Hello Trevor, Thanks for the reply. I did knew that I should use confine statement to reach that goal but I did not know whether I did need a new provider for each OS or if I can share it.
Sample: File rar-windows.rb Puppet::Type.type(:zipfile).provide(:rar, ...) confine :operatingsystem => :windows File rar-unix.rb Puppet::Type.type(:zipfile).provide(:rar, ...) confine :operatingsystem => :linux If puppet allows the same provider to be defined twice or more times this would work and would be perfect because I could select provider => zip and forget about OS. Sample2 File rar-windows.rb Puppet::Type.type(:zipfile).provide(:rar-windows, ...) confine :operatingsystem => :windows File rar-unix.rb Puppet::Type.type(:zipfile).provide(:rar-unix, ...) confine :operatingsystem => :linux If the first sample does not work, this would mean that I have to select the provider with puppet selectors before sending the parameter into the resource. On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:09:04 PM UTC+2, Trevor Vaughan wrote: > > David, > > You'll need to use confine statements to set the suitability of a > particular provider to the OS. > > See: > http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Development_Provider_Developmentunder > 'Suitability'. > > The new Types and Providers book covers this reasonably well also. > > Finally, take a look at the 'group' provider in the Puppet core code to > see how they go between Windows and other OS's. > > Good Luck! > > Trevor > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 5:40 AM, David Campos > <noymn.the...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am developing a few custom providers for some features that I need into >> my system (such as dealing with different zipped files or generating some >> JSON data based on OS files) and I have hit into a question about "how to >> do this for multiple OS?" >> >> Lets focus into the zipped file provider that should provide a common >> method to pack or unpack zipped files (tar, tar.gz, rar, zip or any) backed >> on OS tools or native ruby methods. Maybe the ruby approach would be the >> most portable one but I will keep that approach aside right now. We end up >> with 3 providers for the custom type 'zipfile': zip, rar and tar. >> >> Those providers may share code but they differ on how to delegate its >> functionality to third-party apps (7zip on windows and zip/unzip on linux >> as an example). How can I deal with that? Can I clone the provider into >> different files such as zip-windows.rb and zip-linux.rb, keep the same >> header and use the confine method? Is there any filename -> provider >> restriction? Is that the correct approach? >> >> I have been searching through other core providers like file but I can >> not find my answer... >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Trevor Vaughan > Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc > (410) 541-6699 > tvau...@onyxpoint.com <javascript:> > > -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
