Template populated from multiple defines

[Jared Curtis]

I'm trying to create a file similar to this

<Users "admin">

  <user "user1">

    Name User One

    Phone 1112223333

  </user>

  <user "user2">

    Name User Two

  </user>

</Users>

I want to be able to add users in this fashion

app::users { 

  'user1': name => 'User One', phone => '1112223333';

  'user2': name => 'User Two';

}

Then use a template to create the actual file. I've done something similar to this in the past by using hashes but it seems like a hack and doesn't cleanly express what variables are available to be set.

Anyone have any suggestions on the best way to make this work?

[jcbollinger]

I know no good way to make it work. An instance of a defined type
represents something managed on the client, whereas a template is
evaluated on the server. It may be that you could cobble the two
together, but in the end you'd just be putting a complicated wrapper
around exactly the same thing you were doing before. I don't see what
would be gained.


John

[Gabriel Filion]

The only way that I could think of doing this would be by using a
concatenated file[1]. Each define would create a morcel that would get
concatenated to the "main part" (rest of the structure) for the final
result.

https://github.com/ripienaar/puppet-concat

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Gabriel Filion