Re: [Puppet Users] Puppet variable with a custom fact
Wil Cooley
On Nov 17, 2014 3:38 AM, "Antoine Cotten" <tonio....@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Puppet users,
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> Is there any convenient way to access a variable defined in a Puppet class from within a custom fact?
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Not directly; the ordering is wrong in your mental model. You could write out the variable as an external fact on the managed node and then refer to it as a fact in the next agent run.
(Aside: Does anyone have a link to a diagram of the dance the master and agent do? I've been meaning to try to make one on websequencediagrams.com but not gotten around to it.)
jcbollinger
On Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:22:29 AM UTC-6, Wil Cooley wrote:
(Aside: Does anyone have a link to a diagram of the dance the master and agent do? I've been meaning to try to make one on websequencediagrams.com but not gotten around to it.)
There is a diagram and accompanying descriptive text that looks pretty comprehensive here: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3/reference/subsystem_agent_master_comm.html.
John
Eric Sorenson
On Thursday, November 20, 2014 9:22:29 AM UTC-8, Wil Cooley wrote:
(Aside: Does anyone have a link to a diagram of the dance the master and agent do? I've been meaning to try to make one on websequencediagrams.com but not gotten around to it.)