Puppet users - Apr 2010 - How to set variables for groups of computers

Hi.


I''m in need of setting a few variables for groups of nodes/computers,
and
could use some advice on how to set this up. I''m just about to start
using a
extlookup.rb setup, which in the default setup enables me to set variables
based on facter information (plus the "common" default file). I need,
however, to set variables based on wether a computer belongs to
group "testbed-1", "testbed-2", "qass-1", and so
forth. How have others
implemented this type of thing - have you used extlookup.rb, or some other
method of grouping computers? I guess I could on a per node basis (in
nodes.pp) set "$computer_group = testbed-1" and so forth, but
I''m sure there
are better ways of defining which group a computer belongs to.


Best regards,
Kenneth Holter

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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Kenneth Holter
<kenneho.ndu@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi.
>
>
> I''m in need of setting a few variables for groups of
nodes/computers, and
> could use some advice on how to set this up. I''m just about to
start using a
> extlookup.rb setup, which in the default setup enables me to set variables
> based on facter information (plus the "common" default file). I
need,
> however, to set variables based on wether a computer belongs to
> group "testbed-1", "testbed-2", "qass-1", and
so forth. How have others
> implemented this type of thing - have you used extlookup.rb, or some other
> method of grouping computers? I guess I could on a per node basis (in
> nodes.pp) set "$computer_group = testbed-1" and so forth, but
I''m sure there
> are better ways of defining which group a computer belongs to.
>

this is one of the basic functions of an external node classifier. Check out
the Puppet Dashboard.

>
> Best regards,
> Kenneth Holter
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Hi,

http://theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/External_Nodes#Host-Groups

Hopefully this helps :)

Ohad

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Kenneth Holter
<kenneho.ndu@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi.
>
>
> I''m in need of setting a few variables for groups of
nodes/computers, and
> could use some advice on how to set this up. I''m just about to
start using a
> extlookup.rb setup, which in the default setup enables me to set variables
> based on facter information (plus the "common" default file). I
need,
> however, to set variables based on wether a computer belongs to
> group "testbed-1", "testbed-2", "qass-1", and
so forth. How have others
> implemented this type of thing - have you used extlookup.rb, or some other
> method of grouping computers? I guess I could on a per node basis (in
> nodes.pp) set "$computer_group = testbed-1" and so forth, but
I''m sure there
> are better ways of defining which group a computer belongs to.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Kenneth Holter
>
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