The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Sys::Facter
DSLIP: RdpOp
description: collect facts about operating system
userid: DOZZIE (Stanisław Klekot)
chapterid: 4 (Operating_System_Interfaces)
communities:
comp.lang.perl.modules
similar:
Sys::Info Pfacter
rationale:
The target users of Sys::Facter are sysadmins. Sys::Facter is
intended to provide them an easy-to-use infrastructure for detecting
various things (so called "facts"), like number of CPUs, amount of
RAM, partitions and LVM devices, NFS exports, SSH public keys,
occupied TCP/UDP ports and so on. Such data could be then collected
in a centralized place e.g. for keeping an inventory, used for
generating configuration files or to calculate server load for load
balancers. Some pre-defined modules would be available, but the most
important thing is that sysadmin could easily add his own "facts",
as a single developer can't think of every possible variable to be
detected.
While Sys::Info does a quite goot work in detecting parameters, it
can't easily be extended by user and hence it's not usable this way.
On the other hand, it could be used as a backend for Sys::Facter
plugins.
A good way would be to use Pfacter module. It provides a sensible
API for plugins that fits to above-mentioned usage. Unfortunately,
Pfacter practically doesn't have a usable documentation and its API
for building tools on top of it is horrible.
Sys::Facter utilizes Pfacter plugin API, while providing easier API
for tools and contains POD documentation for both interfaces.
enteredby: DOZZIE (Stanisław Klekot)
enteredon: Tue Sep 25 07:52:53 2012 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Sys::
::Facter RdpOp collect facts about operating system DOZZIE
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