Never fear, external facts work just fine in Puppet 3. On Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 10:51:52 AM UTC-4, Joshua Schaeffer wrote: > > External facts are a Puppet v4 feature only. You have to use Ruby to > create custom facts in Puppet v3. > > On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 3:54:00 PM UTC-6, Warron French wrote: >> >> OK, done, and done. But it still isn't showing up. >> >> Is this potentially because I am using PE-3.8 as a component of Red Hat >> Satellite? >> >> -------------------------- >> Warron French >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Bukowinski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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. 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