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+What is it?
+===========
+
+A Puppet module that can construct files from fragments.
+
+Please see the comments in the various .pp files for details
+as well as posts on my blog at www.devco.net
+
+Released under the Apache 2.0 licence
+
+Usage:
+======
+
+If you wanted a /etc/motd file that listed all the major modules
+on the machine. And that would be maintained automatically even
+if you just remove the include lines for other modules you could
+use code like below, a sample /etc/motd would be:
+
+<pre>
+Puppet modules on this server:
+
+ -- Apache
+ -- MySQL
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre>
+# class to setup basic motd, include on all nodes
+class motd {
+ concat{"/etc/motd":
+ owner => root,
+ group => root,
+ mode => 644
+ }
+
+ concat::fragment{"motd_header":
+ content => "\nPuppet modules on this server:\n\n",
+ order => 1,
+ }
+}
+
+# used by other modules to register themselves in the motd
+define motd::register($content="", $order=10) {
+ if $content == "" {
+ $body = $name
+ } else {
+ $body = $content
+ }
+
+ concat::fragment{"motd_fragment_$name":
+ target => "/etc/motd",
+ content => " -- $body\n"
+ }
+}
+
+# a sample apache module
+class apache {
+ include apache::install, apache::config, apache::service
+
+ motd::register{"Apache": }
+}
+</pre>
+
+Contact:
+========
+You can contact me on rip@devco.net or follow my blog at www.devco.net I am also on twitter as ripienaar