Yes, but if he doesn't like defines then create_resources is probably out as well.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Craig White <craig.wh...@ttiltd.com>wrote: > Isn't this the itch that create_resources is designed to scratch? > > Craig > > On Sep 21, 2011, at 4:26 PM, Douglas Garstang wrote: > > > Thanks, but I'm not sure templates will quite cut it. There is no way > > that I am aware of to iterate over all the variables obtained through > > an external node script, and put chunks into separate files. This > > falls outside the bounds of what embedded ruby can do. > > > > As for using define(), well, I am trying to separate the data from the > > manifest, and putting N number of defines in the manifests and passing > > values to it, breaks that. > > > > Doug. > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Aaron Grewell <aaron.grew...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Remember too that if you can do it once (say with a define) Puppet will > do > >> it as many times as you like just by putting the data in an array. > >> > >> On Sep 21, 2011 2:39 PM, "Brian Gupta" <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> > wrote: > >>> Puppet can do this. I would propose the following solution, but there > may > >>> be > >>> other ways to do it. > >>> > >>> 1) Use a template. Templates have embedded ruby code and run on the > >>> clients. > >>> 2) Link to some library that allows you to query your database (You can > >>> use > >>> one or more require statements in your ruby code) > >>> 3) Embed ruby code to parse and format your variables into > configuration > >>> > >>> See http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/templating.html for a bit more > about > >>> templates. > >>> > >>> -Brian > >>> > >>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:20 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. > >>>> > >>>> Now, what if the number of variables that get dumped by the external > >>>> node script is variable? And, what if these variables are broken into > >>>> chunks that need to be split into different files on the remote > >>>> system? How would I do such a complex thing in puppet? A lack of any > >>>> type of looping constructs in puppet would seem to make this rather > >>>> difficult. > >>>> > >>>> 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-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. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> <http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/solution-providers/brandorr/> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Douglas Garstang > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/garstang > > Email: doug.garst...@gmail.com > > Cell: +1-805-340-5627 > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > craig.wh...@ttiltd.com > 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > www.ttiassessments.com > > Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired > success? 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