Thank you Daniel, this does indeed look like our best approach.
A concern I do have is with "search_for". We also have an apache_activemq
module, and it is important that this is not affected by the query. Is
there a way to specify the search using regex?
On Monday, 27 November 2017 14:47:16 UTC, Daniel Lobato wrote:
>
> On 11/27, 'Tom Farrow' via Foreman users wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We'd like to rename a couple of classes, retaining all parameter
> overrides
> > etc.
> >
> > We're looking to move "::apache" to "::legacy_apache" including all
> other
> > classes within the module (::apache::mod::python etc).
> >
> > To me, the workflow seems to be:
> > - Change code to use the new name
> > - In the Foreman database, change the class names in the `puppetclasses`
> > table (ie, update `puppetclasses` set `name` = 'apache' where `id`='15')
> >
> > Do we need to change the class name anywhere else? It looks like Foreman
> > always references via this table for lookups, but I may be mistaken.
> >
> > Is there a nicer way to do this? Maybe via foreman-console?
>
> Via foreman-console, you'd also ensure any references get updated. I would
> not
> recommend doing any updates updating the db rows directly.
>
> Also Puppetclasses in Foreman just have one attribute, 'name', no
> inheritance
> or anything like that. You will have to update classes that look like
> apache
> to legacy_apache.
>
> For example, through the console:
>
> Puppetclass.search_for("apache").each do |puppetclass|
> new_name = puppetclass.name.sub('apache', 'legacy_apache')
> puppetclass.update_attributes(:name => new_name)
> end
>
> Obviously test in a sandbox first, but I was able to rename the class in
> the
> same way. I imagine the reason you want to do this is to preserve your
> overrides,
> correct?
>
>
> >
> > Thanks for your help in advance
> > Tom
> >
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