[Labs-l] Question: Connecting variables in labsconsole to puppet

Tue Jan 15 17:25:26 UTC 2013

Hi Ryan and all!

This is still not working for my own files... Could anyone show me how
to do it in an example from the Wikidata puppet files?

I have a snippet like this. I added the role::wikidata-repo::labs to the
labsconsole interface. I would like to tell puppet in the labsconsole
interface that my database_name should be "blah".

So far, in my snippet this is hard-coded. What would a syntax look like
that reacts to the variable input field in the labsconsole web interface?

class role::wikidata-repo::labs {

	class { "wikidata::singlenode":
		install_repo => true,
		install_client => false,
		*database_name* => "repo",
		ensure => present,
	}
}

Thanks for your advice!
Silke

Am 13.01.2013 00:25, schrieb Ryan Lane:
> The "Manage puppet groups" interface lets you define what's available to
> use in "configure" action for instances in the "Manage instances" interface.
> 
> So, if you wanted to set "ircecho_infile", you should check if it's
> already available to be set in the configure interface. If not, you
> could go to the puppet group interface, add it as a variable, then it'll
> appear in the configure interface. At that point you can set the value,
> save, and when you run puppet locally it'll work.
> 
> - Ryan
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Silke Meyer <silke.meyer at wikimedia.de
> <mailto:silke.meyer at wikimedia.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi all!
> 
>     Thanks to Ryan for reparing the web interface! :) So now we can add
>     puppet classes and variables in there.
>     I still don't understand how to connect the variables in my web
>     interface with those in my puppet files (where they work fine). Can
>     anyone please explain this to me?
> 
>     Looking at other files with input fields for variables, I found
>     something like this:
> 
>     # This is a POSIX shell fragment
>     INFILE="<%= ircecho_infile %>"
> 
>     Is that what I need??? If so, how/where do I include it? In a template?
>     At the beginning of a role file? Elsewhere? If this is not what I need,
>     how would I do it?
> 
>     Thanks for any help!
>     Best,
>     Silke
> 
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Silke Meyer
Systemadministratorin und Projektassistenz Wikidata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260

http://wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg
unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt
für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.