To all,
My ruby is failing me as I try to create a custom provider. I have a custom
provider I am writing that uses the net-ldap gem that will, based on the
custom type create, destroy and modify LDAP entries. What I am struggling
with is the difference between the class level methods: self.instance and
self.prefetch and instance level methods: create, destroy, etc.
As things currently stand I have in my custom provider code
def self.ldap_connection ## Class level method
Puppet.debug("Creating new LDAP connection")
unless @ldap_connection
@ldap_conection = Net::LDAP.new(
:host => '127.0.01',
.......
@ldap_connection
end
def self.prefetch ## Class level method
ldap_connection.search(:base => Services_Base, :filter =>
searchFilter ) do |entry|
.... <code to parse output>
results << new ( .... )
results
end
def create ## Instance level method
self.class.ldap_connection.add(:dn => mydn, :attributes => myattr)
end
The above all works fine, I can create and destory LDAP entries and modify
attributes based on my custom type without a problem. But if you look at
the self.ldap_connection I hard-coded the host. What I want to do, is
create a parameter in the type, called ldapserver, which I then can use in
self.ldap_connect.
I tried
@ldap_conection = Net::LDAP.new(
:host => @resource[:ldapserver],
But when I debug @resource[:ldapserver] it is nil so I'm obviously not
access it correctly. I also tried @@resource[:ldapserver] thinking resource
is a class level variable, but still no luck.
I've also tried to make def ldap_connection, so it is an instance level
method,but the I run into issues in self.instances where I need to open a
LDAP connection to prefetch, and the method is instance level, so not
available at the class level, self.instances.
Thanks
Len
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