Ah ok! That makes more sense now. Thanks - Trey
On Aug 17, 12:59 pm, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:27 AM, treydock <treyd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone have some examples of using this create_resources > > function,https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-create_resources, > > ? Based on the README example I can't figure out exactly how to > > change from using defines to using this function. Maybe I > > misunderstand the purpose of create_resources...is it to replace > > defines, or is it to allow ENCs (for example) to use a define? > > The purpose of create resources is not to replace define, but rather > to declare resource from a hash. This is typically used to work around > ENC limitation of class only so you can provide a hash to generate > resources for a node. > > > > > > > > > > > Below is an example of a define I use for apache virtual hosts. From > > the example on the functions readme, does "class webserver::instances" > > use the information in $instances? So if I wanted to create files / > > directories from the information in $instances, would that be done in > > "class webserver::instances" or else where? > > > Here's the example... > > > node 'webserver' { > > apache::vhost { > > 'drupal-multisite1': > > domain => 'com', > > docroot => '/var/www/example2.com/html', > > options => 'None', > > override => 'All', > > protocol => 'http'; > > > 'drupal-multisite2': > > domain => 'com', > > docroot => '/var/www/example2.com/html', > > create_docroot => false, > > options => 'None', > > override => 'All', > > protocol => 'http'; > > } > > } > > So if you use create resource, instead of the section above would be: > > $vhost = { 'drupal-multisite1' => { domain => 'com', ... } } > > create_resource ("apache::vhost", $vhost) > > It would not change your existing define apache::vhost. > > Thanks, > > Nan -- 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.
