Puppet Module : No Code In Data ~ Externalize Data into separately managed CSV files

common.csv

# $MANIFESTPATH/extdatadir/common.csv 

httpd_conf_dir,/etc/httpd/conf.d
httpd_is_cgi,true
httpd_git_path,/var/www/git
httpd_git_url,/mygit

env_testnode.csv

# $MANIFESTPATH/extdatadir/env_testnode.csv 

httpd_git_url,/testgit

git.pp

# $MODULEPATH/httpd/manifests/git.pp 

class httpd::git {

  $conf_dir = extlookup('httpd_conf_dir')
  $is_cgi   = extlookup('httpd_is_cgi')
  $path     = extlookup('httpd_git_path')
  $url      = extlookup('httpd_git_url')


  file {
    "${conf_dir}/git.conf":
      ensure  => 'present',
      content => template('httpd/mynode.conf.erb'),
  }
}

mynode.conf.erb

# $MODULEPATH/httpd/templates/mynode.conf.erb 

Alias <%= url %> <%= path %>

<Directory <%= path %>>
  <% if is_cgi === 'true' %>   # because from CSV any (boolean) value will be read as string
  Options +ExecCGI
  AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
  DirectoryIndex gitweb.cgi
  <% end %>
</Directory>

run_puppet.sh

puppet apply --environment=testnode --modulepath=$MODULEPATH --manifestdir=$MANIFESTPATH $MANIFESTPATH/site.pp

site.pp

# $MANIFESTPATH/site.pp

$extlookup_datadir     = "${settings::manifestdir}/extdatadir"
$extlookup_precedence  = ["%{fqdn}", "env_%{environment}", "domain_%{domain}", "common"]

include httpd::git