On Fri, 1 Dec 2017, at 16:53, buoyant_puppy wrote:
> I'm trying to pull data from my cmdb into a variable, by downloading my
> relevant data to a local json file and reading it in:
>
> class get_cmdb {
> file { "/tmp/${::hostname}.json":
> source => "http://mycmdb.example.com/${::hostname}";
> }
> $mydata = loadjson("/tmp/${::hostname}.json")
>
> The issue that the file in the first step is created on the agent, but
> the
> loadjson attempts to read the file on the master.
>
> How can I either read the file on the agent instead, or vice versa, fetch
> the file on the master?
>
All functions like foo() run on the master during compile. It's a multi
phase process, the only way a node can influence the compile time is
using facts.
You could integrate your CMDB with puppet using a hiera data function
that could exist as a tier in your hierarchy
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