Hi Peter, hi Thmaos, I'll need some time to test your suggestions.
- Andreas Am Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2015 18:50:56 UTC+2 schrieb Peter Huene: > > Hi Andreas, > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:16 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> is it possible to use custom facts inside other custom facts? >> >> With facter -p the custom fact is listed ( e.g.): >> >> ... >> userblweb => 1000 >> >> With irb: >> >> irb(main):001:0> require 'facter' >> => true >> irb(main):002:0> a = Facter.value(:userblweb) >> => nil >> >> Any idea? >> > > When using the Facter API, Facter needs to be told where the custom facts > are stored: > > irb> Facter.search '<path_to_custom_facts>' > > Note: despite being a verb, the 'search' method only adds the given path > to the list of search paths. > > The same thing happens during Puppet's settings initialization that is > invoked when you pass the '-p' option to Facter (as Thomas mentioned, this > is deprecated). > > Likewise, the path can be specified to Facter by using the FACTERLIB > environment variable set to a list of paths to search for custom facts. > > Facter 3 will be adding a '--custom-dir' command line option that is > another way of specifying where custom facts are stored. > > I hope this helps. > > > -- > *Join us at **PuppetConf 2015, October 5-9 in Portland, OR - *www. > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEnS7itqgvQV3E4Se1fu4Um_UapSw> > 2015.puppetconf.com > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2F2015.puppetconf.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE1uQL4Sh23Vr-XkPLa4xfNcoXSog> > > *Register early to save 40%!* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/ec9cca33-9b0b-4fa7-b1a8-87cc21b03f27%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
