On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 4:41 PM, warron.french <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello, I need some guidance/direction on what to lookup and where I can
> find an example of how to provide values to a class so that they will be
> used by the class (and the ERBtemplate within).
>
> I want to be able to provide the variable *collector_id* to my class and
> from the Red Hat Satellite Puppet Master provide collector_id =
> mycollector.some.net so that it will be used to generate text and then
> populate - mycollector.some.net in the file after some other text.
>
> I figured something like this is needed; but I am not sure and cannot find
> an example to confirm I am on the correct track:
>
> *class* rsyslog_mgmt (collector_id) {
> file { '/etc/rsyslog.conf':
> ensure => 'present',
> content => template('rsyslog_mgmt/syslog.conf.erb'),
> }
> }
>
> Then the content of my file syslog.conf.erb would look something like this:
>
> ...snippet...
> *.info;authpriv.*;mail.none;news.none <%= @collector_id %>
> ...EOF...
>
> Am I on the correct track? Do I need a $ symbol in front of the
> collector_id within the () at the top in front of the first curly brace
> that starts the class definition?
>
You need the dollar sign:
class blah(
$parameter_1,
) {
..do stuff
}
Search for "parameterized class puppet" for further reading.
-m
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