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Update non-hiera usage (see #536)
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jfryman committed Aug 11, 2015
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Maybe for some reason, Hiera isn't being used in your organization. Or, you like to keep a certain amount of composibilty in you modules. Or, hidden option #3! Regardless, the recommended path is to instantiate your own copy of Class[nginx::config] and move on with life. Let's do another example.
Assume the same code block as before:
Assume you have the following code block:
```ruby
class { 'nginx':
gzip => false,
class { 'nginx' :
manage_repo => false,
confd_purge => true,
vhost_purge => true,
}
```

Should become...
This should become...

```ruby
include nginx
class { 'nginx::config':
gzip => false,
Anchor['nginx::begin']
->
class { 'nginx::config' :
confd_purge => true,
vhost_purge => true,
}

class { 'nginx' :
manage_repo => false,
}
```

The order in which this commands are parsed is important, since nginx looks for nginx::config via a defined(nginx::config) statement, which as of puppet 3.x is still parse-order dependent.

# Why again are you doing this?

Well, the fact of the matter, the old Package/Config/Service pattern has served us well, but times are a-changin. Many users are starting to manage their packages and service seperately outside of the traditional pattern (Docker, anyone?). This means that in order to stay true to the goals of Configuration Management, it is becoming necessary to make less assumptions about how an organizations graph is composed, and allow the end-user additional flexibility. This is requring a re-think about how to best consume this module.
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