Sunil_mlec
2009-Oct-12 10:31 UTC
[Puppet Users] Variable to be available to different puppet clients
Hi all, I am trying to cache data, which should be available to different puppet clients and so far I am not successful. The cached data should reside in a variable and not in a flat file. When the first puppetclient connects to the puppetmaster, then the puppetmaster generates the data dynamically and stores in a variable. Then the data in that variable should be available to different puppet clients without the need for re-generating the data. Could you please help me with it. An example would be great. I posted the question in puppet-dev group and heres the link. The final conclusion was that " simply provide the data with an external node tool. People on puppet- users might be able to help you on that. " The complete link for the thread : http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev/browse_thread/thread/4df9df7d7ef7e4c/6cd926a26fa4e9e8#6cd926a26fa4e9e8 Thanks, Sunil. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Andrew Shafer
2009-Oct-12 17:45 UTC
[Puppet Users] Re: Variable to be available to different puppet clients
Sunil, I read the thread. The way Puppet works, it''s going to compile a specific catalog for the host making a requests with essentially a blank slate every time. You could do something like extend Ohad''s example and add a global variable to the Ruby runtime that gets assigned the first time it is requested instead of using a file to store the state. (Of course that solution creates it''s own potential problems.) The only way the data will be available is through the custom function, but the logic can be such that it just returns the value once it has been computed. Another way to share information between hosts is exporting and collecting resources. Do you have an explicit use case? If we know more about the problem you are trying to solve, we might have better solutions. Regards, Andrew Shafer Reductive Labs On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:31 AM, Sunil_mlec <sunilm007@gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi all, > I am trying to cache data, which should be available to different > puppet clients and so far I am not successful. The cached data should > reside in a variable and not in a flat file. When the first > puppetclient connects to the puppetmaster, then the puppetmaster > generates the data dynamically and stores in a variable. Then the > data in that variable should be available to different puppet clients > without the need for re-generating the data. Could you please help me > with it. An example would be great. > > I posted the question in puppet-dev group and heres the link. The > final conclusion was that > " simply provide the data with an external node tool. People on puppet- > users might be able to help you on that. " > > The complete link for the thread : > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev/browse_thread/thread/4df9df7d7ef7e4c/6cd926a26fa4e9e8#6cd926a26fa4e9e8 > > Thanks, > Sunil. > > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---