I was asleep, and woke up thinking about a way to define a relationship between the hiera parameters of multiple modules such that conflicts could be avoided...
The thought process was that if I set one value, say, the service enablement parameter for snmp to 'stopped' in my tripwire module, that value could conflict with the service parameter of the snmp module.. Which references a completely unrelated hiera parameter I thought about just using the same value for both, but that could be confusing for sharing modules, as the pseudo-scope of hiera parameters ie: $modulename_parametername: foo snmp_snmp_enable: enable tripwire_snmp_enable: stopped Would no longer be the rule, which, while I suppose there is no rule, (is there?) this made the most sense to me, so I ran with it. I thought, sleepily: if there was some way for me to say there could be a conflict which could be clearly stated in the hiera values, I think it might make for easier module sharing/blending 'if this other parameter (bacon_crispness) exists and has the value of [ crispy,burnt,raw ] that conflicts with me (breakfast_enjoyment) if the value is true.' This could be furthered to override a stated value via a relationship : Breakfast_enjoyment: true <~ unless (bacon_crispness) is [ crispy,burnt,raw ] Or to confine another parameter's values: Breakfast_enjoyment: true ~> bacon_crispness: [ undef,chewy,thick,absent ] Is there any merit to this idea? In speaking with people who have tastyzombiebrains™ there was a concern that this breaks the 'data only' model of hiera.. so perhaps the dependency logic should live in the hiera function in puppet? or not at all… dunno.. Maybe I should have just gone back to bed? ________________________________ This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this message. See http://www.datapipe.com/legal/email_disclaimer/ for further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. -- 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.
