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(DOC) Update pdk-template known issues #1433

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion docs/pdk_known_issues.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ pdk (FATAL): Unable to find a valid module template to use.

Through investigation this has been shown to be a permssions issue regarding the `pdk-templates.git` file and unfortunately one that we have not been able to resolve in time for this release.

This error is most commonly found when creating a new module or attempting to update a module that was previously created from the default templates, within an airgapped environment. There are two possible solutions that we have found for this, with the first one being to grant the `pdk-templates.git` directory packaged with the pdk the permissions that it requires in order for it to be used, either by confirming the local user as the owner of the files through the `chown` command or by setting it as a safe.directory going forward.
This error is most commonly found when creating a new module or attempting to update a module that was previously created from the default templates, within an airgapped environment. There are two possible solutions that we have found for this, with the first one being to grant the `pdk-templates.git` directory packaged with the pdk the permissions that it requires in order for it to be used, either by confirming the local user as the owner of the files through the `chown` command or by setting it as a safe.directory going forward through git.
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Please be aware however that if using the `chown` command, you will have to reapply the fix between PDK versions.

```
sudo chown -R example.user /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/share/cache/pdk-templates.git
```
```
git config --global --add safe.directory /opt/puppetlabs/pdk/share/cache/pdk-templates.git
```

Expand All @@ -24,13 +26,17 @@ The other solution is to target a seperate template location a shown below:

```
pdk new module example --template-url=file:///Users/example.user/Github/pdk-templates --template-ref=3.4.0
```
```
pdk new module example --template-url=https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates --template-ref=main
```

- For existing modules that are targeting the default bundled templates, you will instead need to either run the `pdk convert` command as shown below to retarget them at a new template location, or manually alter the Modules metadata fields to target, though I would suggest using the convert command as a preference.

```
pdk convert --template-url=file:///Users/example.user/Github/pdk-templates --template-ref=3.4.0
```
```
pdk convert --template-url=https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates --template-ref=main
```

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