SOLVED / Minor Bug? :cf2: Mysterious Syntax error

2010-02-26 Thread Andreas.Balg
Thanks for your suggestion, but infact it does not change anything here renaming the modules itself - I just renamed the module to more usual name without the colon but as before it works but still throws the syntax error. I finally just got rid of the syntax error by writing the variable $(ho

cf2: Mysterious Syntax error

2010-02-26 Thread Andreas.Balg
Hi there , the following line gives me errors although either way infact it seems to work as expected. Whats the problem - how do I have to write it? Where is my error? cf.groups contains the following: groups: # this preparatory module sets groups from contents of hostlist.xml service

How to create a rule for a long running task that should not run on all host at once ?

2010-02-25 Thread Andreas.Balg
Hi there, is there any internal mechanism in CFengine (v2) to make sure not all hosts of a certain class run a certain task at once (because it will take them out of service during that time) . For example we have clusters of hosts performing the same service behind a load balancer. Additional