gistfile1.rb

#!/bin/ruby

nodes = [  { :name => "station1",
	     :services => { :ssh => { :listenaddress => "192.168.0.254",
				      :sshd_port => "2222" 
				    }
			 }
            },


            { :name => "station2",
	     :services => { :ssh => { :listenaddress => "192.168.0.254",
				      :sshd_port => "2222" 
				    }
			 }
            }
       ]


#p nodes
nodesFile = File.new('nodes', 'w')

nodes.each do |n|
	out = ""
	out << "\nnode '#{n[:name]}.example.com'\n"
	out << "{\n"

	n[:services].each do |s, config|
		if s == :ssh
			out << "\tinclude SSH:Deploy\n"
			out << "\n"
			out << "\tSSH:config { '#{n[:name]}':\n"
			out << "\t\tlistenaddress => '#{config[:listenaddress]}',\n"
			out << "\t\tsshd_port => '#{config[:sshd_port]}',\n"
			out << "\t}\n"
		end
	end

	out << "}\n\n"

	#puts out
	nodesFile.write out
end

nodesFile.close()