Thanks John and Paul,
I would like to use the console, and I think wrapping the resource (defined type) declaration in a class is still problematic for me because the parameters I would like to pass in still exist at the class level, thus causing a problem if I use different parameters for the same node. At the moment I have come up with a workaround where I declare the defined type in site.pp but reference a group level variable for setting parameters....this seems to work....but I would like the puppet administrator to be able to do all this via the console....any ideas let me know. Thanks again, Chandra ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of jcbollinger [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2013 1:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: parameters to a defined type from the puppet console On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 1:59:58 AM UTC-5, AMARASINGHAM, Chandra wrote: Hi, I would like to use a defined type and enter parameters from the puppet console. So far I can only use defined types in a class because the puppet console only seems to allow assigning configuration via classes. This means that I can use the same class with different parameters for the same node...which is why I wanted to use a defined type. Is there any way around this? External node classifiers, such as the one integrated into the Puppet console, cannot assign individual resources to nodes; they can only set global variables and assign classes. Defined type instances are resources. As Paul described, you can wrap multiple defined type instance declarations into a class, and assign that (via the console or otherwise). There are also approaches involving external data accessed via the hiera() function or automated class parameter binding. These would still involve preparing an appropriate class definition. John -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
