access enc variables in facts

[Cristian Falcas]

Hello,

Is it possible to access the variables sent by ENC in facts?

Foreman is sending in ENC some variables as location and hostgroup.
Can I access those in my facts as variables?

Best regards,
Cristian Falcas

[jcbollinger]

On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:56:47 AM UTC-5, Cristian Falcas wrote:

Hello,

Is it possible to access the variables sent by ENC in facts?

Foreman is sending in ENC some variables as location and hostgroup.
Can I access those in my facts as variables?

No.  Facts are computed on and by the target node, but the ENC runs on the master.  Furthermore, the ENC runs only after receipt of a catalog request (which includes all the node facts).  An ENC can use node facts, but not the other way around.

It is conceivable that you could record the ENC-generated info on client nodes, in a file somewhere.  In that case, however, you would need to beware of those data becoming stale because they reflect what the ENC yielded on the last run, which might not be the same thing it is about to yield in response to the request being formulated.


John

[Cristian Falcas]

Thank you for your answer.

I thought that maybe ENC data is available to facts also, sine puppet
gets the new environment from ENC before starting to run the facts.

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