On Sep 21, 6:34 pm, Nigel Kersten <ni...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Douglas Garstang > > <doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All, > > > I have a situation where I need to get some fairly complex > > configuration files onto systems, and I'm wondering if puppet can even > > do this. Lets say that my external node script will go and source all > > the data it needs from an external database, and dump out all > > variables that the node will need. The relevant puppet module(s) will > > then have to inject these variables into templates to be deployed to > > the systems. > > Can you provide an example of a chunk of actual data and the desired > end result to see if there's a better alternative Doug?
I second that request. The scenario presented is more a design concept than a problem description. Although I am confident that Puppet indeed can handle the scenario as presented, it may be that there are alternative designs that would accomplish the same objective in a simpler way. > Do you have full control over the external data source and external node > script? > Are there other systems in place that already rely upon your existing > data formats in the external source? John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
