On Apr 27, 3:52 am, Peter Meier <peter.me...@immerda.ch> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > [0] I have various nodes defined by function (e.g. database server) that > > inherit from a base node. One thing the base node does is check a fact > > that returns the location of the client. It then includes a module with > > the location-specific configuration, such as the ntp server. > > so you include in the base the ntp module and set the $ntp_servers > variable in the sub-node? Yes, this will not work as when the ntp class > is included the ntp_servers are not yet set. >
I think I understand why that wouldn't work, but that's not what I tried. I set the variable and include the module at the same level, as in the example I posted. These two lines are always in the same file. In my first attempt, the way it worked was I had this in my base node. case $location { foo: { include foo::base } bar: { include bar::base } default: { error("Cannot determine at what university $fqdn is located") } } and then in foo::base I had include ntp since that location was using the default value, and in bar::base I had $ntp_servers = ["timeserver1.example.edu", "timeserver2.example.edu"] include ntp since it was using a custom value. However, the value of $ntp_servers wasn't being set properly for hosts at location bar, hence my post. In my second attempt I moved everything related to ntp out of foo::base and bar::base modules and into the base node, like so include ntp case $location { foo: { include foo::base } bar: { $ntp_servers = ["timeserver1.example.edu", "timeserver2.example.edu", "timeserver3.bar.edu"] include bar::base } default: { error("Cannot determine at what location $fqdn is located") } } However, that still did not work. Should either of these have worked? Why or why not? Could either be tweaked to work? All the best, Brian Pitts -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.