Hi Jeff, On Friday, May 25, 2012 10:42:20 AM UTC-4, Jeff McCune wrote: > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:17 AM, mparrad <marco.parr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Jeff >> >> >> On Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:50:03 PM UTC-4, Jeff McCune wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Marco Parra D. <marco.parr...@gmail.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> But my question was can I change the path where puppet copi the custom >>>> facts? >>>> >>> >>> Yes, this is the plugindest puppet agent option. >>> >>> What is it currently set to? You can check using puppet agent >>> --configprint plugindest >>> >> >> Here is the output for this: >> >> puppet agent --configprint plugindest >> > > I think you forgot to copy and paste the output. >
Sorry , here is now: C:\Windows\system32>puppet agent --configprint plugindest C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/var/lib > > In general there are a couple of key points. > > First, custom facts distributed via Puppet pluginsync are always available > in your manifests. > > Second, if you distribute your custom facts via pluginsync you should use > facter --puppet to load them with Facter. Keep in mind Facter and Puppet > are two separate applications which is why --puppet is necessary. > > Third, Facter (and Puppet) load things from multiple places. This is how > our plugin system works. With regard to Facter the libraries that come > bundled in the package are installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Puppet > Labs\Puppet\facter\lib. You shouldn't ever need to tell Facter to load > things from this path since it will load from here automatically. Also, > you shouldn't ever put your own custom facts in this location since the > package may overwrite the directory on an upgrade. > > Hope this helps. > Thank you Jeff, this clarify me how puppet and facter works with custom facts..... > > -Jeff > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/2mnqFoZXmqYJ. 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.
