Parameterized classes were also made for this issue, but I don't recommend going that route if you have several levels of classes being included before you have to use the variable.
You might find it worthwhile to set $my_role in Hiera, and provide a sane default within the webserver class. On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 10:24 AM, Mark Roggenkamp <[email protected] > wrote: > You may want to consider making whatever needs $my_role into a define or > class that can be used in another module. Then make a module to contain > roles. These roles would be classes (since puppet has no role resources > type like this) that include relevant defines/classes from other modules. > I've found for my use cases composing things that way works a bit better, > though of course YMMV. > > Regards, > Mark > > On Friday, August 10, 2012 4:28:33 PM UTC-4, Douglas wrote: >> >> So... >> >> I was just reading the new puppet scoping documentation at >> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/**guides/scope_and_puppet.html<http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/scope_and_puppet.html>. >> >> >> I don't get it. If I have this... >> >> class web_server { >> include common >> include webserver >> $my_role = "web_server" >> } >> >> Can I access the $my_role variable in the webserver class? >> >> Doug. >> > -- > 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/-/_6R6QOKDXugJ. > > 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. > -- James Sweeny Professional Services http://puppetlabs.com/ -- 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.
