Hi Paul
Thank you for that advice. I think in our case, that will not work,
since it is possible that depA and depB have different lets say oracle
settings.
Best Regards,
Rene
On Apr 6, 5:19 pm, paul matthews <paulsmatth...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> An alternate approach maybe to create a definition in your templates.pp
> referred to by the node definition in nodes.pp
>
> so in nodes.pp:-
>
> node 'host1' {
> include node_default
> include deptA
> include any_other_node_specific_bits
>
> }
>
> node 'host2' {
> include node_default
> include deptB
> include any_other_node_specific_bits
>
> }
>
> and in templates.pp:-
>
> class deptA {
> include oracle, ldap, apache # all of these could refer to modules
> and are specific apps for this dep't
>
> }
>
> class deptB {
> include mysql, gcc etc # modules/ classes specific to deptB
>
> }
>
> class node_default
> include base_class # as detailed in the book - for items common
> regardless of department
>
> }
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
> 2009/4/3 Bjørn Dyre Dyresen <bj...@dyresen.net>
>
>
>
>
>
> > 2009/4/3 Rene <rene.zbin...@gmail.com>
>
> >> Hi
>
> >> Our team is providing Linux servers to different departments in our
> >> company. We want to change our configuration management tool and use
> >> puppet in the future. I read the book “Pulling Strings with Puppet”
> >> and the documentation on the puppet webpage.
>
> >> When I understood correctly, the way to go is to use modules. So we
> >> would create modules for ssh, ldap, ntp etc… But the problem I have
> >> is, that different IT Departements use different configurations
> >> (different ssh config, different ntp conf etc…) So would I put the
> >> logic inside this modules or is it better to create different ssh
> >> modules for different departments? (I think the second one is not a
> >> good choice, since with that we have the same resources defined in the
> >> different modules and I think this is a problem, isn’t it?)
>
> >> Another question I have is about the services directory. Is my
> >> understanding right, that services is just a grouping of modules?
>
> >> Thanks in advance
>
> >> Rene
>
> > You can make a fact telling to what department the computer belongs. Then
> > you can use those facts as a selector for what to apply in your modules.
>
> > Regards
>
> --
> Paul Matthews
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