I have one pure-ruby implementation here: https://github.com/onyxpoint/pupmod-concat
I'm hoping to get some code uploaded in the near future that makes it a bit less chatty. Thanks, Trevor On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Luke Bigum <luke.bi...@lmax.com> wrote: > Generally when I run into this problem I make the troublesome configuration > file a "Concat" file - there's a number of implementations around, including > a pure Ruby one I've been meaning to track down but this is RIP's original: > https://github.com/ripienaar/puppet-concat > > Make the Postfix module write out the "common" Postfix configuration as a > Concat file, and then have a facility to allow other modules to add > configuration. You can do this with a define like postfix::extra_config that > adds fragments to the main postfix config file (main.cf or master.cf, > whatever you need to edit). Other modules can then make additions to the > Postfix config. It implies a level of trust between your modules, and > there's nothing stopping one module adding one fragment, and another > unrelated module adding a conflicting fragment to the file. > > This approach works quite well for an snmpd module where your base config is > the same but then you allow other modules to add more lines to snmpd.conf, > depending on what modules are declared on that node (mysql, disk space > checks, etc). > > > On 01/12/11 15:49, Peter Berghold wrote: > > ... to invoke a template from multiple modules? Here is what I mean: > > I have a module called "postfix" which handles the installation and base > configuration of the postfix MTA. I have another module called > "spamassassin" which deals with the download and installation of the > Mail::SpamAssassin Perl module which incidently adds the init scripts for > SpamAssassin and the clamd binary. > > I'd like that spamassassin module to modify both the master.cf and main.cf > file of postfix to enable its own functionality. > > Rather than make SpamAssassin part of the postfix module I separated it out > since not all machines running postfix need to have the overhead of > SpamAssassin (eg. mailers behind the firewall that don't accept outside > email) but my border MX machines do. > > There's another module that needs to modify postfix's config files to be > enabled as well and that's the ClamAV module, I won't go into detail here. > > The problem I see is if each of them modify the configs, the postfix module > is going to remove the changes the other modules made. > > Is there a slick way of doing this? > > -- > Peter L. Berghold > Owner, Shark River Technical Solutions LLC > -- > 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. > > > > -- > Luke Bigum > Information Systems > +44 (0) 20 3192 2520 > luke.bi...@lmax.com | http://www.lmax.com > LMAX, Yellow Building, 1A Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN > > > The information in this e-mail and any attachment is confidential and is > intended only for the named recipient(s). The e-mail may not be disclosed or > used by any person other than the addressee, nor may it be copied in any > way. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender immediately > and delete any copies of this message. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure > or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Any > view or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent those of the company. > > -- > 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. -- Trevor Vaughan Vice President, Onyx Point, Inc (410) 541-6699 tvaug...@onyxpoint.com -- This account not approved for unencrypted proprietary information -- -- 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.
