FYI - Found that thread: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users/browse_thread/thread/28c7b30874bb792c/dca3587668d50f9e?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=external+nodes#dca3587668d50f9e
Sorry that this was a rehashing of it - but I agree that this process should be listed in the docs. I'll look into what needs to be done to checkout the docs source or updating the wiki. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Gary Larizza <ccsh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Nigel Kersten <nig...@google.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> We had a chat about this on the list relatively recently. >> >> The server actually writes out the client fact data *before* the external >> node provider gets invoked, so you can poke into the fact store on the >> server, assuming that the facts you want are available at that point. >> > > So, do you mean actually grabbing the data from the server's > $VARDIR/yaml/facts/ directory, or by actually referencing Facter variables > from the external node classifier script? I'm guessing the former, by your > response. > > I vaguely remember a thread where Nigel was shocked by the order that > facter and external nodes were called - but I can't seem to find it yet. > I'll dig through the archives to see if I can find this... > > > >> >> There should be an easier first class method for working this out, but >> it's certainly doable now. >> >> >>> -- >>> Gary Larizza >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Puppet Users" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> nigel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Puppet Users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Gary Larizza > > Director of Technology > Huron City Schools > http://www.huronhs.com > > 悟 > -- Gary Larizza Director of Technology Huron City Schools http://www.huronhs.com 悟 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
