Hi Warron, Puppet executes the script directly, so you need the shebang line and you must ensure the file is executable.
-- Peter > On Mar 27, 2017, at 2:25 PM, warron.french <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter, perhaps I misunderstood you; but, I thought I was supposed to be able > to use bash or sh scripting to generate facters of my own without the use of > Ruby. > > The link you provided refers to a python script example. It also adds a > shebang line at the top of the script; do I need the shebang line, or will > Puppet simply execute the shell script with: > > sh scriptname.sh > > Thanks for the feedback, > > -------------------------- > Warron French > > >> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Peter Bukowinski <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Warron, >> >> I'd consider using an external, executable fact to avoid ruby altogether. >> >> >> https://docs.puppet.com/facter/3.6/custom_facts.html#executable-facts-----unix >> >> Basically, you can write a bash script (or use any language you want), >> drop it into '<MODULEPATH>/<MODULE>/facts.d/' on your puppet server, >> and it will be synced to all your nodes (assuming you use pluginsync). >> >> The only requirement for executable fact scripts is that they must >> return key/value pairs in the format 'key=value'. Multiple keys/values >> get their own line. In your case, you could do something like this: >> >> ----- >> #!/bin/bash >> >> key="qty_monitors_total" >> value=$(your parsing command for /var/log/Xorg.0.log here) >> >> echo "${key}=${value}" >> ----- >> >> Save the file as an executable script in the above mentioned path and >> it should be available on the next puppet run. >> >> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 3:24 PM, warron.french <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello, I have finally learned how to write a Custom Fact; and duplicated >> > the >> > syntax several times over inside the same .rb file. >> > >> > I am using syntax that looks like the following: >> > >> > Facter.add('qty_monitors_total') do >> > setcode do >> > Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('/bin/grep " connected" >> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log | cut -d\) -f2,3,4 | grep GPU |sort -u | wc -l') >> > end >> > end >> > >> > I don't know of any other way to do this yet; but that's not my concern >> > yet. >> > >> > What I would like to know is how can I use an awk command within the >> > Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('.........') line. >> > >> > I have a need to essentially reproduce the line above but drop wc -l and >> > add awk '{ print $2"_"$3"_on_"$1$4 }' >> > >> > I need the awk command to pretty much look like this; the problem is awk >> > uses its own single quotes (') and it will break the ruby code. >> > >> > I am not a ruby developer; so if someone could either tell me: >> > >> > It's just not possible; or >> > do it this way >> > >> > >> > That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, >> > >> > -------------------------- >> > Warron French >> > >> > -- >> > 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/CAJdJdQmZXQAd%2Bo%2Bnp-NHqxGHnXubf%2Bac-dP5FPoy4QYMEVuBuA%40mail.gmail.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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/CAJA1CN9aFH4Eza-FoxzrfXDWiGCUHXE%2BGFt2Nu%3DjK2eDzV4upg%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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/CAJdJdQnAbguKzz0S2O_NJfp2nzjeev77Ld7PHBEAOBH8_CZPsw%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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/F53C3C7F-916F-4DB1-896F-8FF0F7F54BD6%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
