Re: server iteration

[Tod Oace]

On May 23, 2005, at 03:34, Alexander Jolk wrote:

> control:
>    AllowRedefinitionOf = ( server )
>    AddInstallable = ( server_fail )
>    server = ( primaryhost )
>    server_fail::
>       server = ( failoverhost )
>
> copy:
>    $(server)/some/file dest=/some/file failover=server_fail
>
> Would cfengine's second pass take into account the changed  
> definition, or not?  That would actually be quite nice for a single  
> layer failover scenario.

I hadn't thought of that. Still, having to add "failover=server_fail"  
everywhere would be a pain.

What if we use server=server1:server2 and then have some kind of  
SingleServer global variable to select either iteration or failover  
type behavior?

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