x/pdk\_creating\_modules.html#concept-9353](https://puppet.com/docs/pdk/1.x/pdk_creating_modules.html#concept-9353), I personally haven’t tried it yet): "Optionally, to omit the interview questions and create the module with default metadata values, add the `skip-interview` flag: `pdk new module --skip-interview"` ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/3 "2018-07-12T15:05:45Z")
The question/prompt part of responses must be unique, if you have more than one response for a prompt you need to make them a list under the same prompt. .\* doesn't give meaning in expect, "." is any character and "\*" is zero or more, so this will trigger a response way before any prompt is printed. This should work since there are a little delay before expect write the response:      responses:        '--\>':          - ''        continue\?: '' ---
**Author:** ![Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabio_Gomes_Sakiyama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/4 "2018-07-12T17:14:52Z")
Hi Guilherme! Just tested and it worked! Thanks a lot! But now I’m curious how to make it work without skipping the interview. ---
**Author:** ![Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@Fabio\_Gomes\_Sakiyama](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Fabio_Gomes_Sakiyama)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/5 "2018-07-12T17:31:55Z")
Hi Kai, Thanks for clarifying! Took some time to understand your answer, could you confirm if I’m correct? When I write: ```auto - name: Create conf module expect: chdir: /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/ command: /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/bin/pdk new module conf responses: '-->': - " - " - " - " continue\?: " ``` ```auto ``` ```auto I'm telling that I have 2 pattern for the questions: ``` ```auto - The questions that ends with --> ``` ```auto - The question that ends with 'continue?' ``` ```auto And the " means that the answer is just an enter. Is that correct? ``` ` Unfortunately, the code above didn’t work. The error is: ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. found unexpected end of stream The error appears to have been in ‘/etc/ansible/roles/puppetserver/tasks/main.yml’: line 37, column 1, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. (specified line no longer in file, maybe it changed?) ` ```auto When I deleted the last line ('continue\?'), it didn't fail because of the syntax, instead it failed because: ``` ```auto fatal: [puppetmaster]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "No remaining responses for '-->', output was ' \u001b[36m(fabiosakiyama)\u001b[0m \u001b[2K\u001b[1G-->'"} Based on that, it seems that he had the answers for the first 4 questions, but not for the last question. ``` ```auto ``` ```auto So I assumed I'm missing something on the syntax to code the last question/answer. ``` ```auto ``` ```auto I tried as well like this and some other variations: ``` ```auto responses: '-->': - " - " - " - " 'continue?': " ``` ```auto ``` ```auto Any clues? ``` ```auto ``` ```auto Thanks in advance! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kai\_Stian\_Olstad](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kai_Stian_Olstad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-create-a-puppet-module-with-pdk-using-ansible/28036/6 "2018-07-12T17:45:46Z")
> Hi Kai, > > Thanks for clarifying! > > Took some time to understand your answer, could you confirm if I'm correct? > > When I write: > > - name: Create conf module >   expect: >     chdir: /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/ >     command: /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/bin/pdk new module conf >     responses: >       '--\>': >         - " >       continue\?: " > > I'm telling that I have 2 pattern for the questions: > > - The questions that ends with --\> > > - The question that ends with 'continue?' That is correct. The question mark is escaped since ? is a special character in regexp. > And the " means that the answer is just an enter. Is that correct? It should be two single quote or two double quotes, not one double quote as you have here. A empty string will be the same as just pressing enter key. > Unfortunately, the code above didn't work. The error is: > > ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. > found unexpected end of stream > > The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/roles/puppetserver/tasks/ > main.yml': line 37, column 1, but may > be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. > > (specified line no longer in file, maybe it changed?) > > When I deleted the last line ('continue\?'), it didn't fail because of > the syntax, instead it failed because: > > fatal: [puppetmaster]: FAILED! =\> {"changed": false, "msg": "No > remaining responses for '--\>', output was ' > \u001b[36m(fabiosakiyama)\u001b[0m \u001b[2K\u001b[1G--\>'"} > Based on that, it seems that he had the answers for the first 4 > questions, but not for the last question. > > So I assumed I'm missing something on the syntax to code the last > question/answer. > > I tried as well like this and some other variations: > >     responses: >       '--\>': >         - " >       'continue?': " > > Any clues? I think all of it is because of the missing quotes.