[Puppet-dev] Puppet facts changes in Puppet Platform 7.2.0

[Oana Tanasoiu]

Hi all,

Thank you for submitting feedback on puppet facts show. Based on this we've implemented the following changes:

--value-only command option to replicate the facter behaviour when a single query is provided:
When there is a single query, only display the value of the fact without its name:
~~ puppet facts facterversion --value-only
"4.0.47"
Also this generates a warning message if the argument is used with multiple queries or with no query at all, and ignores the argument:
puppet facts show facterversion os --value-only
Warning: Incorrect use of --value-only argument! The argument must be used when querying for a single fact!




flat render format for the users to be able to use cut and grep on the output:

When there is a query for a simple fact:
puppet facts show facterversion --render-as flat
facterversion=4.0.47
and with --value-only
puppet facts show facterversion --render-as flat --value-only
4.0.47

When there is a query for a more complex fact (ex. os) the output will be:

~~ puppet facts os --render-as flat
os.architecture=x86_64
os.family=Darwin
os.hardware=x86_64
os.macosx.build=18G95
os.macosx.product=Mac OS X
os.macosx.version.full=10.14.6
os.macosx.version.major=10.14
os.macosx.version.minor=6
os.name=Darwin
os.release.full=18.7.0
os.release.major=18
os.release.minor=7

and with --value-only

~~ puppet facts os --render-as flat --value-only
architecture=x86_64
family=Darwin
hardware=x86_64
macosx.build=18G95
macosx.product=Mac OS X
macosx.version.full=10.14.6
macosx.version.major=10.14
macosx.version.minor=6
name=Darwin
release.full=18.7.0
release.major=18
release.minor=7

For multiple user queries the output is :

~~ puppet facts show os.name facterversion --render-as flat
facterversion=4.0.47
os.name=Darwin

When the result is an array, the index of each element is also displayed:

~~ puppet facts show processors.models --render-as flat
processors.models.0=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.1=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.2=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.3=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.4=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.5=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.6=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
processors.models.7=Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz

~~ puppet facts show networking.interfaces.interface_name.bindings6 --render-as flat --value-only
0.address=fe80::...
0.netmask=ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::
0.network=fe80::
0.scope6=link

As always, we appreciate your continuous support and feedback. 

Cheers,

Oana Tanasoiu