Peter, perhaps I misunderstood you; but, I thought I was supposed to be able to use bash or sh scripting to generate facters of my own without the use of Ruby.
The link you provided refers to a python script example. It also adds a shebang line at the top of the script; do I need the shebang line, or will Puppet simply execute the shell script with: sh scriptname.sh Thanks for the feedback, -------------------------- Warron French On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 7:07 PM, Peter Bukowinski <pmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Warron, > > I'd consider using an external, executable fact to avoid ruby altogether. > > https://docs.puppet.com/facter/3.6/custom_facts.html# > executable-facts-----unix > > Basically, you can write a bash script (or use any language you want), > drop it into '<MODULEPATH>/<MODULE>/facts.d/' on your puppet server, > and it will be synced to all your nodes (assuming you use pluginsync). > > The only requirement for executable fact scripts is that they must > return key/value pairs in the format 'key=value'. Multiple keys/values > get their own line. In your case, you could do something like this: > > ----- > #!/bin/bash > > key="qty_monitors_total" > value=$(your parsing command for /var/log/Xorg.0.log here) > > echo "${key}=${value}" > ----- > > Save the file as an executable script in the above mentioned path and > it should be available on the next puppet run. > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 3:24 PM, warron.french <warron.fre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, I have finally learned how to write a Custom Fact; and duplicated > the > > syntax several times over inside the same .rb file. > > > > I am using syntax that looks like the following: > > > > Facter.add('qty_monitors_total') do > > setcode do > > Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('/bin/grep " connected" > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log | cut -d\) -f2,3,4 | grep GPU |sort -u | wc -l') > > end > > end > > > > I don't know of any other way to do this yet; but that's not my concern > yet. > > > > What I would like to know is how can I use an awk command within the > > Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('.........') line. > > > > I have a need to essentially reproduce the line above but drop wc -l > and > > add awk '{ print $2"_"$3"_on_"$1$4 }' > > > > I need the awk command to pretty much look like this; the problem is awk > > uses its own single quotes (') and it will break the ruby code. > > > > I am not a ruby developer; so if someone could either tell me: > > > > It's just not possible; or > > do it this way > > > > > > That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, > > > > -------------------------- > > Warron French > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAJdJdQmZXQAd%2Bo%2Bnp- > NHqxGHnXubf%2Bac-dP5FPoy4QYMEVuBuA%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/puppet-users/CAJA1CN9aFH4Eza-FoxzrfXDWiGCUHXE%2BGFt2Nu% > 3DjK2eDzV4upg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAJdJdQnAbguKzz0S2O_NJfp2nzjeev77Ld7PHBEAOBH8_CZPsw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
