On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Matt <mattmora...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I guess another way would be for me to start building custom facters > of what a node is and then deploy the right files depending on the > facter result. > Anyone done similar? I always feel with puppet i'm missing something > obvious :-) I think thats exactly what external nodes is design for... > > > 2009/8/20 Ohad Levy <ohadl...@gmail.com>: > > if you have a complex variables setup, I really recommend to move away to > > external nodes(http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ExternalNodes) > or > > extlookup( > > http://nephilim.ml.org/~rip/puppet/extlookup.rb<http://nephilim.ml.org/%7Erip/puppet/extlookup.rb> > ) > > > > if you use external nodes, you could use an external source (e.g. a > > database, or web service like GNI) to define your variables on a node > level. > > > > my 0.01 cents > > Ohad > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Matt <mattmora...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I saw that but I think that did something else. > >> > >> node "mynode" { > >> include myclass, foo > >> } > >> > >> node "mynode2" { > >> include foo > >> } > >> > >> class "foo" { > >> if defined(Class['myclass']) {myvar = "hello"}) > >> } > >> > >> Will both mynode2 and mynode get the variable myvar? In my case I > >> only want mynode too. If both do, then I guess I need to use tagged > >> as Larry said, but make sure that myclass is first in the include? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Matt > >> > >> 2009/8/20 James Turnbull <ja...@lovedthanlost.net>: > >> > Matt wrote: > >> >> I looked at the language tutorial but couldn't see it anywhere. > >> >> > >> > > >> > You might be looking for the defined function. > >> > > >> > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FunctionReference#defined > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > James Turnbull > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Author of: > >> > * Pro Linux Systems Administration (http://tinyurl.com/linuxadmin) > >> > * Pulling Strings with Puppet (http://tinyurl.com/pupbook) > >> > * Pro Nagios 2.0 (http://tinyurl.com/pronagios) > >> > * Hardening Linux (http://tinyurl.com/hardeninglinux) > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
