L.S,
What is the idiomatic Puppet way to get global context in a instances
method for a custom provider?
I’m building a custom type and provider for some Oracle items. Oracle can
have multiple databases running on a system. So I need a way to tell the
instances method to which database to connect.
I’ve got a couple of idea’s myself, but don’t know which is best and if
there are better ways:
1. Not using the instances method. This means I can use a regular
parameter to specify to which database to connect. But I lose the ability
to list my resources with puppet resource tablespace.
2. a custom type providing some defaults e.g.
ora_settings{'default':
database => 'mydb'}
And store this information and use it in the regular resources. This
fits well with Puppet, but requires an extra custom type.
3. Just use some environment variables. This doesn’t fit well within a
Puppet workflow
4. Use an external fact. This seems like misuse of a Fact, But it is
easy to access this information in a custom provider
Any thoughts are appreciated?
Bert
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