Hi Johan, Thank you very much for the information.
I am not using the machine information from Sybase to do node classification in puppet. My node classification is done by Puppet Dashboard. My Sybase database doesn't contain any puppet class information. It contains the hostname and the workgroup the host belongs to. What I want to return from my database query is: given a hostname, please tell me which workgroup it belongs to, then based on the workgroup value, my puppet class will decide which template to apply to this host. That's why I think a custom fact might do this job: I will define a custom fact, which will get hostname and then connect to Sybase to determine this host's workgroup. I actually already have the perl script to do this job, but need to convert it to Ruby scirpt (puppet fact is defined in Ruby). I am still doing research to find out what is the best approach. Will let you know. Thanks, Stella On Monday, October 20, 2014 5:36:50 PM UTC-4, Johan De Wit wrote: > > Hi Stella, > > my first thought goes to implement a ENC script. Since you are already > keeping inventory data in a database, you could keep everything in one > place. If it is possible to add puppet support, in practice, make it > possible to assign puppet classes to your nodes in your sybase setup. > > If that is not possible, I would look at a hiera backend getting the info > from your sybase database. > > Keep in mind that it is the puppet master that needs the info from your > sybase database, so facts is not really an option. > > (technically you can, but then every node needs access to your database, > but your master can get the needed info also, only keep in mind your master > identifies the nodes with the 'clientcert' or 'certname'. > > Personally, I would go for the ENC first place, hiera in second, but facts > is a no-go. > > hth a bit > > jo > > > > On 20/10/14 19:27, Stella wrote: > > Hi, > > I am using Puppet 3.62. Trying to figure out what is the best way to > connect to my sybase database to query machine information. > > Which is better: > > 1. Define facts that will connect to my sybase and do the query. > > 2. Use Hiera to connect to my sybase and do the query. > > Anyone has any example to share? > > Thanks! > > Stella > -- > 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/69fa9702-708a-442c-803c-1b3bead7ab2f%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/69fa9702-708a-442c-803c-1b3bead7ab2f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Johan De Wit > > Open Source Consultant > > Red Hat Certified Engineer (805008667232363) > Puppet Certified Professional 2013/2014 (PCP0000006) > _________________________________________________________ > > Open-Future Phone +32 (0)2/255 70 70 > Zavelstraat 72 Fax +32 (0)2/255 70 71 > 3071 KORTENBERG Mobile +32 (0)474/42 40 73 > BELGIUM http://www.open-future.be > _________________________________________________________ > > > > Upcoming Events: > > Puppet Introduction Course | > http://www.open-future.be/puppet-introduction-course-13th-october > > Puppet Practitioner Training | > http://www.open-future.be/puppet-practitioner-former-puppet-advanced-training-14-till-16th-october > > Linux Training | > http://www.open-future.be/linux-training-20-till-24th-october > > Puppet Introduction Course | > http://www.open-future.be/puppet-introduction-course-10th-november > > Puppet Fundamentals Training | > http://www.open-future.be/puppet-fundamentals-training-12-till-14th-november > > Subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/BUG8H > > -- 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/90b2a777-424d-49ec-a236-ab8dcd85d41e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
