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puppet_mutex

Do-nothing define to implement a mutex between classes, defines, etc.

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Version information

  • 1.0.0 (latest)
  • 0.1.0
released Nov 6th 2014
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 3.x
  • Puppet >=2.7.20 <4.0.0
  • Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, Scientific, SLES, Debian, Ubuntu

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mod 'wcooley-puppet_mutex', '1.0.0'
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puppet module install wcooley-puppet_mutex --version 1.0.0

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wcooley/puppet_mutex — version 1.0.0 Nov 6th 2014

puppet_mutex

Do-nothing define to clearly express and enforce mutal exclusivity between classes or defines.

Sometimes one has classes which, while otherwise unrelated, should never both be declared for the same host. For example, one generally cannot manage local accounts while LDAP is configured for managing accounts. There is no obvious error that this should be so, except that the useradd provider for the user type will fail with some incomprehensible message. Pretty much everything else will work, however, so noticing the error requires looking for it.

With a puppet_mutex with the same name declared in both classes, the catalog will fail to compile so mistakes are easier to notice.Moreover, a declaration with this define clearly expresses the intention that the two classes should never both be declare.

Attempting to use the defined function to enforce exclusivity is unreliable, as it is parse-order dependent and generally suggested against.

Parameters

None.

Variables

None.

Examples

To ensure that account::ldap and account::local cannot be both declared at the same time, declare the same puppet_mutex in both classes.

class account::ldap {
  puppet_mutex { 'user-account': }
}

class account::local {
  puppet_mutex { 'user-account': }
}

Author

Wil Cooley <wcooley@nakedape.cc>

Copyright

Copyright 2014 Wil Cooley