----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik Dalén" <[email protected]> > To: "puppet-dev" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, 3 March, 2016 09:43:30 > Subject: Re: [Puppet-dev] metaparam question
> On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 at 00:35 Kylo Ginsberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 7:47 AM, R.I.Pienaar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> hello, >>> >>> I would like to add a metaparameter - which I think is easy now via >>> Type.newmetaparam. >>> >> >> We haven't been thinking of metaparameters as a general purpose extension >> point. This came up once before that I know of, about a year ago, and >> there's a little discussion of this in >> https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4281. The conclusion we reached >> at the time was, more or less, to explore whether the desired change could >> be accomplished with a puppet function and/or a change to core puppet. >> >> >>> >>> The thing that I can't seem to find any example of though is how to >>> make this metaparameter do something on the nodes for all providers >>> or all types. >> >> >>> Imagine there's a metaparam that might describe how to test a resource >>> works, something like: >>> >>> service{"httpd": validate => "check_http --port 80 -H localhost"} >>> >>> I'd then want to have some code that would be run on the agent nodes >>> for any resource that has this param set. >>> >> >> I don't think something like this exists per se, but 'validate' might be >> one such example of something worth adding to core puppet. Fwiw, one >> resource-specific example added not too long ago is the file type's >> validate_cmd: >> >> >> https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/type.html#file-attribute-validate_cmd >> . >> >> > Just to clarify, validate_cmd works differently in that it validates the > new contents before replacing the file. > I guess the generic validate metaparameter would validate the resource > after it has been synced. yes indeed, subtle but important. thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/1062762368.96001.1456995522124.JavaMail.zimbra%40devco.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
