To be clearer.. am asking about "ENC setting the environment", just 'finding it out".
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:53 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> > wrote: >> >> >> On Oct 16, 6:38 pm, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I tried to work around the problem by having a copy of the ENC per >>> environment, which would work for me too... but then that does not >>> work either: >>> >>> external_nodes = /etc/puppet/environments/$environment/gu-enc/gu-enc.py >>> >>> In the above, $environment evaluates to "production" even though my >>> "puppet agent" call specified a different environment. >>> >>> I guess the above is evaluated on master's start up, only once, not >>> per client invocation. >>> >>> Thanks a lot, >>> Mohamed. >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Mohamed Lrhazi <lrh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> >>> > I started writing an ENC and run into what seems like a chicken and >>> > egg problem... >>> >>> > I was starting off by getting the client's facts from the inventory >>> > service by getting: >>> >>> >https://puppetmaster:8140/production/facts/$client_hostname >>> >>> > and then was getting the "environment" from the fact named "environment" >>> >>> > then I realized that "production" in the previous URL is the >>> > environment I am querying! >>> >>> > Is there another way of finding the environment that the client is >>> > providing to the master? >> >> >> The client may specify in its puppet.conf which environment it thinks >> it is in (key 'environment'). The ENC may also specify which >> environment a client is in by setting the variable "environment", but >> see http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3910 for problems related to >> that. Your master can specify the default environment for nodes that >> do not otherwise specify one, via the "environment" key in the >> [master] section of their own puppet.conf. I'm not sure offhand >> whether something like 3910 applies if the default is changed. This >> is all covered in the External Nodes Guide and the puppet.conf >> documentation. >> >> > > Thanks a lot John... I tried and could not find my answer in the docs. > my specific question is: > > - When the master calls my ENC, it knows what the environment of the > client is, regardless of where it got it from, right? > - All the master passes to the ENC is the clients' cert name, nothing else. > > My question is whether there is a way for the ENC to find that > environment or not? > > Thanks a lot, > Mohamed. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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.
