Re: importing files

[Dustin Sorge]

Atom Powers wrote:

> My cfagent.conf file is very bare. Just a control section and a list of
> groups and imports. This way I have all my importing and class in one place
> and I don't have to worry about recursive imports.
>
> I have something like this;
>
> groups:
>         seattle_network = ( IPRange(192.168.0.0/23) )
>         webservers = ( www0 www1 www2 )
>
> import:
>         any::
>                 main.cf
>
>         seattle_network::
>                 seattle.cf
>
>         webservers::
>                 wwwsvr.cf                               
>
>
> ----
> Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard.
>
> Atom Powers
> Systems Administrator
> Pyramid Breweries Inc.
> 206.682.8322 x251
> -----Original Message-----
> From: help-cfengine-bounces+apowers=pyramidbrew.com@gnu.org
> [mailto:help-cfengine-bounces+apowers=pyramidbrew.com@gnu.org] On Behalf Of
> Edward F. Brown
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 5:12 PM
> To: Dustin Sorge
> Cc: help-cfengine@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: importing files
>
>  
>
> >    I currently have a file (groups.cf) which defines a number of 
> > groups.  I want to be able to import this file into my cfagent.conf 
> > file (as well as others).  Since the groups can change I would rather 
> > make the changes in one file and have it propagate to the others 
> > instead of going through each file individually and modifying the 
> > groups.  What would the syntax be for importing this groups.cf file 
> > and referencing the groups contained in it in my .conf files?  Any 
> > suggestions would be much appreciated.
> >
> >    
>
> Dustin,
>
> Cfengine configuration files aren't really "imported into" other
> configuration files.  Instead, they are "imported", or parsed and acted on,
> by a running instance of cfagent on a given machine.  groups.cf is typically
> one of a couple of configuration files that every host is going to want to
> "import" or read, so often (but not necessarily) the import statement for it
> is in cfagent.conf.  So in cfagent.conf, you might do
> this:
>
> import:
>    groups.cf
>    main.cf
>
> Now you can use the groups (aka, classes) defined in groups.cf in main.cf, or
> any subsequently imported files.  You can even use them in cfagent.conf,
> though you may need to list them in an "AddInstallables"
> variable declared in a 'control:' section there.  So in main.cf, you might
> have:
>
> import:
>  WebServer::
>    webserver.cf
>
> -Ed
>
>
>
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>  
In the replies I have recieved I am noticing that everyone has a 
main.cf.  It a main.cf required or is it just a matter of convenience?  
Is it possible to get away with just importing groups.cf

import:
   any::
      groups.cf

thanks everyone for the helpful suggestions, they have been great

   -- Dustin Sorge

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Dustin Sorge                     
HPC System Administrator                  
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15213