base64 within module

[Luca Gioppo]

I have to convert a string in base64 before placing it inside a template with puppet.
Is there a function available and how?
Thanks
Luca

[R.I.Pienaar]

not sure if there's a puppet function - do not think so. but if you're
just going to use it in the template as base64 then do this in your
template:

require 'base64'
Base64.encode64(yourvar)

the 'require' line is probably not needed

[Paul Tötterman]

Hi Luca,

I have to convert a string in base64 before placing it inside a template with puppet.
Is there a function available and how?

Puppet templates are embedded ruby, and you can do almost anything you can with regular ruby. So you the Base64 module from ruby:

<%

require 'base64'

%>

<%= Base64.encode64('foobar') %>

Cheers,

Paul