You should use a subclass with an override, like so:
class postfix-special inherits postfix {
File["/etc/postfix/main.cf"]{
content => template("apps/postfix/main.cf.special.erb") }
node special {
include baseclass
include postfix-special }
That should get you the desired behavior without copying the entire
class and having to keep them in sync.
On Dec 12, 3:59 pm, "Ben Beuchler" <ins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just built a simple class to manage Postfix. That class is
> included in "baseclass" which is included in my default node. My
> intent is that "baseclass" and "basenode" install and configure all of
> the packages that are common across all of my nodes. However, some of
> the more specialized nodes will require a different Postfix config.
>
> Since those nodes inherit the standard Postfix config included in
> "basenode", what's the best way to configure them to retrieve a
> different main.cf file for their Postfix install?
>
> Do I need to create different Postfix classes for each of the types of
> nodes that only differ by their "content =>" line? There must be a
> cleaner way.
>
> My current config is included below.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ben
>
> # classes/postfix.pp
> class postfix {
> package { "postfix": ensure => present }
> service { "postfix": ensure => running }
> file { "/etc/postfix/main.cf":
> content => template("apps/postfix/main.cf.base.erb"),
> notify => Service["postfix"],
> require => Package["postfix"],
> }
>
> }
>
> # classes/baseclass.pp
> class baseclass {
> include postfix
> include vim
> include basefiles
> include sudo
> include ntp::server
>
> package {
> "syslog-ng": ensure => present;
> "tcsh": ensure => present;
> }
>
> }
>
> # nodes.pp
> node default {
> include baseclass
>
> }
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