Puppet users - Jul 2011 - ruby dsl, loading files from within the modules

Is there a way to load a file from within the module in Ruby DSL?

The idea I have is to load a file similar to like how template works.

I''m trying to read in a database properties file and I would like to
keep within the module instead of hard coding paths.

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Sounds like a good use case for writing a custom fact.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Matt <mjblack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to load a file from within the module in Ruby DSL?
>
> The idea I have is to load a file similar to like how template works.
>
> I''m trying to read in a database properties file and I would like
to
> keep within the module instead of hard coding paths.
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I''m all for writing facts but I dont think it is the best solution in
this given problem. You can easily create a variable at top level to
identify where the file is and use it but that is not really elegant
either. With file definitions I can use the template function to read
in from a module but it doesnt seem to be working for me in outside of
the file resource.

On Jul 26, 12:16 am, Scott Smith <sc...@ohlol.net>
wrote:
> Sounds like a good use case for writing a custom fact.
>
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> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Matt <mjbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to load a file from within the module in Ruby DSL?
>
> > The idea I have is to load a file similar to like how template works.
>
> > I''m trying to read in a database properties file and I would
like to
> > keep within the module instead of hard coding paths.
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Matt <mjblack@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Is there a way to load a file from within the module in Ruby DSL?
>
> The idea I have is to load a file similar to like how template works.
>
> I''m trying to read in a database properties file and I would like
to
> keep within the module instead of hard coding paths.
Not sure if there''s a better way:

mod = Puppet::Module.find(''module_name'')
mod.path
> mod = Puppet::Module.find(''motd'')
> mod.path
=> "/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/motd"

Thanks,

Nan

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I''ll have to check that out that does seem to look a little better
what I figured out before.

What I did was this, which is just a different way.

db_props
Puppet::Module.modulepath(scope.lookupvar("environment")).to_s +
''/
module_name/conf/db.yaml''



On Jul 26, 10:46 am, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Matt <mjbl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to load a file from within the module in Ruby DSL?
>
> > The idea I have is to load a file similar to like how template works.
>
> > I''m trying to read in a database properties file and I would
like to
> > keep within the module instead of hard coding paths.
>
> Not sure if there''s a better way:
>
> mod = Puppet::Module.find(''module_name'')
> mod.path
>
> > mod = Puppet::Module.find(''motd'')
> > mod.path
>
> => "/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/modules/motd"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nan
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