Thanks for the reply,
It looks like I would need an entry for every host if I were to take
that route? My environment would require 6000*3 entries... That
doesn't seem logical.
Am I understanding this correctly?
On Jan 10, 4:35 am, Bruce Richardson <itsbr...@workshy.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 09, 2011 at 10:42:19AM -0800, trey85stang wrote:
>
> > 192.168.1.20 host1.domain.com
> > 192.168.1.30 host2.domain.com
> > 192.168.1.250 unique_host.domain.com
>
> > Is there a way to manage this with puppet? What I would like to do is
> > be able to check that those 3 entries exist... if not replace the file
> > and generate the custom content that needs to be in the file?
>
> If you use host resources, as already recommended, Puppet will create
> the entries if they do not exist. If you only want those entries
> present, tell Puppet to purge all host entries not specified in the
> puppet configuration for that host.
>
> host { 'host1.domain.com':
> ip => '192.168.1.20',
> ensure => 'present'
> }
>
> host { 'host2.domain.com':
> ip => '192.168.1.30',
> ensure => 'present'
> }
>
> host { 'unique_host.domain.com':
> ip => '192.168.1.250',
> ensure => 'present'
> }
>
> resources { 'host': purge => true }
>
> Stop thinking custom scripts; start thinking resources. Most Puppet
> configuration consists of specifying which resources you do or don't
> want present in which circumstances. Most of the rest of it is about
> defining which resources depend on which others (e.g. this running
> application depends on that configuration file). You describe how a
> system should look and Puppet does what is necessary to make it so.
>
> --
> Bruce
>
> I object to intellect without discipline. I object to power without
> constructive purpose. -- Spock
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