unknown directive "passenger_root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

[trustarun]

Below is my manifest which install nginx with precompiled passenger.

=> manifest for nginx
class thirdpillar::server(
$site_url = "www.melbourne.com",
$site_path = "/var/www/melbourne/public"
) inherits ruby::params {
class { 'nginx':
package_source => 'passenger',
http_cfg_append => {
'passenger_root' => "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.21",
},
require => Class['passenger'],
}

  nginx::resource::vhost { "${site_url}":
    www_root => $site_path,
    vhost_cfg_append => {
      'passenger_enabled' => 'on',
      'passenger_ruby'    => '/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p547/bin/ruby',
    }
  }

}

=> manifest for passenger

class thirdpillar::build_passenger(
$passenger_version = '3.0.21',
){
node default {
class {'passenger':
passenger_version => $passenger_version,
passenger_provider => 'gem',
passenger_package => 'passenger',
gem_path => "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems",
gem_binary_path => "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/bin",
passenger_root => "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.21",
}
}
}

When I apply the manifest for nginx, It get installed but fail due to below error.

Error: Could not start Service[nginx]: Execution of '/sbin/service nginx start' returned 1:
Error: /Stage[main]/Nginx::Service/Service[nginx]/ensure: change from stopped to running failed: Could not start Service[nginx]: Execution of '/sbin/service nginx start' returned 1

when I try to execute the failed command manually to see what is the problem, I get below:

]# /sbin/service nginx start
Starting nginx: nginx: [emerg] unknown directive "passenger_root" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:35
[FAILED]

On viewing the nginx.conf, I find the passenger_root directive under http header

passenger_root /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.21

Why nginx is not recognizing passenger_root directive....what Iam missing here..what I need to do ???

[3flex]

In your class declaration, can you add package_name => 'nginx-extras' and try again?

e.g.

class { 'nginx':
  package_source => 'passenger',
  package_name   => 'nginx-extras',
  ...
}

[trustarun]

On adding package name as you have suggested, I get below error:

Skipping because of failed dependencies
Dependency Package[nginx-extras] has failures: true

So, it do not able to find the ngin-extras package. I added below in the manifest to add the dependent package

package {'nginx-extras':
     before => Class['nginx'],
}

But now, it give below error:

Error: Duplicate declaration: Package[nginx-extras] is already declared in file /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/thirdpillar/manifests/server.pp:7; cannot redeclare at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/nginx/manifests/package/redhat.pp:69 on node learn.localdomain

[3flex]

Sorry I should have checked your OS. This module only automatically installs passenger on Debian family operating systems, so the package_source => 'passenger' line in your class declaration has no effect.

You will have to manually install passenger for your OS and set the package_name appropriately. See https://www.phusionpassenger.com/documentation/Users%20guide%20Nginx.html#_installing_or_upgrading_on_red_hat_fedora_centos_or_scientificlinux

[3flex]

Closing. If this is still an issue and you're using Debian or Ubuntu then please reopen and we can look further into the problem. Thanks!