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Subject: Re: parameterising config files
From: Alex Heneveld <alex.heneveld@cloudsoftcorp.com>
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John

Good write up.  This needs to be in brooklyn-docs!

Best
Alex
On 25 Mar 2016 21:08, "John McCabe" <john@johnmccabe.net> wrote:

> Hi David,
> I've been using freemarker templates for this, and it works quite well, f=
or
> example:
>
>       brooklyn.config:
>         templates.install:
>           "https://some.server.com/nginx.conf.template":
> templates/nginx.conf
>
> Then using them in install.command, customize.command etc as follows:
>
>       cp ${INSTALL_DIR}/templates/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/
>
> The templates themselves are standard Freemarker [1], for example to get =
at
> a config property.
>
> ${config['management.https.port']?c}
>
> you can even do stuff like iterate over hashes:
>
> <#list config['jms.connectionfactories'] as factory>
>  <connection-factory name=3D"${factory.name}" entries=3D"java:/jms/${
> factory.name}" connectors=3D"${factory.connector!"in-vm"}"/>
> </#list>
>
> I can share an example with you if you like. (there are some existing
> examples in the Brooklyn repos [2] [3] and others).
>
> I'm sure this isn't the only way to achieve the desired result, it proved
> compelling for me vs sed due to the easy iteration and manipulation.
>
> /John
>
> [1] - http://freemarker.org/docs/index.html
> [2] -
>
> https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-library/blob/master/software/nosql/src=
/main/resources/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/nosql/mongodb/mongodb_win.yaml
> [3] -
>
> https://github.com/apache/brooklyn-library/blob/master/software/database/=
src/main/resources/org/apache/brooklyn/entity/database/mssql/mssql.yaml
>
> On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 at 17:29 David Bush <david.bush@cloudsoftcorp.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > As part of a blueprint I need to import some config files and inject
> > values for parameters such as ip addresses gained from sensors or
> > environment variables.
> >
> > I am currently using sed to replace parameters in the files which is
> great
> > for one or two but I need to increase the replacements to support
> > additional functions.
> >
> > I am looking to use templates.install to copy the files.
> >
> > Can anyone advise best practice way to do this? I looked for examples i=
n
> > the repos but searching for templates.install did not reveal much (to
> me).
> > I can see sed being used elsewhere but nothing for multiple replacement=
s.
> > Guessing there must be a straight forward ${param}: param type method f=
or
> > doing this?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > David.
> >
> > --
> > David Bush =E2=80=A2 Systems Integrator =E2=80=A2 Cloudsoft Corporation=
 =E2=80=A2
> > http://www.cloudsoftcorp.com <http://www.cloudsoftcorp.com/>
> > T: 07834 127195 =E2=80=A2 SKYPE: david.c.bush
> >
> >
>

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