On May 21, 2010, at 02:16 , Douglas Garstang wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Paul Lathrop <p...@tertiusfamily.net> wrote: >> If you don't see a use, don't use the feature. However, when you have >> an issue and people suggest external nodes is the answer, you might >> consider listening. > > Paul, I initially asked about a way to parse nodes files such that I > could update them programatically. Various people suggested external > nodes. And, here we are. > > Thanks for your reply. I am listening, but I missed where you > suggested a solution to my question. Therefore, I will pose it again. > How do I set parameters in external nodes such that I don't have to > pass a plethora of qualified global variables to my modules?
Douglas, we use Foreman as our external node classifier. It allows you to set variables at different levels: global, domain, hostgroup and host, each taking precedence the previous one. This way you can set global defaults and override them at different levels until you set specific variables for a host for example and variables can have the same names always. Is this what you were looking for? Cheers, Atha > > Doug. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
