I'm just getting into hiera and have now configured it, my attempts at migrating to hiera have been frustratingly hard as I'm not able to get the write syntax. Can someone help me in converting the below from a class declaration to hiera?
Current declarations in my declare.pp file:
class profile::web {
class { 'nsswitch':
automount => 'files',
hosts => ['files','dns'],
}
}
class { 'sudo': }
sudo::conf { 'web-users':
sudo_config_dir => '/etc/sudoers.d/',
source => 'puppet:///files/web/web-users.conf',
}
Thanks
Dan
Simple:
---
nsswitch::automount: files
nsswitch::hosts:
- files
- dns
In hiera files; never use tabs!!
In your manifest you can use
include nsswitch
OR you can load a list of classes from Hiera with the hiera_include function:
hiera_include('classes')
You'll need an array of classes in your Hiera file then.
Related
I'm learning puppet (v6), and trying to understand how to set class parameters when a specific node needs an additional parameter, but uses the same class. Maybe a little fuzzy on the terminology, but here's what I'm working on:
MyNode1 needs sshd configured to use a banner and timeout, so using ghoneycutt-ssh, I include the ssh class with parameters:
/modules/MyModule/manifests/MySSH.pp
# Configures SSH
class MyModule::MySSH {
# Using ssh module
class { '::ssh':
sshd_client_alive_count_max => 0,
sshd_client_alive_interval => 900,
sshd_config_banner => '/etc/MyBanner.txt',
}
}
Now I have a second node MyNode2, which requires MySSH above, and also needs to disable forwarding. I started with something like this, where I define only the additional parameter in its own class:
/modules/MyModule/manifests/MySSH_Node2.pp
class MyModule::MySSH_Node2 {
class { '::ssh':
sshd_allow_tcp_forwarding => 'no',
}
}
Then define MyNode2 to include both in my site definition, hoping that puppet merges my ::ssh definitions:
/manifests/site.pp
node MyNode1 {
include MyModule::MySSH
}
node MyNode2 {
include MyModule::MySSH
include MyModule::MySSH_Node2
}
I understand that the above example doesn't work due to error Duplicate declaration: Class[Ssh]. I also tried overriding the class with a new parameter:
class MyModule::MySSH_Node2 {
Class[ssh] {
sshd_allow_tcp_forwarding => 'no',
}
}
But it seems this is not allowed either: Error: Resource Override can only operate on resources, got: Class[ssh]-Type
I'm not sure what the best way to add parameters is. I know I can create a manifest that includes all the parameters needed for this node and apply that instead, but then I end up with duplicate code everywhere.
Is there a reasonable way in modern puppet to assign and merge class parameters like this in puppet?
How to overwrite defined type in nodes.pp? I want to able to set custom domain using nodes.pp. Case Default isn't an option.
I'm using puppet 6.0..
The following method doesn't work. It says Could not find declared class resolv::resolv_config.
It looks like it used to work in 3.0 according to this answer.
nodes.pp
node "test001" {
class { 'resolv::resolv_config':
domain => "something.local",
}
}
modules/resolv/manifests/init.pp
class resolv {
case $hostname {
/^[Abc][Xyz]/: {
resolv:resolv_config { 'US':
domain => "mydomain.local",
}
}
}
}
define resolv::resolv_config($domain){
file { '/etc/resolv.conf':
content => template("resolv/resolv.conf.erb"),
}
}
resolv.conf.erb
domain <%= #domain %>
There are a couple of problems here, but the one causing the "could not find declared class" error is that you are using the wrong syntax for declaring a defined type. Your code should be something like this:
node "test001" {
resolv::resolv_config { 'something.local':
domain => "something.local",
}
}
There are examples of declaring defined types in the documentation, https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/lang_defined_types.html.
Once you get that working, you'll find another problem, in that this definition
define resolv::resolv_config($domain){
file { '/etc/resolv.conf':
content => template("resolv/resolv.conf.erb"),
}
}
will cause a error if you try to declare more than one resolv::resolv_config, because they will both try to declare the /etc/resolv.conf file resource. You almost certainly wanted to use a file_line resource.
I'm still fairly new to puppet, and am now at the point where I want to use classes with parameters in my custom modules.
I have a module called tsvpuppet, and I want it to act as a wrapper to the mysql module
with standard paramters (maybe later on based on custom facts fromt he host).
in my /etc/puppet/modules/tsvmysql/manifests/init.pp file
class tsvmysql {
class { '::mysql::server':
root_password => 'password',
override_options => $override_options
}
}
The above module code seems to work, but classes in classes just feels wrong.
Can anyone suggest a better way of writing this, or suggest how it should be done ?
Many thanks.
Matt
You can include the class ::mysql::server.
class tsvmysql {
include '::mysql::server'
}
class { '::mysql::server':
root_password => 'password',
override_options => $override_options
}
I am trying to create Puppet module to setup my web server.
What i want - is to split configuration to logical modules (manifests by services: webserver, database, ftp etc.) But I can not figure out how to use additional manifests in init.pp
I am going to use it only with puppet apply not server-client configuration.
My text module manifest (kp/manifests/init.pp):
class kp {
include kp::testfile
}
include kp
And additional manifest (kp/manifests/testfile.pp)
define kp::testfile {
$value = template("kp/some.erb")
file { 'testfile':
path => '/tmp/my.txt',
ensure => file,
content => $value
}
}
Documentation says:
If a class is defined in a module, you can declare that class by name in any manifest. Puppet will automatically find and load the manifest that contains the class definition.
But when I run puppet apply init.pp I am getting error message
Could not find class kp::testfile for myhost.com at /myDir/puppetModules/kp/manifests/init.pp:2 on node vagrant.example.com
Facts
/myDir/puppetModules/ is in modulepath so no problems here
Puppet version v2.7.11
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
What I am doing wrong?
Thanks in advance!
Your kp::testfile is a defined type, not a class. To use a defined type you need to declare it like:
kp::testfile { 'name': }
Try redefining kp::testfile like
class kp::testfile {
$value = template("kp/some.erb")
file { 'testfile':
path => '/tmp/my.txt',
ensure => file,
content => $value
}
}
and you may have better luck.
Just getting started with Puppet, and I'm having trouble with my first template. It should be very easy, but I can't figure it out.
I have a module "base" at
/etc/puppet/modules/base/
./manifests
./manifests/service.pp
./manifests/init.pp
./manifests/params.pp
./manifests/config.pp
./manifests/install.pp
./templates
./templates/puppet.conf.erb
There's other stuff, but it's not necessary.
base/manifests/init.pp:
class base {
include base::install, base::service, base::config, base::params
}
base/manifests/config.pp
class base::config {
include base::params
File {
require => Class["base::install"],
ensure => present,
owner => root,
group => root,
}
file { "/etc/puppet/puppet.conf":
mode => 0644,
content => template("base/puppet.conf.erb"),
require => Class["base::install"],
nofity => Service["puppet"],
}
...
base/manifests/params.pp
class base::params {
$puppetserver = "pup01.sdirect.lab"
}
Finally the interesting part of the template at base/templates/puppet.conf.erb
...
server=<% puppetserver %>
The error message:
err: Failed to parse template base/puppet.conf.erb: Could not find
value for 'puppetserver' at
/etc/puppet/modules/base/manifests/config.pp:13 on node ...
I don't get what the problem is. I've copied this part straight out of the Pro Puppet book.
Could someone show me where $puppetserver should be defined and how?
The issue is that the name "puppetserver" needs to be fully qualified so Puppet can find the value, since it's defined in a different scope to the one the template is evaluated in.
The variable is defined in base::params so can only be referred to simply as "puppetserver" in that scope. When you're evaluating the template from within base::config, you're in a different scope and so you can't refer to the variable simply by its short name. The "include" adds the other class to the catalog, but doesn't change these rules.
This means to access it, you fully qualify it with the class name: base::params::puppetserver. If you were using it in the manifest itself, this would be $base::params::puppetserver. You'll see similar examples in Pro Puppet in the ssh::config and ssh::service classes where it refers to "ssh_service_name" in the params class (pages 43-45).
To access the variable in a template it's a bit different, use scope.lookupvar("base::params::puppetserver"). Taking your full example and adding a missing equals sign (to output the value) in the template:
...
server=<%= scope.lookupvar("base::params::puppetserver") %>
There's a bit more information about scoping on the Scope and Puppet as of 2.7 page.
(Edit: looks like it's listed on the confirmed errata page too with the same solution.)
Answer #1 is technically correct, but results in very verbose templates.
You can shorten them by bringing variable values from other classes into your own class scope:
class base::config {
include base::params
$puppetserver = $base::params::puppetserver
...
}
And then use them in your template as expected:
server=<% puppetserver %>
You could also use inherits:
class puppet::config inherits puppet::params {
....
In this way you don't have to define $puppetserver again in this class.