Chapter 4. Writing Better Manifests
"There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always bitch about and those nobody uses."—Bjarne Stroustrup
In this chapter we will cover the following topics:
- Using arrays of resources
- Using define resources
- Using dependencies
- Using node inheritance
- Using class inheritance and overriding
- Passing parameters to classes
- Writing reusable, cross-platform manifests
- Getting information from the environment
- Importing dynamic information
- Importing data from CSV files
- Passing arguments to shell commands
Your Puppet manifest is the living documentation for your entire infrastructure. Keeping it tidy and well organized is a great way to make it easier to maintain and understand. Puppet gives you a number of tools ...
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