On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:16:16 PM UTC-5, Toky wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have the following code I use to populate /etc/hosts :
>
> # This module will gather hostnames and IPs in order to populate hosts
> files
>
> class hosts {
>
> host { 'localhost.localdomain':
> ensure => present,
> ip => '127.0.0.1',
> host_aliases => [ 'localhost' ],
> }
>
> @@host { $fqdn:
> ensure => present,
> ip => $ipaddress_eth0,
> host_aliases => [ $hostname, $tag_name ],
>
> }
>
> # Here we ensure we are capturing all exported nodes
>
> Host <<| |>>
> }
>
> I would like to send the exported resources to another file too
> (/usr/local/etc/ec2-hosts)
>
> How can I get the exported resources above (hostname and ip) in to such
> file?
>
That doesn't make any sense. I mean, I understand what you are trying to
accomplish, but Host resources simply don't fit into it. You are thinking
of Hosts as if they represented a line of text with a certain structure,
but that's altogether the wrong view.
A Host resource represents a hostname-to-net-address mapping known by the
target node. The target either knows this mapping or doesn't; it doesn't
make sense to ask for the target to know it in two places. Moreover, the
local manifestation of "knowing" a Host mapping is not part of the mapping
itself. On many types of systems it will manifest as an entry in
/etc/hosts, but there are other alternatives (the docs call out OS X
systems as ones where the manifestation is different).
> A sym-link from /etc/hosts will not work for what I need.
>
You need a separate set of resources to manage your other file. Have a
look at the Concat module -- it may get you where you need to go.
John
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