Thank You Very Much Craig that worked.
On Jun 30, 9:12 am, Craig White <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about 'factsync' on client 'puppet.conf > > on my puppet clients, having > [main] > ... > pluginsync=true > > seems to run the custom facts automatically > > Craig > > On Jun 29, 2011, at 2:02 PM, brijesh wrote: > > > > > Hi Craig, > > > Thanks for your reply. I understand your concern about using ruby code > > instead of shell but my question how can i deploy this custom fact. > > The code has no error if i copy this fact into > > /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/facter and then run > > facter curtime it returns the output. > > > The only thing is how can deploy this fact to all the clients? > > > On Jun 30, 4:52 am, Craig White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Jun 29, 2011, at 1:16 AM, brijesh wrote: > > >>> Hi > > >>> I have been having issue with deploying my custom facts. I have gone > >>> through wiki on puppet labs and few other blogs but has no luck so > >>> far. May be i am not understanding puppet very well. I would really > >>> appreciate if someone helps me with this. I have the following fact i > >>> want to deploy. > > >>> Facter.add("curtime") do > >>> setcode do > >>> %x{ foo=`date +%k` ; if [ "$foo" -ge 00 -o "$foo" -le 06 ] ; then > >>> echo "true"; fi } > >>> end > >>> end > > >>> I have created following directory structure > > >>> /etc/puppet/modules/common > >>> /etc/puppet/modules/common/lib/facter/curtime.rb > >>> /etc/puppet/modules/common/files > >>> /etc/puppet/modules/common/manifests/init.pp <- this file is empty > > >>> on the puppet server i added the following to the /etc/puppet/ > >>> puppet.conf > > >>> pluginsync = true > >>> modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules > >>> factpath = $vardir/facts > > >>> on the client i have added > >>> factsync = true to the puppet.conf > > >>> When i run puppetd on client i can't see the new fact curtime also on > >>> the server i should be able to see the curtime fact under /var/lib/ > >>> puppet/facts. > > >>> I am running puppetmasterd and client - 0.25.4 > > >>> Any help would be appreciated. > > >> ---- > >> If your custom fact has any errors, the fact will never work. You don't > >> have to go searching for 'facts' - on any particular machine you should be > >> able to just run from cli... > > >> facter (NAME OF FACT) - i.e. facter curtime > > >> I also neglected to mention that there really is no reason whatsoever to > >> resort to shell just to do date things because ruby has a very rich 'Date' > >> class built-in. > > >> irb(main):001:0> require 'date' > >> => true > >> irb(main):002:0> d = Date.today > >> => #<Date: 4911483/2,0,2299161> > >> irb(main):003:0> y = d.wday > >> => 3 > > >> irb(main):001:0> require 'date' > >> => true > >> irb(main):002:0> d = Date.today > >> => #<Date: 4911483/2,0,2299161> > >> irb(main):003:0> y = d + 3 > >> => #<Date: 4911489/2,0,2299161> > >> irb(main):004:0> z = y.strftime("%m-%d-%Y") > >> => "07-02-2011" > > >> Craig > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- > Craig White ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [email protected] > 1.800.869.6908 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~www.ttiassessments.com > > Need help communicating between generations at work to achieve your desired > success? Let us help! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
