On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Roland Gruber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to add support for Puppet to my OpenSource project LDAP Account
> Manager (LAM): http://www.ldap-account-manager.org/
> This will provide you a free web GUI to manage your Puppet entries in your
> LDAP directory (incl. entry templates, file upload via CSV and PDF export).

I assume you're using
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Ldap_Nodes as your
reference?
>
> Since I am no Puppet user I have little knowledge about how you typically
> use it. Therefore, I hope you can answer some questions to help me to
> provide the right GUI elements for you. ;-)
>
> Here is what I plan for the page layout:
>
> puppetVar:
> Multi-line text field where the user can enter one option in each line. LAM
> will then split them by line and fill the attribute values.
Seems fine.
>
> puppetClass:
> Multi-line text field where the user can enter one option in each line. LAM
> will then split them by line and fill the attribute values.
> I first thought about some drop-down to select the class and an "Add"
> button. But this will be slow when adding lots of classes.
> What do you think would be the best for you to enter the data?
That should workl
>
> environment:
> This is a multi-value field. So a drop-down box cannot be used. Maybe a
> multi-selection list or a drop-down box and the option to add additional
> values.

> Do Puppet entries usually have more than one environment?
A node only belongs to a single environment. So, it shouldn't be
multi-valued, IIRC.

> The list of environments is fixed?
Not at all.  You can have many (even dynamic) environments.

I mean the possible environments could be
> configured in the LAM configuration to show only predefined values to the
> user?
Not easily with the current tooling.  At least not that I can think of.

>
> parentNode:
> I guess all LDAP entries with objectClass "puppetClient" can be used and I
> have to insert the "cn" attribute's value
What is parentNode?  I'm not familiar with that field.


>
>
> Thanks in advance for your help. :)
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Roland
>
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