Basic question -> LDAP: puppetclass ryslog::server vs. modules/ryslog/server.pp

[Denny Schierz]

hi,

I try to reorganize my filesystemstructure for Puppet and have some problems. I assign all my classes to the nodes via LDAP, for example: rsyslog::server. The problem is now, that (for example) the saz-rsyslog module uses the defaults (example: save logs to /srv/log), instead of using my one:

/etc/puppet/modules/rsyslog/init.pp

class rsyslog include rsyslog::server, rsyslog::client {
    purge_rsyslog_d => false,
}

server.pp

class rsyslog::server inherits rsyslog {
    'rsyslog::server': enable_tcp => true,
    enable_udp => true,
    enable_onefile => false,
    server_dir => '/var/log/remote/',
    }

client.pp

class rsyslog::client inherits rsyslog {
    log_remote      => true,
    remote_type     => 'udp',
    log_local       => false,
    log_auth_local  => false,
    custom_config   => undef,
    server          => 'logserver.example.com',
    port            => '514',
    preserve_fqdn   => true,
}

db.pp

class rsyslog::database inherits rsyslog {
    backend      => 'mysql',
    server      => 'localhost',
    database   => 'Syslog',
    username  => 'rsyslog',
    password => 'secret',
}

The modules are imported via: /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp

[...]
import "rsyslog"
[...]

What I have done wrong?

Any suggestions?

cu denny

[Garrett Honeycutt]

Hi Denny,

Your site manifest should not have 'import "rsyslog"' as that does not
make any sense since it is not syntactically incorrect and you are
classifying nodes in LDAP.

In order to override a parameter's default value, add it to Hiera. So if
you want to change the value of the server_dir parameter to the
rsyslog::server class you would add the following in Hiera.

rsyslog::server::server_dir: /your/new/value

Check out
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/hiera/1/puppet.html#automatic-parameter-lookup for
me info.

Best regards,
-g

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