This is a proof of concept if you will. Just using this as a simple
example. I've got a lot of files I'd like to add a "managed by Puppet"
header to.
There's two camps. Manage the whole file or edit in place. I realize
Puppet users are mostly of the former. I'm of the latter.
Thanks,
Kent
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Trevor Vaughan <tvaug...@onyxpoint.com>
wrote:
> Being a file with only two options, do you need to use Augeas? Why not
> just manage the whole file?
>
> The only time you wouldn't do this is if you expect someone to
> independently change variables in the file either by hand or with another
> tool later and you do not want to change them back.
>
> Trevor
>
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Kenton Brede <kbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to add a "this file managed by puppet" line to the top of the
>> files I manage with augeas.
>>
>> This works but is not idempotent. I could add an onlyif but then if I
>> want to change SELINUX to "off" I won't be able to, since the comment will
>> always exist.
>>
>> augeas { 'selinux_config':
>> context => '/files/etc/selinux/config',
>> changes => [
>> 'ins #comment before #comment[1]',
>> 'set #comment[1] "TEST"',
>> 'set SELINUX on',
>> ],
>> }
>>
>>
>> I I tried the following but get error "Error:
>> /Stage[main]/Test_module/Augeas[selinux_config]: Could not evaluate: Saving
>> failed, see debug"
>>
>> If I remove the 'ins' line the comment is added and it's idempotent, but
>> of course the comment is at the bottom of the file.
>>
>> augeas { 'selinux_config':
>> context => '/files/etc/selinux/config',
>> changes => [
>> 'ins #comment before #comment[1]',
>> 'set #comment[. = "TEST" ] "TEST"',
>> 'set SELINUX on',
>> ],
>> }
>>
>> Is there any way to get this to work or am I just beating my head against
>> the wall for nothing?
>> Thanks,
>>
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