Puppet users - Apr 2012 - Using backreferences from node name regex match

I appears that backreferences when using regexes in node names doesn''t 
work. Can anyone confirm this? If I''m incorrect, how do I go about
using a
backreference to the name regex within the node definition container?

Thanks,
Guy 

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Yeah, I''m pretty sure that''s not supported.

But you could implement whatever you''re trying to do with a regular
regex match, if you need to. Use the built-in $clientcert variable,
which contains the node''s certname.

(This assumes you''re doing the default behavior of using the certname
as the node name. Hint: you almost certainly are.)

On Apr 26, 4:38 pm, Guy Knights <g...@eastsidegamestudio.com>
wrote:
> I appears that backreferences when using regexes in node names
doesn''t
> work. Can anyone confirm this? If I''m incorrect, how do I go about
using a
> backreference to the name regex within the node definition container?
>
> Thanks,
> Guy
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Ok, thanks Nick. I''ll look into using a regex match on the client cert
(and
yes, you''re right. I am :)

On Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:00:24 UTC-7, Nick Fagerlund
wrote:
>
> Yeah, I''m pretty sure that''s not supported. 
>
> But you could implement whatever you''re trying to do with a
regular
> regex match, if you need to. Use the built-in $clientcert variable, 
> which contains the node''s certname. 
>
> (This assumes you''re doing the default behavior of using the
certname
> as the node name. Hint: you almost certainly are.) 
>
> On Apr 26, 4:38 pm, Guy Knights <g...@eastsidegamestudio.com> wrote: 
> > I appears that backreferences when using regexes in node names
doesn''t
> > work. Can anyone confirm this? If I''m incorrect, how do I go
about using
> a 
> > backreference to the name regex within the node definition container? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Guy
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