Yep. Templates are just normal files that go through the ERB parser so you can make adjustments on the fly. And it appears you are trying to push out the file anyway (using the source => param) so it seems like a good fit to me.
Cheers Den On 22/05/2012, at 18:45, Sans <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I did think about using template one point. > So, do you generate the entire file using "template"? For us, it's just a few > lines to change in the default gmod.conf file. > > cheers, > San > > > On Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:02:59 AM UTC+1, denmat wrote: > Hi, > > I think templates would be easier to manage in this setup. > > http://docs.puppetlabs.com/learning/templates.html > > It will give good flexibility. It the way I have managed my ganglia setup. > > Cheers, > Den > > On 22/05/2012, at 7:33, Sans <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I'm trying to figure out how to do this - first copy a "common" file to >> every node and then modify the file according to the node type. I've tried >> this: >> >> >> if $node_type == 'wn' { >> $port = '8649' >> $desc = 'Worker Nodes' >> } >> >> exec { >> 'n_desc': >> command => "sed -ic '/cluster {/,/}/s/name = \"[^\"]*\"/name = >> \"\'\"$desc\"\'\"/' '$fname'", >> subscribe => File["$fname"], >> refreshonly => false; >> >> 'n_port': >> command => "sed -ic '/port\ =\ /{s:[0-9]*$:$port:g}' '$fname'", >> subscribe => File["$fname"], >> refreshonly => false; >> } >> >> file { >> 'gmond.conf': >> name => "$fname", >> source => 'puppet:///modules/ganglia/gmond.conf', >> require => Exec['n_desc','n_port'], >> notify => Service['gmond']; >> } >> >> >> The problem is the Exec['n_desc','n_port'] is being executed but then it >> changing back to the original one as supplied by: source => >> 'puppet:///modules/ganglia/gmond.conf', which is definitely not what I want. >> How can I make sure it copy the file first and then make the changes? Or, >> simply how do I do that? Cheers!! >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/9XQhRACkvOEJ. >> 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/YE5OjdOlY3oJ. > 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. -- 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.
