I am trying to make my first custom fact work following (I think) the
instructions given on puppetlabs.com and in 'Pro Puppet'.
Although I can evaluate my fact using facter from the cli, it doesn't
expand the fact from the variable name in my manifest.
The os, puppet version and facter version are the same on both my
client and the server:
[root@vm-ops001-1 facter]# facter -v
1.5.9
[root@vm-ops001-1 facter]# puppet --version
2.6.4
The factpath is default on both client and server, and pluginsync is
set to true in the [main] section of puppet.conf on both client and
server.
[root@vm-ops001-1 facter]# puppet --genconfig | grep -E 'factpath|
pluginsync'
factpath = /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter:/var/lib/puppet/facts
pluginsync = true
my fact is defined on the server in /etc/puppet/modules/spacewalk/lib/
facter/activationKey.rb:
[root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/modules/spacewalk/lib/facter/
activationKey.rb
# activationKey.rb
Facter.add(:activationKey) do
setcode do
"1-rhel5-x86_64"
end
end
I trivialized it to test if I could eliminate the error (before it was
using some core facts to derive activationKey), but the error is
identical with the trivial fact.
Here is how I attempt to reference my custom fact:
[root@puppet ~]# cat /etc/puppet/modules/spacewalk/manifests/
register.pp
class spacewalk::register {
exec { 'register-with-spacewalk':
command => "rhnreg_ks --profilename=$hostname --activationkey=
$activationKey --serverUrl=http://spacewalk/XMLRPC";,
unless => "test -e /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid",
path => [ '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' ],
require => Class['spacewalk::install'],
}
}
running the client with debug shows the exec command failing with an
exit code of 255 which is consistent with the nul parameter for the --
activationkey option to rhnreg_ks. I've tried it multiple times in a
row from the node with the identical result:
[root@vm-ops001-1 ~]# puppetd -t --debug
...
debug: Finishing transaction 23810158615960
debug: Storing state
debug: Stored state in 0.01 seconds
info: Loading facts in activationKey
info: Loading facts in activationKey
...
debug: Executing 'test -e /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid'
debug: /Stage[main]/Spacewalk::Register/Exec[register-with-spacewalk]:
Executing 'rhnreg_ks --profilename=vm-ops001-1 --activationkey= --
serverUrl=http://spacewalk/XMLRPC'
debug: Executing 'rhnreg_ks --profilename=vm-ops001-1 --activationkey=
--serverUrl=http://spacewalk/XMLRPC'
err: /Stage[main]/Spacewalk::Register/Exec[register-with-spacewalk]/
returns: change from notrun to 0 failed: rhnreg_ks --profilename=vm-
ops001-1 --activationkey= --serverUrl=http://spacewalk/XMLRPC returned
255 instead of one of [0] at /etc/puppet/modules/spacewalk/manifests/
register.pp:11
debug: Finishing transaction 23810158492340
debug: Storing state
debug: Stored state in 0.01 seconds
notice: Finished catalog run in 0.84 seconds
The debug shows nothing expanded for the value of $activationKey from
the register.pp manifest, running from cli works however with
$FACTERLIB set:
[root@vm-ops001-1 ~]# echo $FACTERLIB
/var/lib/puppet/lib
[root@vm-ops001-1 ~]# facter activationKey
1-rhel5-x86_64
Other things I've tried:
restarting the master (server and agent) after each modification.
putting activationKey.rb in /usr/lib/ruby/site-ruby/1.8/facter with
the core facts (still same error).
upgrading from facter 1.5.8 to facter 1.5.9
installing rubygems and deps which were not installed before.
I'm really banging my head against the wall with this one, and I'm
wondering if it's something really obvious and stupid that I've
overlooked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Paul
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