My own post....? y? On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Scott Smith <sc...@ohlol.net> wrote:
> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/msg/6432a6dd539b542f > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Douglas Garstang > <doug.garst...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Ok, so am I getting 'DougBobBill' when I use $test_var = >> extlookup('testkey', '---', 'settings') on this file? >> >> --- >> testkey: >> - Doug >> - Bob >> - Bill >> >> Doug >> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Aaron Grewell <aaron.grew...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> It's an array, which can then be exploded into a whole set of package >>> resources with a single entry: >>> package {$default_packages:} >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Douglas Garstang < >>> doug.garst...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Aaron Grewell >>>> <aaron.grew...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Example Config: >>>>> --- >>>>> :parser: YAML >>>>> :precedence: >>>>> - %{environment}/nodes/%{fqdn} >>>>> - %{environment}/nodes/cluster_%{cluster} >>>>> - %{environment}/nodes/site_%{site} >>>>> - %{environment}/nodes/default >>>>> :yaml: >>>>> :datadir: /usr/share/puppet/environments >>>>> >>>>> Example call: >>>>> $default_packages = extlookup('linux_default_packages') >>>>> >>>>> Given an environment called 'testing', cluster called 'cluster1', site >>>>> called 'site1' and a node called localhost.localdomain it will look for >>>>> variable 'linux_default_packages' in: >>>>> >>>>> /usr/share/puppet/environments/testing/localhost.localdomain.yaml >>>>> /usr/share/puppet/environments/testing/cluster_cluster1.yaml >>>>> /usr/share/puppet/environments/testing/site_site1.yaml >>>>> /usr/share/puppet/environments/testing/default.yaml >>>>> >>>>> In that order, which means you can set this at the default level, then >>>>> override at any lower level you like. Make sense? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Aaron, makes sense. I wasn't so interested in the defaulting behaviour, >>>> because you can do the same thing with extlookup itself with something like >>>> this: >>>> >>>> $ssh_idle_timeout = extlookup("SshIdleTimeout", >>>> extlookup("SshIdleTimeout", extlookup("SshIdleTimeout", "" >>>> ,"settings/nodes/_global"), "settings/nodes/${domain}"), >>>> "settings/nodes/${fqdn}") >>>> >>>> In fact, I haven't had a chance to think fully though it yet, but I >>>> think this implementation of extlookup actually removes functionality. By >>>> chaining extlookup() calls together like I have above you can determine >>>> what >>>> lookup order you want to use whenver you want, rather than having to rely >>>> on >>>> a centrally configured file. >>>> >>>> But... I was much more interested in what I thought was the possibility >>>> of storing complex YAML data and retrieving it with puppet. What does >>>> $linux_default_packages end up looking like? Is it a string? If it's a >>>> string, how do you parse it? >>>> >>>> I dunno... seems like all you can store in the yaml files is key/value >>>> pairs, which means it's no better than using a CSV file. No? >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Douglas Garstang >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/garstang >> Email: doug.garst...@gmail.com >> Cell: +1-805-340-5627 >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Regards, Douglas Garstang http://www.linkedin.com/in/garstang Email: doug.garst...@gmail.com Cell: +1-805-340-5627 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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