Note that you can also just put the standard classes (and variables) directly in the top scope. No real need to encapsulate them inside a node scope (unless you are overriding the value of facts in the manifest, but that seems like a pretty bad idea anyway).
A minor difference is also that resources that are inside a node scope will automatically get tagged with the certname of the node, but resources and classes in top scope won't. But that automatic tagging is mostly useless and a waste of space in PuppetDB IMO. On Mon Jan 12 2015 at 2:56:06 PM jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote: > > > On Friday, January 9, 2015 at 3:34:41 PM UTC-6, RIlindo Foster wrote: >> >> It seems you are using this as a way to classify nodes. Your best option >> is to use an ENC (Foreman or Hiera) to classify your nodes, ideally using >> the roles and profiles pattern to abstract your modules. >> >> > > I strongly disagree. If you don't otherwise need (or want) an ENC, then > this is not a good reason to start using one. Changing the default node to > a class and 'include'ing it, as Peter suggested, is much easier, and mostly > equivalent to node inheritance. If you use node-scoped variables in the > (original) default node, however, then you have more work to do any way > around. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d657abc7-35ba-4c88-84fb-0f714853aa69%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d657abc7-35ba-4c88-84fb-0f714853aa69%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAAAzDLf8h85qCG0_UG5x-6mzULQp4MLPNNJvmEFux_eVgXsPdw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
