This looks exactly like what I was looking for, thank you. This might be worth mentioning on the ENC page so people like myself can find it easier.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Dan Bode <d...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > Hi J, > > The create resources function was created to serve this exact use case (the > README actually mentions your exact use case :) ) > > https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-create_resources > > This will require 2.6.5 or higher to work (That is the first version where > ENC's support param classes) > > The function was also merged into core in 2.7.0 > > -Dan > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Justin Lambert > <jlamb...@localmatters.com>wrote: > >> I have recently started moving the config of our puppet hosts out of the >> nodes files and into an ENC so they can be managed through a web UI by >> someone with less technical experience without the fear of a typo causing a >> failure of all catalogs to compile. As a result, I have been looking at >> which modules need to be rewritten to support this. The problem I have run >> into is, how do you do something such as add multiple virtual hosts using >> the YAML output of an ENC? >> >> I currently have something like: >> >> node 'web01.company.com' { >> apache::virtualhost { 'site1': location => '/hosted/site1', url => ' >> http://site1.com' } >> apache::virtualhost { 'site2': location => '/hosted/site2', url => ' >> http://site2.com' } >> } >> >> This uses 'define apache::virtualhost' in order to create multiple sites, >> works fine. The YAML from an ENC (referencing >> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/external_nodes.html) doesn't look to >> support this kind of definition so I need to find an alternative. My next >> thought was that I can pass parameters to a parameterized class. No love >> there as you can't instantiate a class multiple times with different >> parameters. How are others solving this issue? >> >> Thanks, >> jl >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
