I think you're right. Thanks, John and Ken for helping get me straightened out.
*Bret Wortman* http://about.me/wortmanbret On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:52 PM, jcbollinger <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:29:37 AM UTC-6, Bret Wortman wrote: >> >> Wait -- so this collects every occurrence thoughout the database, not >> just for the system being processed? >> > > > Yes, that's the point of exported resources. They allow resources the > catalog compilation process for one node's catalog to emit resource > declarations that are available for incorporation into ANY node's catalog. > It only makes sense to do this with resources that are in some way specific > to the exporting node. The canonical example is Host resources -- if each > node exports a Host resource describing itself and collects all the > exported Hosts, then all managed nodes will end up with /etc/hosts files > listing (at least) all managed nodes. > > > >> I think the word "node" was tripping me up in the online documentation -- >> I was reading "node" and thinking "resource". Okay, I get it now, and >> you're absolutely right -- this is a terrible use of exported resources. I >> think what I was looking for was virtual, not exported, resources. >> >> > > No, I think you were just looking for collections. You can use them with > ordinary (non-virtual) resources. If you are not already using virtual > resources to manage the Yum repos then I don't see what advantage you would > obtain by converting your ordinary resources to virtual ones. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/zNFaLT3tf3Q/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/8f851721-c4f2-44e8-97ad-5e68afd8581d%40googlegroups.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAN9oxgS-JRyOCr%2BLFQmvEMQxgbh6LkHr0mT4UFo9Wbm5tsCy-w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
