Re: feature request

[Paul Krizak]

I like this idea.  It would help us to move toward our goal of being 
able to dynamically configure any of our hosts.  In this case, we could 
just set the DNS alias for, say, our web server, to whatever system, 
then when cfagent runs it magically turns into a web server.

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Brendan Strejcek wrote:
> Many of my servers have an arbitrary host name and a meaningful DNS
> alias service name. It is impractical for cfagent to figure out all the
> aliases that map back to a particular hostname, but checking a single
> DNS alias should not be bad.
>
> I would like something like this (maybe with a better function name):
>
>     classes:
>         loghost_dns_alias = ( DNSAlias(loghost) )
>
> Currently I use nasty code like this:
>
>     shellcommands:
>         any::
>             # Figure out if I am the loghost.
>             "/bin/test `hostname` = `host loghost|perl -e'${dollar}_=<>;s/.*alias 
> for (.*)\./${dollar}1/;print'`"
>                 define=loghost
>         loghost:: 
>             "/do/stuff"
>
> Just an idea.
>
> Or if anyone has a better idea for how to accomplish the same thing...
>
> Best,
> Brendan
>
> --
> Senior System Administrator
> The University of Chicago
> Department of Computer Science
> http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/people/brendan
>
>
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