External Facts in <MODULEPATH>/<MODULE>/facts.d/
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Dan White
Feb 9, 2015, 11:41:50 AM2/9/15
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Puppet 3.7.3
Facter 2.3.0
running on RHEL 6
Reference: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/2.2/custom_facts.html#fact-locations
I put a simple fact_file.txt in one of my modules to try this new feature.
When I run puppet agent, I see the fact file deployed to /var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
However, I cannot get it to come out on a command line.
Here's the text file:
patch_fact_1=hello
patch_fact_2=there
patch_fact_3=every
patch_fact_4=one
(Module name is "patch")
facter -p patch_fact_1 returns a blank line
# facter -p patch_fact_1 --debug
Found no suitable resolves of 1 for ec2_metadata
value for ec2_metadata is still nil
And a full "facter -p" list does not show my 4 new facts
I am using /etc/facter/facts.d thru stdlib. Do the two not play nice in the same puppet-sandbox ?
I tried restarting the puppetmaster and re-running the agent - no change.
I copied the file to /etc/facter/facts.d/ , prefixing the file name and all the fact names with "other_" to keep them separate. The "other_" facts appeared immediately (no surprise), but the originals remain unavailable.
A clue or two, please ?
Facter 2.3.0
running on RHEL 6
Reference: https://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/2.2/custom_facts.html#fact-locations
I put a simple fact_file.txt in one of my modules to try this new feature.
When I run puppet agent, I see the fact file deployed to /var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
However, I cannot get it to come out on a command line.
Here's the text file:
patch_fact_1=hello
patch_fact_2=there
patch_fact_3=every
patch_fact_4=one
(Module name is "patch")
facter -p patch_fact_1 returns a blank line
# facter -p patch_fact_1 --debug
Found no suitable resolves of 1 for ec2_metadata
value for ec2_metadata is still nil
And a full "facter -p" list does not show my 4 new facts
I am using /etc/facter/facts.d thru stdlib. Do the two not play nice in the same puppet-sandbox ?
I tried restarting the puppetmaster and re-running the agent - no change.
I copied the file to /etc/facter/facts.d/ , prefixing the file name and all the fact names with "other_" to keep them separate. The "other_" facts appeared immediately (no surprise), but the originals remain unavailable.
A clue or two, please ?
“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.” (Bill Waterson: Calvin & Hobbes)
Felix Frank
Mar 5, 2015, 5:26:00 PM3/5/15
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Hi Dan,
interesting, I think I can reproduce, with facter 2.4.1. Might be a bug.
I observe `puppet agent` opening my $vardir/facts.d files (through
strace), but not `facter -p`.
Cheers,
Felix
interesting, I think I can reproduce, with facter 2.4.1. Might be a bug.
I observe `puppet agent` opening my $vardir/facts.d files (through
strace), but not `facter -p`.
Cheers,
Felix
Dan White
Mar 5, 2015, 5:56:23 PM3/5/15
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Thank for the reminder, Felix
I figured out what I was missing:
The facts show up in a puppet manifest with no problem, but to get them to show on the facter command line, you need to add :
--external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
So, if I do it this way:
[user ]# facter --external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/ patch_fact_1
hello
I get the response I was looking for.
And many thanks for the straight line "Might be a bug" which lets me say:
It is not a bug. It is an Undocumented Feature :D
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“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes)
I figured out what I was missing:
The facts show up in a puppet manifest with no problem, but to get them to show on the facter command line, you need to add :
--external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
So, if I do it this way:
[user ]# facter --external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/ patch_fact_1
hello
I get the response I was looking for.
And many thanks for the straight line "Might be a bug" which lets me say:
It is not a bug. It is an Undocumented Feature :D
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Felix Frank
Mar 5, 2015, 6:08:22 PM3/5/15
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On 03/05/2015 11:55 PM, Dan White
wrote:
--external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
Ah. Good catch!
It is not a bug. It is an Undocumented Feature :D
Hah! Well I'm not convinced. UX bugs are still issues.
Cheers,
Felix
Cheers,
Felix
Josh Cooper
Mar 5, 2015, 6:31:32 PM3/5/15
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Note that facter --puppet is deprecated, because it introduces a cyclical dependency between puppet and facter, and the same functionality can be accomplished using `puppet facts find <hostname>`, or more succinctly `puppet facts find .`
In 4.0, it's just `puppet facts find` thanks to Erik's contribution in https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-3698
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Johan De Wit
Mar 6, 2015, 1:51:28 AM3/6/15
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On 06/03/15 00:31, Josh Cooper wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 3:07 PM, Felix Frank <Felix...@alumni.tu-berlin.de> wrote:
--On 03/05/2015 11:55 PM, Dan White wrote:
--external-dir=/var/lib/puppet/facts.d/
Ah. Good catch!
It is not a bug. It is an Undocumented Feature :D
Hah! Well I'm not convinced. UX bugs are still issues.
Cheers,
Felix
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This issue is covered in https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-696.
Note that facter --puppet is deprecated, because it introduces a cyclical dependency between puppet and facter, and the same functionality can be accomplished using `puppet facts find <hostname>`, or more succinctly `puppet facts find .`
In 4.0, it's just `puppet facts find` thanks to Erik's contribution in https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-3698
Josh
just in time, did notice this behaviour yesterday with PE3.7.2 :)
Grts
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