Chapter 3. Modules and Templates
As a Puppet developer or a system administrator, modules are how you deliver your code to the nodes. Modules are great for organizing your code into manageable chunks, but modules are also where you'll see most of your problems when troubleshooting. In this chapter, we will look at how the various parts of a module may cause issues. Most modules contain classes in a manifests directory, but modules can also include custom facts, functions, types, providers, as well as files and templates. Each of these components can be a source of error. We will address each of these components in the following sections, starting with classes.
In Puppet, the namespace of classes is referred to as the scope. Classes can have multiple ...
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