Thank you for taking the time to demonstrate how to implement a
template. This is exactly what I needed.
On Sep 15, 3:28 pm, Eric Heydrick <eric...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> That should work. However, a more puppetish way of doing it is using a
> template to generate ntp.conf. I'm guessing the only difference between
> your ntp.conf's is the server setting. Here's how you could do it with a
> template:
>
> in site.pp specify ntp servers for each site, e.g.:
>
> case $site {
> sj: {
> $ntpServerList = [ 'ntp1.sj', 'ntp2.sj' ]
> }
> to: {
> $ntpServerList = [ 'ntp1.to', 'ntp2.to' ]
> }
>
> }
>
> then make an ntp.conf.erb in the templates directory that contains this:
>
> <% ntpServerList.each do |ntpServer| -%>
> server <%= ntpServer %>
> <% end -%>
>
> then in your manifest:
>
> file { "/etc/ntp.conf":
> content => template("ntp/ntp.conf.erb"),
>
> }
>
> This way you have only one file to edit to change site-specific setings.
>
> In our environment we have a function in site.pp that determines $site
> based on fqdn.
>
> -Eric
>
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Mark Christian wrote:
>
> > Following the example in the CommonMisconceptions I've done away with
> > the inherits "base_node" and have instead included the class base_node
> > and can now successfully pass my $site variable. However I can't seem
> > to include the variable in the "source" parameter for "file" type.
>
> > For now I'm using this:
>
> > file { "/etc/ntp.conf":
> > owner => root,
> > group => root,
> > mode => 0644,
> > source => $site ? {
> > "sj" => "puppet:///ntp/SJ/ntp.conf",
> > "to" => "puppet:///ntp/TO/ntp.conf",
> > "uk" => "puppet:///ntp/UK/ntp.conf",
> > "pg" => "puppet:///ntp/PG/ntp.conf",
> > default => "puppet:///ntp/ntp.conf",
> > },
> > notify => Service[ntpd],
> > require => Package["ntp"],
> > }
>
> > I was just hoping I could use this instead:
>
> > source => "puppet:///ntp/$site/ntp.conf"
>
> > On Sep 15, 12:45 pm, Silviu Paragina <sil...@paragina.ro> wrote:
> > > I thinks you are in the case explained
> > > herehttp://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/CommonMisconceptions
>
> > > Silviu
>
> > > Mark Christian wrote:
> > > > say I have a couple nodes:
>
> > > > node 'uk-host' inherits basenode {
> > > > $site = "UK"
> > > > }
> > > > node 'ap-host' inherits basenode {
> > > > $site = "AP"
> > > > }
>
> > > > Is it possible to pass the $site variable to the file resource source
> > > > parameter?:
>
> > > > class ntp {
>
> > > > package { ntp: ensure => installed }
>
> > > > file { "/etc/ntp.conf":
> > > > owner => root,
> > > > group => root,
> > > > mode => 0644,
> > > > source => "puppet:///ntp/$site/ntp.conf", # $modulepath/ntp/
> > > > files/{AP,UK}/ntp.conf
> > > > source => "puppet:///ntp/ntp.conf",
> > > > notify => Service[ntpd],
> > > > require => Package["ntp"],
> > > > }
>
> > > > service { ntpd:
> > > > name => "ntpd",
> > > > enable => true,
> > > > hasstatus => true,
> > > > hasrestart => true,
> > > > ensure => running,
> > > > require => Package["ntp"],
> > > > }
> > > > }
>
> > > > The above does not appear to work. Am I simply misguided and should I
> > > > be trying something else? Thank you.
>
> > > > Mark
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