DrKJam schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> A quick "Hello" to every as this is my first post on the Puppet Users group.
>
> I had some training with Teyo in London recently and am busy
> evaluating Puppet to replace a config engine developed for internal
> use at my company.
>
> Question: Is it possible to refer to variables declared inside
> realised definitions?
>
> Here's a basic example of how to refer to variables defined inside the
> scope of a class that is not your own :-
>
> test.pp
> ----------
> class foo {
> $bar = 'baz'
> }
> include foo
> notice("$foo::bar")
>
> output :-
> ----------
> notice: Scope(Class[main]): baz
>
> Is there any equivalent syntax for definitions along the lines of :-
>
> $foo['somename']::bar
>
> Is it possible to do something similar with definitions or is this
> just abuse of Puppet principles ;-)
Currently this is not possible.
> Basically what I'm trying to achieve is the set up of a bunch of
> scopes with variables in them. These are then combined in various ways
> to configure multiple instances of an application on a individual
> system (of which there may be many).
>
> It's proving to be tougher than I thought ;-)
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions on the direction I could take from here?
That's a tough question to answer without actually seeing your specific
requirements.
The common way would be to create a define representing application
instances and using this define to setup instances:
| define application($path1, $path2, $param1, $param2) { ... }
Regards, DavidS
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