I've seen that attempted with Puppet and it works out badly in practice. Different distros put files in different locations, use different init systems, have different conventions for 'includes', name packages differently.
Having one 'magic' class that makes it easy to type a config seems like it'll save you time. until you have to debug it. On 10 June 2015 at 16:43, Christian Thiemann <[email protected]> wrote: > I want all my Apache installation to behave the same on all OSs -- I want to > write one logical model of how Apache should work, and all OS differences > should just be different views of that model. > > Thus, this is how my "install Apache packages" task looks like -- one task, > one data structure, thanks to some YAML magic: > > - include: install_packages.yml > pkgs: !platform > - apache:: > Debian: apache2 > RedHat: httpd > - mod_authnz_external:: > Debian: libapache2-mod-authnz-external > - python-passlib:: # needed for Ansible's htpasswd module > Gentoo: dev-python/passlib > - pwauth > tags: > - apache/setup > > > If I had separate include files per OS, then my list of packages would be > duplicated in multiple files -- I mean the logical list of packages (i.e., > "apache" + "mod_authnz_external" + "python's passlib"). If I have to add > another mod_foobar in the future, I only have to add it to one list instead > of having to remember to maintain multiple OS-dependent representations in > multiple places. > > > On Monday, June 8, 2015 at 7:15:59 PM UTC+2, Brian Coca wrote: >> >> @Adam, >> >> Agreed, this workaround just offsets the work of having 2 tasks to >> having 2 data structures and is more limited than the other version, >> this is one of the reasons why we do not recommend it, but it is >> available if people insist going down that path. >> >> >> -- >> Brian Coca > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/c138e7cc-9bac-46c4-bf75-deca40e290f0%40googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAK5eLPR5yHU38RLKHRbc51sUAmnVbaZU4XnQJui2SUCAPwVz-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
