It is unfortunately only documented in the release notes.
facts are accessed as follows:
node 'default' do
file '/tmp/one',
:content => Facter[:operatingsystem].value
end
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Martijn Grendelman <mart...@iphion.nl>wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm sorry, this may not be the response you are waiting for.
> Unfortunately, I have only questions to add...
>
> > I'm experimenting with converting some of my live puppet content to
> > Ruby DSL and have found a few gaps I wouldn't mind some advice on. I'm
> > not sure how many of you have already experimented in this arena yet.
> >
> > I've already read Dan Bode's excellent blog article on the subject:
> >
> > http://www.puppetlabs.com/blog/ruby-dsl/
> >
> > I know the Ruby DSL is quite new - but I figured perhaps some of these
> > items deserve to be tickets (or perhaps documented) and I thought I'd
> > ask first :-).
> >
> > 1. Defaults
> >
> > How do I set defaults in Ruby DSL? For example what is the ruby DSL
> > equivalent to this:
> >
> > Service {
> > hasstatus => true
> > }
> >
> > 2. Top scope
> >
> > I notice the convenience methodology does not work at 'top scope' for
> > example
> > this will fail:
> >
> > file "/tmp/zzz", :content => "foo"
> >
> > But this will not:
> >
> > node "default" do
> > file "/tmp/zzz", :content => "foo"
> > end
> >
> > Is there a proper way to call resources without using the convenience
> > methods? Or
> > perhaps is there a way to define elements that reside in top scope?
> >
> > 3. Class resource
> >
> > I think Dan Bode already raised this as a bug:
> >
> > https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/5236
> >
> > The following returns an error 'method_missing':
> >
> > hostclass :foo do
> > notify "bar"
> > end
> > node "default" do
> > hostclass "foo", :stage => "baz"
> > end
> >
> > This is because hostclass has not been defined as a convenience method
> > it would seem. Just like issues 2 If someone knows
> > a way to call a resource directly without requiring the convenience
> > method that would be a decent enough work-around.
> >
> > 4. exec Resource
> >
> > The 'exec' resource as a convenience method is overlapping with the
> > ruby 'exec'
> > method. So if you do this:
> >
> > node "default" do
> > exec "ls", :command => "/bin/ls"
> > end
> >
> > You get:
> >
> > can't convert Hash into String on node obelisk.usr.bob.sh
> >
> > Returned from the Kernel.exec call.
> >
> > 5. Referencing other resources
> >
> > I'm not quite clear how to reference other resources that already
> > exist. This is obviously a problem for the 'require' attribute:
> >
> > node "default" do
> > package "foo", :ensure => "installed"
> > service "foo", :enable => "true", :ensure => "running", :require
> > => ???
> > end
> >
> > 6. Chaining Resources
> >
> > Is there a syntactical equivalent to this in Ruby DSL yet? For
> > example:
> >
> > Stage[pre] -> Stage[main] -> Stage[post]
> >
> > Without knowing how to solve 5 I'm kind of stuck when it comes to
> > defining dependencies :-).
> >
> > Cheers :-).
> >
>
>
> Is there, besides the mentioned blog post, any official documentation? I
> haven't been able to find any.
>
> How can I use facts in pure-Ruby manifests? I don't know how to reference
> them, and anything I have tried failed.
>
> Best regards,
> Martijn.
>
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