On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:24:07 PM UTC-5, David Reagan wrote: > > I'm brand new to Puppet. Just read through the tutorial online, and the > first couple chapters of Pro Puppet. > > As I've experimented with managing Apache, I ended up storing my wildcard > ssl cert on the puppetmaster. Since my Apache hosts will all use it. > > I'm also looking at managing Shibboleth with Puppet. I don't know the > application well enough to figure out how to template the various > configuration files correctly. So it seems like I might want to store them > on the puppetmaster. > > I'm sure I'll run into other applications with the same problem. > > So, does it make sense to store files with host specific configuration in > them on the puppet master? Files that are either unable to be turned into > templates, or that I don't know enough about the application to make > templates. Or is there a better way? >
For complex configs, I either use ageaus or a define that builds fragments to be put together using puppet-concat. I also wind up having to spend a lot of time studying docs and existing configs so that I can properly build the config files. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/1uklKbOw-HUJ. 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.
