support dynamic cmdb path expansions (custom macros)
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Perl
- Stars
- 737
- Forks
- 214
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Description
The idea is to support something along the lines of
set cmdb => {
type => "YAML",
merge_behavior => 'LEFT_PRECEDENT',
path => [
"cmdb/{environment}/{server}.yml",
"cmdb/{environment}/default.yml",
"cmdb/{roles}.yml",
"cmdb/{server}.yml",
"cmdb/default.yml",
],
};
Notice the {roles} macro, which is taken from the CMDB YAML files read before that specific expansion pattern.
This pattern could be considered an "include" mechanism due to the merging behaviour of the CMDB YAML combination (dynamic includes); which yaml doesn't specify in its format specification.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the CMDB YAML path expansion and merge-behavior handling, then trace how previously read YAML values could supply custom macros; done means dynamic paths such as {roles} expand deterministically while preserving the documented merge behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100