Hi Lesley, Global Parameters are not used just for puppet so the terminology shouldn't be changed to avoid confusion. They can be used to set global variables but you can also use Smart Variables from the puppet class itself. In the output sent to puppet global parameters and smart variables are indistinguishable but when setting them in Satellite you'll see global parameters are connected to all host while smart variables are connected only to hosts that you connect to the puppet class where you created them.
Smart Variables overrides are set from the puppet class itself but can also be overridden from a host or hostgroup (those will also appear in the puppet class). Regarding reimporting a class, if you add new parameters they will be added but if you removed parameters from the puppet class and imported it again in the same environment they will be removed. If the parameter still exists your overrides will not be deleted when you import again so you won't have to redo it. Ori On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Lesley Kimmel <[email protected]> wrote: > All; > > I am just beginning to set up Red Hat Satellite and looking into setting > parameter defaults for modules/classes that I import. Confusingly, there is > an item called 'Global Parameters' under the 'Configure' menu. After > looking at this item I think, in Puppet terminology, it is actual 'Global > VARIABLES'. Can anyone confirm this? > > Secondly, I believe, that configuring 'Global' (class-level) PARAMETER > overrides needs to happen within the Smart Parameter tab of the class > configuration itself. Agreed? > > Finally, if I set a number of parameter overrides on a particular class > does anyone know what happens when I update this module/class later on and > it either has new parameters or removed old parameters which I may have > previously set overrides for? I'm planning to use some modules with a large > number of parameters and will override many of them. I don't want to have > to redo this configuration every time I update a module. > > Please advise, and thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Foreman users" 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]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Foreman users" 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/foreman-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
