From d21209f7c94ab82b839cabc427e2c84c7123f50d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "R.I.Pienaar" Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:48:30 +0100 Subject: Add markdown readme and clear up old info from README --- README.markdown | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.markdown (limited to 'README.markdown') diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aca7b72 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +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: + +
+Puppet modules on this server:
+
+    -- Apache
+    -- MySQL
+
+ + +
+# 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": }
+}
+
+ +Contact: +======== +You can contact me on rip@devco.net or follow my blog at www.devco.net I am also on twitter as ripienaar -- cgit v1.2.3