On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Tim Mooney <tim.moo...@ndsu.edu> wrote:
> > All- > > We're currently using puppet 2.7.14 on master and all clients. > > I thought I understood why 'anchor' is part of stdlib, but after > re-reading both > > http://projects.puppetlabs.**com/projects/puppet/wiki/** > Anchor_Pattern<http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Anchor_Pattern> > > and > > > http://projects.puppetlabs.**com/issues/8040<http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8040> > > yesterday in preparation for trying to explain it to one of our team > that's coming up to speed on puppet, now I'm not so certain I really > understand. > yep, its probably the most confusing part of Puppet :( > > Specifically, is it necessary to use the anchor pattern if your module > only defines resources and doesn't require or include any other classes? > you only have to use the anchor pattern when you need to depend on a class that has classes defined in it. The example below does not need the anchor pattern. > For example, if I have > > class benthic { > > group { 'squarepants': > ensure => present, > gid => '99999', > } > > user { 'spongebob': > ensure => present, > uid => '99999', > gid => 'squarepants', > home => '/home/pineapple', > } > > package { 'starfish': > ensure => present, > } > > file { '/etc/starfish.conf': > ensure => file, > owner => 'root', > group => 'squarepants', > mode => '0640', > source => 'puppet:///benthic/starfish.**conf', > require => [ > Package['starfish'], > User['spongebob'], > ], > } > > service { 'i_m_ready', > ensure => running, > enable => true, > require => Package['starfish'], > } > } > > Given that class, do I need to use anchors to ensure that the > group/user/package/file/**service resource graph is correctly attached to > (contained within) Class['benthic'], so that if some other module does > > someresource { 'whatever': > ... > require => Class['benthic'], > } > > it just works, or, should I augment my class to also have > > anchor { 'benthic::begin': } > anchor { 'benthic::end': } > > Anchor['benthic::begin'] -> Group['squarepants'] > Service['i_m_ready'] -> Anchor['benthic::end'] > > ? > > My resources within the class are using explicit "require" when necessary > and relying on puppet's automatic "require" logic in other places so they > are correctly ordered, but it's not clear from the pattern document > in the wiki or the ticket whether the issue is solely with nested > classes, or whether it's important to also use the pattern for standard > resources. > > Also, the ticket was with respect to 2.6. I know this hasn't changed for > 2.7, but is there anything in 3.0 that addresses the issue? > > Tim > -- > Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu > Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076(Voice) > Room 242-J6, IACC Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) > North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 > > -- > 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+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/puppet-users?hl=en<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.
