2009/10/13 Teyo Tyree
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> Hey William,
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> Welcome to Puppet.
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[wf:]
thanks
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:01 AM, william Famy
> wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > II am trying puppet after cfengine and I am looking for a method to use a
> > class if a file exist.
>
> One
Hey William,
Welcome to Puppet.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:01 AM, william Famy wrote:
> Hi.
>
> II am trying puppet after cfengine and I am looking for a method to use a
> class if a file exist.
One way to express this is to write a custom fact to test whether or
not a file is on the client sys
there are a number of ways to determine if a class should be applied
to a client. If you gave us an example of the actual condition, not
just an abstract, we might be able to provide better ideas for you.
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Thanks,
Allan Marcus
505-667-5666
On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:01 AM, william Famy wrot
Just remember not to wrap define declarations in 'if' or 'case' statements.
It blows up spectacularly.
Trevor
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 00:55, Andrew Shafer wrote:
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> You can technically do this with a custom fact as suggested.
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> if $myfact {
> include specialsauce
> }
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> The rational beh
You can technically do this with a custom fact as suggested.
if $myfact {
include specialsauce
}
The rational behind why you would want to avoid this in general is
simple, favor specificity.
Machines shouldn't have a file that then decides how something else
gets configured, you should tell
william Famy wrote:
> I prefer runing class on my client if thereis a file exemple if the
> file /etc/mypuppet/condition is present execute the condition class.
If you want to do this, you'll likely have to create a simple facter
fact for your clients so that the puppetmaster receives "true" if
