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(1:39:33 PM) unxmaal: is it better to have a very short list, basically common and nodename, and then apply classes to each node, or to have a "container" for each "node type" that'd then include the classes?
(1:50:39 PM) akesterson: mmm you're talking about how to specify which systems get which puppet classes?
(1:51:29 PM) unxmaal: yeah
(1:51:46 PM) unxmaal: did you use hiera yet?
(2:00:40 PM) unxmaal: that's the main issue now: what method do i use to tell hiera what kind of system something is?
(2:15:14 PM) akesterson: sorry been busy
(2:15:33 PM) akesterson: So the real problem you're facing here is the lack of any ENC
(2:16:08 PM) akesterson: and faced with the lack of ENC, you only have 2 options:
(2:16:08 PM) akesterson: 1- Use hiera data to determine, automagically, by either the hostname or some other tag, like you said
(2:16:08 PM) akesterson: 2- have the system itself tell you that through facter
(2:18:28 PM) akesterson: http://www.slideshare.net/PuppetLabs/roles-talk <-- this is a talk on using the 'role pattern' to classify what systems get on which nodes
(2:19:20 PM) akesterson: Basically, puppet node classification without relman is going to make you hate life so hard, and make you understand why I said "hiera was ALMOST relman"