I would like to iterate over an array that is stored as a Facter fact, and for each element of the array create a new system user and a directory, and finally make API calls to AWS.
Example of the fact: my_env => [shared1,shared2,shared3]
How can I iterate over an array in Puppet?
This might work, depending on what you are doing
# Assuming fact my_env => [ shared1, shared2, shared3 ] define my_resource { file { "/var/tmp/$name": ensure => directory, mode => '0600', } user { $name: ensure => present, } } my_resource { $my_env: }
It will work if your requirements are simple, if not, Puppet makes this very hard to do. The Puppet developers have irrational prejudices against iteration based on a misunderstanding about how declarative languages work.
If this kind of resource doesn't work for you, perhaps you could give a better idea of which resource properties you are trying to set from your array?
EDIT:
With Puppet 4, this lamentable flaw was finally fixed. Current state of affairs documented here. As the documentation says, you'll find examples of the above solution in a lot of old code.
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