On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Ryan Stewart <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm new to Puppet, and I'm a software developer, not a sysadmin, so be > gentle. I have puppet managing some files via templates, and one of > the template variables that needs to be plugged in is a password of > sorts that shouldn't be generally available. In particular, it can't > be stored in the manifest, as that's stored in version control, and > the password shouldn't be available there. Basically, the only place > it's okay for this password to be stored is on the systems that will > be using it. > > What would be the "Puppet way" of getting this string into the > configuration? > http://www.craigdunn.org/2011/10/secret-variables-in-puppet-with-hiera-and-gpg/ Does that help? I've done this in the past without hiera, where you have a function that runs on the master to decrypt the content out of version control, but the above makes it pretty simple. -- Nigel Kersten Product Manager, Puppet Labs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
