[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Community Roles and Profiles

2017-01-14 Thread Joe
Ahh ok , so i am overthinking this..instead of declaring this class in resource like fashion just use the "include class" method ... If so that simple concept makes perfect sense. Thank you very much On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 3:52:52 PM UTC-7, Joe wrote: > > Hello All, > > Does Puppet C

Re: [Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Community Roles and Profiles

2017-01-14 Thread Rob Nelson
Joe, Roles and profiles don't change your hiera usage much. In your profile just `include file_config` and in hiera keep the same keys you already have working. Hiera will do the legwork of automatic parameter lookup no matter how the class is included, so your results should be the same. On Sat,

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Community Roles and Profiles

2017-01-14 Thread Joe
Hello again, So I read up and watched the wonderful presentations suggested here. I am certain this is the direction for our environment. I have a question regarding the functionality of the profiles in regards to file resources using the "source" option that replaces a file if it has changed.

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Community Roles and Profiles

2017-01-12 Thread Joe
Thank you guys very much, will read up on this. On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 3:52:52 PM UTC-7, Joe wrote: > > Hello All, > > Does Puppet Community support Roles and Profiles? The Puppet Community > does section does not appear to have documentation on them, just looking > for confirmation

[Puppet Users] Re: Puppet Community Roles and Profiles

2017-01-12 Thread Steve Button
As well as the comment from Thomas, also see the follow up post from Gary Larizza http://garylarizza.com/blog/2014/02/17/puppet-workflow-part-2/ Here's a video from Puppet Conf 2016 https://youtu.be/RYMNmfM6UHw And from Puppet Conf 2014 https://youtu.be/v9LB-NX4_KQ?t=2011 That last one is v