Luke Kanies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sep 26, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Eric Moore wrote: > >> When does the internal node definition get used, i.e. under what >> circumstances? What do the internal nodes do in combination with the >> external tool, and under what circumstances? > > > The internal and external node systems are essentially parallel ways > of configuring nodes. If you have any nodes defined in the language, > then Puppet will similarly fail if a given client doesn't match an > internal node definition. > > And the two systems are entirely orthogonal -- they can do similar > work, but they work with entirely separate mechanisms and they neither > conflict nor work together.
So if there's information in the external and internal systems... Which one gets used? Or? > Yes, it's confusing, but the previous model -- where you couldn't use > them together -- was apparently even more confusing. > > It's pretty easy, really: If you use a given node system, every > client must have an entry in that node system. You should probably > stick to just one of them. Well, we're trying to switch from one to the other, and was hoping to not have to fully populate the external tool all at once and use it everywhere. -- Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
