On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:30:40 AM UTC-5, JonY wrote:
>
> I'm attempting to make the jump to directory-based environments and am
> curious about what to do with custom facts.
>
> In my current config I've tried putting custom facts into a separate
> module as /etc/puppet/modules/facts/{manifest,lib} and
> /etc/puppet/modules/facts/lib/facter/<modules go here>. I haven't had any
> success in getting these to propagate to clients though.
>
> I've added 'pluginsync=true' to puppet.conf on server/clients.
>
> Reading the various docs doesn't make it sound like I need a manifest for
> custom facts. Truth? How about a class file?
>
Correct, you do not need a manifest for custom facts. Manifests are
instructions for constructing parts of nodes' catalogs. They can use the
values of custom facts, but they are not involved in installing custom fact
implementations on clients. That's what pluginsync is for.
I don't know what you mean by a "class file", as distinguished from a
manifest.
>
> Questions:
>
> 1. What step(s) did I miss in getting my facts to be distributed?
> 2. When I split up my network into 'production', 'test', etc folders for
> use in environments - what happens to custom facts then?
>
Custom facts should be in modules. Typically they are in the same module
as the classes that use them, but in principle, it should not be a problem
for them to appear in their own, separate module. For a given node, the
pluginsync process will sync plugins, including custom facts, from the
modules in the modulepath of the environment to which that node belongs.
Therefore, if your facts are not getting distributed then a modulepath
issue is one of the things to consider.
Also, running plain 'facter' on a client will compute and present only the
standard facts. If you want also custom facts from Puppet then use 'facter
-p'.
John
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