* Load one needed module (for Debian) one time

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 ##### Changes
 * Install package ipmitool
 * Ensure needed modules load at boot time
+* Load one needed module (for Debian) one time

manifests/config.pp

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ class ipmi::config {
     mode  => 0644,
   }
 
+  Exec {
+    path      => [ '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
+    logoutput => 'on_failure',
+  }
+
+
   ## Modules
   # Directory which contains kernel modules to load during boot time
   if ! defined(File['/etc/modules-load.d']) {
@@ -22,8 +28,16 @@ class ipmi::config {
     ensure  => 'present',
     content => template("${ipmi::modules_file_content}"),
     require => File['/etc/modules-load.d'],
+    notify  => Exec["load_${ipmi::needed_module_name}_module"],
+  }
+
+  # Need to load one module manually only one time (the previous configuration
+  #   file will load it automatically at next reboot.
+  exec { "load_${ipmi::needed_module_name}_module":
+    command     => "modprobe ${ipmi::needed_module_name}",
+    refreshonly => true,
+    unless      => "lsmod | grep ${ipmi::needed_module_name}",
   }
 
 
-
 } # Private class: ipmi::config

manifests/init.pp

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ipmi (
   $modules_list               = $ipmi::params::modules_list,
   $modules_file_path          = $ipmi::params::modules_file_path,
   $modules_file_content       = $ipmi::params::modules_file_content,
+  $needed_module_name         = $ipmi::params::needed_module_name,
 ) inherits ipmi::params {
 
   include '::ipmi::install'

manifests/params.pp

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class ipmi::params {
         $modules_list               = [ 'ipmi_devintf', 'ipmi_si', 'ipmi_msghandler' ]
         $modules_file_path          = '/etc/modules-load.d/ipmi.conf'
         $modules_file_content       = 'ipmi/ipmi_modules.conf.erb'
+        # The module name to load manually the first time
+        $needed_module_name         = 'ipmi_devintf'
 
       }
     }