Generate subclasses from hiera

[puppeteer123]

Is it posible to generate a subclass from a value in hiera?

i.e.

class yum (

  $subclass_name = undef,

) {

     class yum::repo::$subclass_name

I want to be able to create yumrepos individually without having to generate a template file for each one. 

Idea is:

include yum::repo::epel

include yum::repo::kernel

I haven't tested this, but wanted to see if anyone has tried this, if it will work, and any implications.

Thanks!

[jcbollinger]

You should be able to interpolate Hiera data to form a class name, which you then use with the include() function or in the title of a resource-like class declaration.

However, you should not plan on a class parameterized with a single repository name.  Because each class can be declared at most once, that route limits you to declaring only one repository.


John