resolve_conf

Table of Contents

1. Description
2. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
3. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
4. Development - Guide for contributing to the module

Description

Manage /etc/resolv.conf with Puppet on:

• AIX,
• RHEL/CentOS
• FreeBSD
• Solaris
• Suse

Setup

What resolve_conf affects

• Manages the /etc/resolv.conf file
• Restarts the dns/client on Solaris if the file is changed

Usage

Basic

include resolv_conf

Use DNS settings from Hiera. Makes no changes if no data present.

Customised

class { "resolv_conf":
  search      => "megacorp.com",
  nameservers => ["10.0.0.1", "10.0.4.4"],
}

Set a search domain and use specific nameservers.

Limitations

• Assumes that cron itself is already installed
• Does not attempt to manage the cron services
• Not supported by Puppet, Inc.

Development

PRs accepted :)

Testing

This module supports testing using PDQTest.

Test can be executed with:

bundle install
bundle exec pdqtest all

See .travis.yml for a working CI example