On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Aaron Grewell <aaron.grew...@gmail.com>wrote:

> You can't.  The whole purpose of facts is to allow Puppet to make decisions
> based on client data.  Variables=server, facts=client.


Yep. However, puppet manifests do allow you to access both and make
decisions based on their values.

class base {
  if $operatingsystem == "debian" and $server_location == "botswana" {
    include aptclient::botswana
  }
}




>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Douglas Garstang 
> <doug.garst...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> So, after reading this doc:
>>
>> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Adding_Facts
>>
>> it's not readily apparent to me how I can create facts that are derived
>> from variables defined at the node level in puppet, rather than at the O/S
>> level on the client. I want to be able to set a variable that defines a
>> server type in the node, and access that. Anyone?
>>
>> Doug.
>>
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