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• cdist #3: type parameters
  • Lecture content
    • Create a new type named __colourful_file
    • Extend your type to be more colourful
    • Create a new type __my_dotfiles
    • As usual commit all changes to your ungleich-learning-circle repo
• Defining parameters
  • Every type consists of required, optional and boolean parameters, which

cdist #3: type parameters

Lecture content

Create a new type named __colourful_file

• The objective is to create a type that creates colourful file
• The content of the file should be "colour=…", where "…" is a colour specified by a parameter
• Add an optional parameter named colour
• Use the __file type inside your type to create a file
• Use the $__object_id variable inside your type

Extend your type to be more colourful

• Modify the optional parameter to be able to be specified multiple times
• For each time it is specified, add a line "colour=…" to the file

Create a new type __my_dotfiles

• Objective is to manage the dotfiles in your home directory
• Make it a singleton type
• Create a sub directory files in the type
• Add your .emacs config to the files folder
• Add a for loop to your type to deploy .[A-z]* to your home directory
• Add a .bashrc or .zshrc to the files folder (depending on your shell)
• In the initial manifest, add __my_dotfiles when the target host is localhost

As usual commit all changes to your ungleich-learning-circle repo

Defining parameters

Every type consists of required, optional and boolean parameters, which

must each be declared in a newline separated file in parameter/required,