[Puppet Users] Re: What is an "external node tool"

2009-01-20 Thread kevin
On Jan 19, 10:23 pm, Andrew Shafer wrote: > Kevin, > > Using external nodes decouples the definitions of classes and code from the > hosts that will apply them. > > This approach also allows you to introduce arbitrary variables and values > that will be used by the classes. > > External nodes g

[Puppet Users] Re: What is an "external node tool"

2009-01-19 Thread Andrew Shafer
Kevin, Using external nodes decouples the definitions of classes and code from the hosts that will apply them. This approach also allows you to introduce arbitrary variables and values that will be used by the classes. External nodes gives you away to connect your hosts and services they provide

[Puppet Users] Re: What is an "external node tool"

2009-01-19 Thread James Turnbull
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 AJ Christensen wrote: > Woops, forgot this page too: > > http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ExternalNodes > > Has an example script which spits out some YAML. > > Regards, Also in my book you can find other examples of a external nodes tool

[Puppet Users] Re: What is an "external node tool"

2009-01-19 Thread AJ Christensen
Woops, forgot this page too: http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ExternalNodes Has an example script which spits out some YAML. Regards, AJ On 20/01/2009, at 3:53 PM, kevin wrote: > > I've been a bit confused by this terminology: What exactly is such a > tool? What purpose does it se

[Puppet Users] Re: What is an "external node tool"

2009-01-19 Thread AJ Christensen
An external node tool provides classes and parameters (variables) for nodes. It's a cool way of getting data from external sources onto your nodes. iClassify - https://wiki.hjksolutions.com/display/IC/Home Regards, AJ On 20/01/2009, at 3:53 PM, kevin wrote: > > I've been a bit confused by