Puppet users - Mar 2013 - how to call a class from different module than current

Hi dear Users,

I''ve been looking in internet and on the puppet wiki website but i am
still
confused about this.

Lets say I have 2 Modules: A and B

What I want to do is call a class on module A directly from module B.

I know it is possible to call different classes within a module by using 
inheritance and using different .pp config files. But how I do not know how 
to do the "same" between different modules.

Thanks!

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You can just call the full reference to the class. So if you want to call 
the class *dofunkystuff *from *modulea *in *moduleb*, put this in one of 
your module B manifests:

include modulea::dofunkystuff


Is this what you needed? 

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On Friday, March 22, 2013 3:49:38 AM UTC-5, MrTeleBird
wrote:
>
> Hi dear Users,
>
> I''ve been looking in internet and on the puppet wiki website but i
am
> still confused about this.
>
> Lets say I have 2 Modules: A and B
>
> What I want to do is call a class on module A directly from module B.
>

Puppet classes are not executable and cannot be "called".  They can be
"declared", or the term "included" means about the same
thing.  Or
"assigned", sometimes.

 
>
> I know it is possible to call different classes within a module by using 
> inheritance and using different .pp config files. But how I do not know how
> to do the "same" between different modules.
>
>
That is totally NOT the purpose of class inheritance, except in the form of 
class inheritance used by a parameterized class A to ensure that another 
class, B, is evaluated before A''s parameter defaults.  Even
that''s pretty
much a hack, but it seems to have gained general acceptance.

Laying out your classes and type definitions each in their own manifest 
(.pp) file, arranged in the way that the autoloader expects them to be, on 
the other hand, is certainly a big piece of the puzzle.  It''s not
necessary
in the strictest sense, but what you''re asking is not really practical
if
you don''t.

With that said, the bottom line is what Russell said: any class or type 
definition, in any module, can be referenced from any manifest by its 
qualified name.  Generally, module_name::[inner_namespace:: ...]class_name 
is sufficient, but for absolute certainty use the absolute form: 
::module_name::[inner_namespace:: ...]class_name (note the leading :: ).  
If you refer to classes or defined types that have not yet been parsed, 
however, then Puppet must be able to find their definitions based only on 
their names, which is where the autoloader comes in.


John

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Hi John!

yes, exactly that was the answer I was looking for. I think the next time I 
will not forget just to think easy ;-)

cheers,
Cesar

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