Task a lot Dan... I will use that, though I was hoping for a solution using the inventory service...It looks like one needs to know the environment first, before speaking to it:
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/rest_api.html#facts Mohamed. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Dan Bode <d...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > The client's environment is stored as a fact. Facts are saved before the ENC > is called. By default, they will be saved to > /var/lib/puppet/yaml/facts/NODE_NAME/TIMESTAMP.yaml > > An ENC can read a client's latest environment and other facts from this > location. > > -Dan > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> To be clearer.. am asking about "ENC setting the environment", just >> 'finding it out". >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:53 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 16, 6:38 pm, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I tried to work around the problem by having a copy of the ENC per >> >>> environment, which would work for me too... but then that does not >> >>> work either: >> >>> >> >>> external_nodes = >> >>> /etc/puppet/environments/$environment/gu-enc/gu-enc.py >> >>> >> >>> In the above, $environment evaluates to "production" even though my >> >>> "puppet agent" call specified a different environment. >> >>> >> >>> I guess the above is evaluated on master's start up, only once, not >> >>> per client invocation. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks a lot, >> >>> Mohamed. >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> > Hello, >> >>> >> >>> > I started writing an ENC and run into what seems like a chicken and >> >>> > egg problem... >> >>> >> >>> > I was starting off by getting the client's facts from the inventory >> >>> > service by getting: >> >>> >> >>> >https://puppetmaster:8140/production/facts/$client_hostname >> >>> >> >>> > and then was getting the "environment" from the fact named >> >>> > "environment" >> >>> >> >>> > then I realized that "production" in the previous URL is the >> >>> > environment I am querying! >> >>> >> >>> > Is there another way of finding the environment that the client is >> >>> > providing to the master? >> >> >> >> >> >> The client may specify in its puppet.conf which environment it thinks >> >> it is in (key 'environment'). The ENC may also specify which >> >> environment a client is in by setting the variable "environment", but >> >> see http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3910 for problems related to >> >> that. Your master can specify the default environment for nodes that >> >> do not otherwise specify one, via the "environment" key in the >> >> [master] section of their own puppet.conf. I'm not sure offhand >> >> whether something like 3910 applies if the default is changed. This >> >> is all covered in the External Nodes Guide and the puppet.conf >> >> documentation. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Thanks a lot John... I tried and could not find my answer in the docs. >> > my specific question is: >> > >> > - When the master calls my ENC, it knows what the environment of the >> > client is, regardless of where it got it from, right? >> > - All the master passes to the ENC is the clients' cert name, nothing >> > else. >> > >> > My question is whether there is a way for the ENC to find that >> > environment or not? >> > >> > Thanks a lot, >> > Mohamed. >> > >> >> -- >> 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 >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. >> > > -- > 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 > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > -- 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
