When I build the server I make sure it meets all the compliance 
requirements (ex: PermitRootLogin, login banner). However, I would like to 
double check those compliance requirements on daily basis through Puppet 
(in case someone has changed them). This is an audit requirement.

I was able to write custom facts and now I see "PermitRootLogin" and "login 
banner" values in node "inventory" list.

I was trying to create same report using following link, but it's not 
working
http://puppetlabs.com/blog/when-puppet-reports-part-2/

dir structure
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[root@lxpuppet modules]# pwd
/opt/puppet/share/puppet/modules
[root@lxpuppet modules]# ls -ltR compliance_report
compliance_report:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 peadmin games  154 Jan  2 10:47 Modulefile
drwxr-xr-x 2 peadmin games 4096 Jan  2 10:40 manifests
drwxr-xr-x 3 peadmin games 4096 Jan  2 10:25 lib

compliance_report/manifests:
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 peadmin games 467 Jan  2 10:40 init.pp

compliance_report/lib:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 peadmin games 4096 Jan  2 10:25 puppet

compliance_report/lib/puppet:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 peadmin games 4096 Jan  2 10:25 reports

compliance_report/lib/puppet/reports:
total 0
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On Friday, December 28, 2012 10:11:16 AM UTC-5, pdiddy wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone, I will look into these options...I will write back in few 
> days...
>
> On Friday, December 28, 2012 7:36:31 AM UTC-5, Keiran Sweet wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> Although I've never used it, this does sound like a task for the auditing 
>> functionality that was added into Puppet 2.6.
>> Some information about it can be found here: 
>> http://puppetlabs.com/blog/all-about-auditing-with-puppet/
>>
>> You may also find the Puppet enterprise documentation on audit and 
>> compliance of some use, as it uses the audit metaparams to achieve this 
>> functionality.
>> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/pe/2.7/compliance_basics.html
>>
>> From what I understand, you can build your own 
>> auditing/reporting/compliance tool using your existing puppet framework and 
>> a modified report processor that fits your needs.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> K
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:27:53 PM UTC, Jason Edgecombe wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, you can do what you want if you already have a puppet master 
>>> (server) in your puppet environment, but you may need configure or 
>>> install some add-ons. 
>>>
>>> All puppet installations include a tool called "facter". Facter gathers 
>>> various facts or data about your systems. The system can be configured 
>>> to sent this data back to the puppet server. Various puppet add-ons 
>>> offer the ability to create reports based on the data that was sent back 
>>> to the server. For you needs, you will likely need to write a custom 
>>> fact. 
>>>
>>> Here are some links that might be helpful: 
>>>
>>>      Info on facter: 
>>>      http://puppetlabs.com/blog/facter-part-1-facter-101/ 
>>>
>>>      How to do custom facts: 
>>>      http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html 
>>>
>>>      Puppet reporting: 
>>>      http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/reporting.html 
>>>
>>> If you don't use a puppet server, then I think there are other options 
>>> for gathering the reporting data. 
>>>
>>> Sincerely, 
>>> Jason 
>>>
>>>
>>> P.S. My apologies to other posters, but I didn't see a clear answer to 
>>> the question. 
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2012 03:01 PM, pdiddy wrote: 
>>> > Understood, but is it possible to get it done via puppet? I've 
>>> management 
>>> > requirement. 
>>> > 
>>> > On Thursday, December 27, 2012 2:52:31 PM UTC-5, Christopher Wood 
>>> wrote: 
>>> >> You might be better off putting together a custom fact about this. 
>>> Then 
>>> >> you can check fact(s) on the host(s) without trying to 
>>> >> manage-but-not-manage something inside puppet. 
>>> >> 
>>> >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:15:14AM -0800, pdiddy wrote: 
>>> >>>     How do I check content of a file in puppet? 
>>> >>>     ex: I want to see if "PermitRootLogin" is "no" 
>>> >> in /etc/ssh/sshd_config 
>>> >>>     file (RHEL). If it's "yes" i want to show it on compliance 
>>> report. 
>>> >> For now 
>>> >>>     I don't want make any changes to the sshd_config file through 
>>> puppet. 
>>> >>>     Here is something I have: 
>>> >>>     define line($file, $line, $ensure = 'present') { 
>>> >>>             $line = "PermitRootLogin no" 
>>> >>>             $file = "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" 
>>> >>>         case $ensure { 
>>> >>>             default : { err ( "unknown ensure value ${ensure}" ) } 
>>> >>>             present: { 
>>> >>>                 warning/flag code: 
>>> >>>                     unless => "/bin/grep '${line}' '${file}'" 
>>> >>>                 } 
>>> >>>             } 
>>> >>>     } 
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