Look for existing Facter Modules for retrieving some system description information

[Christophe L]

Hello,

I have not been able to find existing Facter modules for retrieving
the information I listed below.

Could you point me on some modules which would anwer my needs please ?

Below the list of information I would need to retrieve.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best regards,
Christophe

1) Bios Information

"version":"6.00", "bios_revision":"4.6",
"release_date":"10/13/2009","vendor":"Phoenix Technologies LTD",

2) processor related information

"max_speed":"30000 MHz", "signature":"Type 0, Family 6, Model 30,
Stepping 5", "voltage":"3.3 V"
"Socket Designation":"CPU socket #0", "Version":"Pentium(R) Pro",
"Current Speed":"2533 MHz", "ID":"E5 06 01 00 FF FB EB 0F",
"Manufacturer":"GenuineIntel", "Family":"Pentium Pro",
"cache_size":"8192 KB",

3) mouting points list

"/dev/sda1":{
"kb_size":"15791024", "uuid":"88eb9c66-5ce8-458e-
a7da-3b20cfcf3278", "mount_options":[ "rw", "errors=remount-ro" ],
"fs_type":"ext3", "mount":"/",


4) memory chip related information

"Installed Size":"1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)",
"record_id":"0x000D", "Socket Designation":"RAM socket #0", "Enabled
Size":"1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)", "Error Status":"OK",
"Type":"EDO DIMM"

5) network related information

"default_gateway":"10.66.112.1"

6) block devices

"sda":{ "model":"Virtual disk", "size":"33554432", "timeout":"180",
"rev":"1.0", "removable":"0", "vendor":"VMware", "state":"running"

7) users and groups

"group":{ "mygroup":{ "gid":1000,
"passwd":{ "myuser":{ "gecos":"My User,,,", "gid":1000, "dir":"/home/
myuser", "uid":1000, "shell":"/bin/bash"

[Krzysztof Wilczynski]

Hi,

Where do you look for these?

Some of them are already there in Facter, others can be found on people's github profiles (including mine). Google Fu needs working on a little :)

KW

[Christophe L]

Hello,

Thanks for pointing your "kwilczynski" github repo, it gave me most of the information I was looking for !

In the meantime, I found two other useful facter modules / facts but there is still some information for which I haven't found any fact.

I put a list of information below, does anyone know facts or facter module which would be able to extract the below information please ?

I'm looking on Google for facts / facter modules, but I find it difficult to find facts or facter module for my needs (and I'm used to find what I'm looking for on google usually ;), but this is only my point of view, you may disagree :)

Thanks in advance

Best regards,
Christophe

- about processors / cpus
    max_speed: 30000 MHz
    voltage: 3.3 V
    Version: Pentium(R) Pro
    Current Speed: 2533 MHz
    Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
    Family: Pentium Pro

- about memory socket

    Installed Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)

    Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)

    Type: EDO DIMM

- about mount points, is there a way to have the information returned by
puppet resource mount
as facts ?

[Krzysztof Wilczynski]

Hi,

On Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:13:08 PM UTC+1, Christophe L wrote:

Hello,

Thanks for pointing your "kwilczynski" github repo, it gave me most of the information I was looking for !

Glad you found it useful. 

 

I put a list of information below, does anyone know facts or facter module which would be able to extract the below information please ?

[...]

- about processors / cpus
    max_speed: 30000 MHz
    voltage: 3.3 V
    Version: Pentium(R) Pro
    Current Speed: 2533 MHz
    Manufacturer: GenuineIntel
    Family: Pentium Pro

Above wound not be hard to do.
 

- about memory socket
    Installed Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)
    Enabled Size: 1024 MB (Single-bank Connection)
    Type: EDO DIMM

Ah, you see this is where it gets nasty. Memory related details like that can be read from DMI (Desktop Management Interface) and/or SMBIOS (System Management BIOS), but unfortunately there is not standard which dictates what fields are mandatory and their format. Therefore, most often information conceived there is bad... like REALY bad, and very inconsistent between vendors (if they include anything at all).

In other words, there is no easy and consistent way to get this data.
 

- about mount points, is there a way to have the information returned by
puppet resource mount
as facts ?

Is the mount points face not enough? Or you want to get some form of auditing?
 
KW