Puppet

Based on a post to the development mailing list, it may be useful to add attribute access to the language.

Use case scenario: – a resource has a certain attribute – the attribute needs to be accessed from else where (e.g. another resource, template etc.)

Sample code:

$cacert_path = Base::X509::Cert["cacert"].path

Where the Base::X509::Cert resource is a custom define instantiated e.g. as:

  base::x509::cert { "cacert":
    path => "/etc/ssl/$name",
    source => "puppet:///profiles/cacert.pem",
  }