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author | Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> | 2011-06-15 11:51:33 -0700 |
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committer | Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> | 2011-06-15 11:51:33 -0700 |
commit | c4e8bb8f97ef558faa8112127c7fd49dc201647b (patch) | |
tree | 074d6622cf6444e0bef8fec79ecfa1bb24180c6a /lib | |
parent | df2398b59c295c3e27cea5e41a76167a797139d4 (diff) | |
parent | f13f3c2916c2857a3949d5ac6b884c045804ebac (diff) |
Merge pull request #4 from jeffmccune/ticket/master/3_anchor_resource_type
Ticket/master/3 anchor resource type
Nan +1'ed on the tech list.
Merging into master.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/puppet/type/anchor.rb | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/anchor.rb b/lib/puppet/type/anchor.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c28b1c --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/puppet/type/anchor.rb @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Puppet::Type.newtype(:anchor) do + desc <<-'ENDOFDESC' + A simple resource type intended to be used as an anchor in a composite class. + + class ntp { + class { 'ntp::package': } + -> class { 'ntp::config': } + -> class { 'ntp::service': } + + # These two resources "anchor" the composed classes + # such that the end user may use "require" and "before" + # relationships with Class['ntp'] + anchor { 'ntp::begin': } -> class { 'ntp::package': } + class { 'ntp::service': } -> anchor { 'ntp::end': } + } + + This resource allows all of the classes in the ntp module to be contained + within the ntp class from a dependency management point of view. + + This allows the end user of the ntp module to establish require and before + relationships easily: + + class { 'ntp': } -> class { 'mcollective': } + class { 'mcollective': } -> class { 'ntp': } + + ENDOFDESC + + newparam :name do + desc "The name of the anchor resource." + end + +end |