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Extending Puppet
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Extending Puppet

by Alessandro Franceschi
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
328 pages
7h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Reusability patterns

Modules' reusability is a topic that has got more and more attention during the last few years; as more people started using Puppet, the need of having some common and shared code to manage common things became more evident.

The following are the reusable modules' main characteristics:

  • They can be used by different people without the need to modify their content
  • They support different operating systems and allow easy extension to new ones
  • They allow users to override the default files provided by the module
  • They might have an opinionated approach to the managed resources but don't force it
  • They follow a single responsibility principle and should manage only the application they are made for

Reusability, we must underline, is not ...

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ISBN: 9781783981441Supplemental Content