Forum: Cfengine Help Subject: Template copy, edit, then expand Author: bbomgardner Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,19765,19765#msg-19765
I have a need to make an edit to a certain global template for a particular group of hosts. This is causing me to change my initial template design but I still wanted to post this question: What is a good way to accomplish convergence with templates and edit_lines? For example, if I edit the template file before it is expanded during the next cf-agent run, the process repeats as the unexpanded template file no longer matches the master copy: 1. Template is copied to a temp directory 2. Template is edited with some host-level changes 3. Template gets expanded into the config file In contrast, if the config file is edited after the template has been expanded then the expansion process will overwrite the edited file in the next run: 1. Template is copied to a temp directory 2. Template gets expanded into the config file 3. Config file is edited with some host-level changes _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
