I think you could do:
node 'node1.fr.xxx.com' {
include facility::sjc
$my_ldap_server = $facility::sjc::ldap_server
include ldap::client
}
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Douglas Garstang
<doug.garst...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I've been struggling with puppet variable scope all day, well, for
> several months actually.
>
> I think I have pretty simple requirements. For any given node, I want
> to be able to set a series of variables and include a set of classes,
> based on three different aspects of a node, being physical location,
> operating system, and function. If I try and do this with classes, I
> find that variables set in a class included from a node, are not
> visible to other classes included from that node.
>
> node 'node1.fr.xxx.com' {
> include facility::sjc
> include ldap::client
> }
>
> In this example, variables defined in facility::sjc are not visible in
> ldap::client (in this case, it would be the IP address of the local
> LDAP server).
>
> Another approach is to do everything with node inheritance, but in
> order to model these three functions, you end up with nodes with names
> like sjcDellBootServer or nycVmwareBootServer, which is just plain
> stupid.
>
> So... what am I missing here, and why is such a simple thing so
> complicated in puppet? I'm not even sure if this email is lucid. I am
> really annoyed and frustrated as hell.
>
> Doug.
>
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