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> > Let me not be taken as an extlookup() zealot. I do like the design > as it is, but that doesn't mean it is ideal -- or even good -- for every > purpose. One of the advantages of Puppet, however, is that it is > fairly easy to modify and extend. If you would like an alternative > lookup facility then by all means, write one. If you are community- > minded then you could consider sharing it; the Puppet Forge (http:// > forge.puppetlabs.com/) makes it easy to do that. > > You may also be interested in some of the extlookup() author's > comments about it (http://www.devco.net/archives/2009/08/31/ > complex_data_and_puppet.php). He hangs out here, so you may also > hear from him directly. > So extlookup wasnt written as a be-all and end-all of data sources. I recognized we want data and code separation and of course I could write an ENC but I also recognized that I could do something generic that would solve a large % of cases for people to push out the point at which they need an ENC a bit later or in many cases entirely. I hoped I could solve it in a way that adds some value like make it easier to write configurable modules and to do so in a way that people without programming backgrounds can grasp and use and make their manifests a bit better. With this in mind I wrote extlookup aiming to solve the most common problems. I am not against ENCs I think big/complex shops absolutely must have them and I think a lot of the extlookup bashers missed this point - if you are big enough or complex enough where extlookup doesnt work for you then you've probably reached a legitimate point where investing time in writing an ENC is time well spent. And you're also not any more the the target audience extlookup was created for. You should though just look at extlookups code, its extremely simple and easy to understand (especially since Jesse rewrote my ancient crappy code) and this should let you hack up solutions that solves your problems. Puppet is a framework, its very hackable, its easy to write functions and types, easy to copy them out to all your servers and make it work in new and interesting ways. So I totally encourage you to use extlookup as a example and solve the problem in your own way or even to evaluate writing your own ENC. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
