[Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Larry Fast
I'm trying to load custom facts via /etc/facter/facts.d/* according to instructions on http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html#structured-data-facts I must have missed a setting somewhere because I get nothing. The first clue may be that /etc/facter didn't exist. I had to create

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Peter Meier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is there a setting or search path I need to create? Details: puppet 3.0.1 facter 1.6.14-1.el6 I don't think this is supported in facter 1.6. One used to have the stdlib module for it until facter 1.7 should be released, which will provide

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Keith Burdis
From that page: External facts are only available in Facter 1.7 and later. I expect you need to either upgrade or install the stdlib module. - Keith On 13 Apr 2013 15:18, Larry Fast lfast1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to load custom facts via /etc/facter/facts.d/* according to

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Larry Fast
From that page: External facts are only available in Facter 1.7 and later. I expect you need to either upgrade or install the stdlib module. Thanks for that. I knew I missed something. ... but tell me more about the stdlib option. I'm a bit leery of depending on the first RC of facter 1.7.

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Dan White
I can speak directly on this ! You want http://forge.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs/stdlib/3.2.0 This has the /etc/facter/facts.d/* Magic Pixie Dust in it. I just went thru a brief panic attack when I updated to Facter 1.7 and puppetlabs-stdlib 4.0.2 ! The changelog says Remove facter_dot_d for

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Larry Fast
Thanks Dan, I shall hunt down the elusive pixie dust! BTW, do you know where to look for a compatibility tree between stdlib and puppet version? Cheers, Larry On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Dan White y...@comcast.net wrote: I can speak directly on this ! You want

Re: [Puppet Users] facter doesn't load from /ect/facter/facts.d

2013-04-13 Thread Dan White
On the linked page ! First two sub-headings are “Versions” and “Compatibility” On Apr 13, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Larry Fast wrote: Thanks Dan, I shall hunt down the elusive pixie dust! BTW, do you know where to look for a compatibility tree between stdlib and puppet version? Cheers, Larry