This module populates /etc/motd in Unix systems, and a registry key in Windows Systems with the contents of a simple template file.
The MOTD module demonstrates how to utilize templates within a module class and provides a means with which to experiment with the puppet module tool.
What MOTD affects:
- contents of
etc/motd
Motd utilizes the contents of motd/motd.erb to populate etc/motd. You must declare the class to use it:
include motd
- contents of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system\legalnoticetext and legalnoticecaption
Motd utilizes the content of motd/motd.erb to populate the legalnoticetext registry key, which is shown before login on a Windows System
MOTD allows you to use the default contents of the template, customize the template, drop your own template into the templates folder, or specify a template in a different location.
If you would like to change the location of the template:
class { 'motd':
template => 'mymodule/mytemplate.erb',
}
If you would like to provide a static string as the MOTD content you can use the content parameter:
class { 'motd':
content => "Hello!\n",
}
Platforms : Linux, Windows
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