Follow up from 2013-01-20: - (re-)create message file per object? - yes, but do not necessarily save in object space - save $anywhere - object_run - current notifications are imported into a file available at $__messages_in - after object run, everything that has been written to $__messages_out is merged into the $__messages file - functions: self.explorer.run_global_explorers(self.local.global_explorer_out_path) self.manifest.run_initial_manifest(self.local.initial_manifest) self.local.run_script(initial_manifest, env=self.env_initial_manifest(initial_manifest)) self.explorer.run_type_explorers(cdist_object) self.manifest.run_type_manifest(cdist_object) self.local.run_script(type_manifest, env=self.env_type_manifest(cdist_object)) self.code.run_gencode_local(cdist_object) self.local.run_script(script, env=env, return_output=True) self.code.run_gencode_remote(cdist_object) self.local.run_script(script, env=env, return_output=True) - message support in ... - initialmanifest - yes - explorer - no - only locally - yes - how to use notification / messaging in cdist - can be used in all local scripts: - initial manifest - type manifest - type gencode-* - order of object exeution is random or as you requested using require="" - example use: __file/gencode-local: if [ "$local_cksum" != "$remote_cksum" ]; then echo "$__remote_copy" "$source" "${__target_host}:${destination}" echo "copy" >> "$__messages_out" fi __nginx/manifest: __file /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myfile --source "$__type/files/nginx-config" __nginx/gencode-remote: if grep -q "__file/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/myfile:copy" "$__messages_in"; then echo /etc/init.d/nginx restart fi