Hello, On 11/23/2010 12:34 PM, Dan Bode wrote: > http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Puppet_Internals > > The model in puppet is implemented as a directed acyclic graph (DAG). The > vertices of the graph are resoures, the edges are the relationships (order > dependencies) between resources. > > Resource types describe the desired state of a resource in terms of > properties. > ex: File has properties content, mode, owner, group > > Types specify the description of a resource, which is abstracted from > providers that specify the implementation (how we query the current state, > how we synchronize) > ex: package { 'foo': ensure => installed} is a relevant description > regardless of the implementation of how we query the current state and how > we synchronize if it does not match the description. (could be apt, rpm, > yum) > > Properties are attributes of resources that can be synchronized. > > The synchronization process is as follows: > - query the real state of the property on the system > - compare to the desired state > - if they are not the same, then synchronize them > - if we have to sync resources, then create an event.
This description is actually concise and quite understandable. I would suggest adding it to Puppet's documentation wiki, not too far away from the "extended knowledge" section [1]. [1]: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/#extended-knowledge -- Gabriel Filion -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
