On Friday, December 11, 2015 at 10:49:40 AM UTC-8, John Bollinger wrote: > > > > On Friday, December 11, 2015 at 11:08:08 AM UTC-6, Corey Osman wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am curious on a few things >> >> 1. Is the custom type code run on the node or master, makes sense the >> provider is but not sure about the type code. >> > > > As I understand it, a custom type's own code -- or at least parts of it -- > runs both in the agent and in the master. To the best of my knowledge, > providers run only in the agent. > > > So if I wanted to run some validation in the type code, where does that get run? node or master? The reason why I am asking because not only do I want to validate that the user specified a absolute path, but also verify the file exists. But this would only work if the File.exists? method in the validate block for the type code is executed on the node.
> >> 2. How would I use the commands syntax with a command path determined by >> parsing and XML file. Or passed via the user. >> >> > > I don't think you can do. Maybe the XML file would work, if you are > willing to assume that its contents to be in place and correct before the > first Puppet run, and to not thereafter change, but those are pretty strong > conditions. I don't see how the user could provide the information via a > Puppet manifest, because it applies to the whole class, whereas user data > is specific to individual instances, and user data anywat comes into play > only after the suitability-determination aspects the declared commands > comes into play. > > > >> Basically I was hoping to do something like this: >> >> https://github.com/logicminds/puppetlabs-ibm_installation_manager/blob/refactor/lib/puppet/provider/ibm_pkg/imcl.rb#L46 >> >> > > I am uncertain where variable 'imcl_command_path' variable is coming from > in provider you point to, and uncertain whether that provider actually > works as intended. If it does work reliably, then I presume the > constraints I gave earlier are satisfied (the data source is > pre-established, reliably correct, and unchanging for the duration of the > Puppet process in which the associated variable is used). > > > John > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/e6f9b3aa-3322-4c2c-ac0c-ad8fca9734f6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
