On Sep 12, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Mike Renfro wrote: > > On 9/12/2008 11:40 AM, Richard wrote: > >> I am probably way off base here but I wanted to do something similar >> (I think) although I'm not using environments, yet. I have multiple >> types of hardware (1U rack & small desktop box) that I want to manage >> with the same set of files. However the only way I can tell them >> apart is by hostname; factor doesn't really have any way to >> distinguish between the hardware. > > I think it might, actually. Not sure how it's getting it, but here's > an > abridged paste from one of my older Ubuntu workstations that appears > to > include manufacturer, model, and even the service tag or some other > serial number: >
It's getting that information from the BIOS, using dmidecode. If you have hosts that don't include that information in their facter output, make sure you have dmidecode installed on them... -- Jason Kohles, RHCA RHCDS RHCE [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.jasonkohles.com/ "A witty saying proves nothing." -- Voltaire --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
