I received no replies, so am putting it down to my lack of Ruby knowledge...
I ended up combining the two files, so that the dependency is handled in line Thanks to all that took a look John On Jul 1, 2:21 pm, John Warburton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > Background: > I am running Puppet to configure ESX 3.5 servers by NFS mounting the Puppet > binaries and configuration from a shared server. This is to ensure VMware > don't come back refusing support for installing non standard software on the > server. > > # ruby -v > ruby 1.8.7 (2009-04-08 patchlevel 160) [i686-linux] > # facter -v > 1.5.5 > > RUBYLIB=/apps/puppet/puppet/lib:/apps/puppet/facter/lib:/data/puppet/lib > > I have 2 custom Ruby fact files in /data/puppet/lib/facter which > followhttp://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/AddingFacts > > dc_loc.rb (http://pastie.org/530294) - reads a file generated during a > kickstart with the Kickstart environment in name=value pairs and makes them > facts. Generates the important "location" fact. > > facts.rb (http://pastie.org/530296) - Uses the "location" fact to load up > location specific file with site specific configuration. It uses the rescue > call as describe in "Adding Facts": > begin > Facter.location > rescue > Facter.loadfacts() # Line 22 > end > > Most of the time, facter works > # facter > architecture => i386 > . > esx_version => 3.5.0u3 > facterversion => 1.5.5 > . > . > location => HERE > . > . > > However, sometimes, some servers (I can't see a pattern yet) will have > facter go into an infinite loop until there is no more memory. The only way > I have been able to reproduce it, is with renaming the files. NB The files > originally were named with the "AAA" prefix (actual TLA hidden to protect > the innocent) > > AAA_dc_loc.rb > AAA_facts.rb > > # facter > /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/ip.rb:60:in ``': Cannot allocate memory > - /sbin/ifconfig -a (Errno::ENOMEM) > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/ip.rb:60:in > `get_all_interface_output' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/ip.rb:48:in > `get_interfaces' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/interfaces.rb:20 > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load_file' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:38:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:90:in > `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter.rb:183:in `loadfacts' > from /data/puppet/lib/facter/AAA_facts.rb:22 > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load_file' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:38:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:90:in > `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter.rb:183:in `loadfacts' > from /data/puppet/lib/facter/AAA_facts.rb:22 > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load_file' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:38:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:90:in > `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter.rb:183:in `loadfacts' > from /data/puppet/lib/facter/AAA_facts.rb:22 > . > . > . > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:90:in > `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter.rb:183:in `loadfacts' > from /data/puppet/lib/facter/AAA_facts.rb:22 > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:72:in `load_file' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:38:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:33:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `each' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/loader.rb:30:in `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter/util/collection.rb:90:in > `load_all' > from /apps/puppet/facter/lib/facter.rb:91:in `to_hash' > from /apps/puppet/facter/bin/facter:138 > > So, as we can see, line 22 of AAA_facts.rb is the rescue loadfacts(), which > keep trying to load the same file AAA_site_facts.rb > > Then, I rename the files back to the original names without the prefix: > # ls -1 > dc_loc.rb > facts.rb > > and facter runs OK. > > So, I think, maybe something in the file name - so I rename them as their > roles have evolved: > # mv dc_loc.rb ks_facts.rb > # mv facts.rb site_facts.rb > # ls -1 > ks_facts.rb > site_facts.rb > > now facter infinitely loops again. > > So, I think maybe it is the order of the files in the directory, and rename > them: > # mv ks_facts.rb 002-ks_facts.rb > # mv site_facts.rb 001-site_facts.rb > # ls -1 > 001-site_facts.rb > 002-ks_facts.rb > > and facter infinitely loops again. > > This is driving me nuts. I must be doing something wrong here for file names > to affect facter running. > > Any pointers or help would be appreciated here! Note that this is my first > foray into Ruby & Puppet, so I am sure there is room for improvement > > Thanks > > John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
