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Hello folks, I''ve finally figured out how to get the Wiki to notify of changes. Luke is going to work on getting a proper link in the header but for now, make sure you are logged in and then if the page you want to watch is at: <http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/GlossaryOfTerms> then in your browser URL, substitute "notification" for "wiki": <http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/notification/GlossaryOfTerms> That should do it! -- Digant C Kasundra <digant@stanford.edu> Technical Lead, ITS Unix Systems and Applications, Stanford Univ...

Hi there, If I have a manifest with, say: node default { ..stuff.. } node mymachine { ..stuff.. } What would happen on mymachine: will the stuff in default be executed *as well as* the stuff in default, or only the stuff in mymachine? And, if the latter, should I move global stuff just to global scope outside of nodes? Thanks -Iwan

Yesterday, I switched our node structure from using node basenode, node nodetype inherits basenode, to using node classes per the changes discussed recently on this list and as defined in the wiki:GlossaryOfTerms. In the manifest, we have a syslog module which sets up all the components of syslog-ng we''re using. The ''syslog'' class is used by default on clients and then a syslog::server class is used on the central syslog servers. In the new node structure, I have the following de...

Hi all, I''ve got a new class in the current code, which I''ve been calling Configuration but Matt reasonably thinks is horrible. He is recommending the name Manifest, and I figured I''d see what others thought. The point of the class is to function as a resource container -- it keeps a reference to all of the resources we''re managing, and knows how to

Hi, I''m writing puppet modules since a couple of weeks now, so I''m still considering myself as a new comer in this field. It seems that modules I can find on the web or the recipe page on the wiki almost all use a design pattern where the module is shipped in one or several class(es) whose configuration are determined by "global" or nodes variables ala: module: class

Hello folks, I''ve blended/updated the Glossary of Terms (<http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/GlossaryOfTerms>). It seems the definition of "manifests" is a bit different amongst members. Some people consider a "manifest" to be a configuration file written in puppet, e.g. any .pp file. But at my organization, we''ve considered the totality of configurations settings (i....

...rminology:definitions). * virtual resource - a Puppet term for an resource that is defined but will not be made part of a system''s manifest unless it is explicitly realized. See also terminology:realize. And for quicker reference, here is what is currently on the Puppet Wiki GlossaryOfTerms: client: An operating system instance managed by Puppet. This can be an OS running on its own hardware or a virtual image. defined type: A type written in Puppet''s language. Also sometimes called definitions or components. manifest: A configuration file written in the Puppet...

Hello, Is it possible to group many nodes together? Suppose I have a large number of machines that I all want to have the same config - rather than specify them as individual nodes each inheriting the same config, I''d like to say that a group inherits a config, and define the group elsewhere. Does this sort of construction already exist? Could it be cobbled together from what we

Hello! I''m quite newbie to puppet. I''ve got 3 questions: 1. I''ve noticed, that puppet apply defined classes/modules in specyfic order. I''ve got something like this im my configs: /etc/puppet/cf/manifests/site.pp: import "networks/*/site.pp" node generic_node { include "puppet" include "apt" include "debian" } ---

sorry to cross post to dev/users. -dev was not the best option ;-) Hi to all puppet masters: functionnality I need is quite simple: classes/ one .pp file per class, example: class mail-gateway { ...service/host/templates... definitions } -> this should set all that''s needed to setup a given system "rôle" in the system (installing packages, config files with variables

Because here in Puppet-land we''re all about self-reference and recursion, and because I actually have to give a talk at RubyConf next weekend about abusing self-reference, and because parent nodes aren''t considered harmful in my own world, I give you: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000982.html I think it manages to somehow be both on- and off-topic at the same

...ence_genericwebserver = "node specific override" | include genericwebserver | } As shown in the example, this allows for site defaults and per-node overrides for variables which will be propagated to the genericwebserver. Regards, David [1] http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/GlossaryOfTerms#templatenode [2] http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetBestPractice - -- The primary freedom of open source is not the freedom from cost, but the free- dom to shape software to do what you want. This freedom is /never/ exercised without cost, but is available /at all/ only by accepting...