Re: Classing servers by network

[Mark . Burgess]

On 13 Dec, Greg Gallagher wrote:
> Hi there!  I'm sorry for such a basic question, but I'm working at
> implementing cfengine in our environment and have hit a stumbling
> block or two.
> 
> I want to group machines into classes based on network number.  For
> example, we have all our production nodes on a 172.31.32.x network and
> certain rules would happen to those.  Another network, 172.31.20.x, is
> for development workstations and we would want rules like distributing
> the newest libraries to them (but obviously not to production... so I
> need to seperate them)
> 
> 1) How do I class machines using network numbers or somesuch..
> 

  Do a cfengine -p -v and you'll see that the network numbers get
  classified, as long as your netmask is simple:

  mygroup = ( 129_0_0 128_39_89 )

  This really goes by IP address, so you might have to combine, e.g.

  netwmask254group = ( 128_39_74 128_39_75 )

> 2) How could I use the first to assign a "domain = ( ____ )" depending
> on the network.  Problem is, I have to have the domain line to make
> cfd happy apparently, and I have different domain names for different
> networks.
> 

mygroup::  domain = ( .. )


> I couldn't find this info anywhere... sorry if it's been asked before!
> Thanks!!
> 
> 

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