# # load_variables.rb # module Puppet::Parser::Functions newfunction(:load_variables, :type => :statement, :doc => <<-EOS This function will allow for loading variables from an external YAML file and expose them for further use inside the Puppet manifest file ... For example: Given following content of the data.yaml file: --- host1.example.com: foo: bar baz: quux question: 42 host2.example.com: abc: def this: that darth: vader Then calling load_variables in Puppet manifest file as follows: load_variables("/etc/puppet/data.yaml", $fqdn) Will result in addition of variables $foo, $baz and $question for matching host name as per the variable $fqdn ... Another example which uses per-host file: Given following content of the file data-host1.example.com.yaml: --- foo: bar Then when we call load_variables like this: load_variables("/etc/puppet/data-${fqdn}.yaml") This will result in a variable $foo being added and ready for use. EOS ) do |arguments| raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Wrong number of arguments " + "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size < 2 data = {} file = arguments[0] key = arguments[1] if arguments[1] if File.exists?(file) begin data = YAML.load_file(file) rescue => error raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Unable to load data " + "from the file `%s': %s" % file, error.to_s) end raise(Puppet::ParseError, "Data in the file `%s' " + "is not a hash" % file) unless data.is_a?(Hash) data = ((data[key] and data[key].is_a?(Hash)) ? data[key] : {}) if key end data.each { |param, value| setvar(param, strinterp(value)) } end end # vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :