Hi Dave, Environment is a server-side fact (https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/lang_facts_builtin_variables.html#lang_facts_builtin_variables-server-facts <https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/lang_facts_builtin_variables.html#lang_facts_builtin_variables-server-facts>)
It is not shown on the agent. But I always thought that server side facts are shown in PE on the Node facts. But I might be wrong. Best, Martin > On 22. Jun 2021, at 14:45, daveford...@gmail.com <davefordtestt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Maritn, thanks for answering. > > Yes, that's the sort of thing I was expecting to see.... But, I have no such > fact listed. > > I wondered if this was a consequence of having an old copy of puppet agent > installed - the box I'm testing on is running 3.5 - but the lists of 'core > facts'; on puppet's website don't list an 'environment' fact, and I can't > find any fact in the PE console's fact dialog box. Have I misunderstood your > comment? > > Thanks > > On Tuesday, 22 June 2021 at 13:31:14 UTC+1 Martin Alfke wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On PE Console, select a Node to view Node facts and check the environment > Variable. > This variable is set on Master side, not agent side. > Check that the environment variable matches to the PE selected node > environment. > You should then be able to filter using the environment “Fact”. > > Best, > Martin > > > >> On 22. Jun 2021, at 13:58, daveford...@gmail.com <http://gmail.com/> >> <daveford...@gmail.com >> <applewebdata://3179A4F8-5EBF-439B-ABCF-21306D0BEAD9>> wrote: >> > >> Hi - I've just starting working with a complex puppet environment that's >> running with dozens of different environments. >> >> The PE console doesn't really seem to give me a way to filter views of >> machines by anything other than facts. So I'm wondering if there's a fact I >> can use to determine which environment a puppet agent is running in? I can't >> see anything out ofthe box from facter, and also can't seem to get anything >> useful from puppet config cmd. Our environment is being fed from the ENC in >> PE, rather than the local puppet.conf file, so examing that is no use. The >> only place I can seem to see any references ot the env. is in the >> last_run_report in the cache - is that the best place to find this info? >> >> Thanks >> Dave >> > >> -- >> 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 >> <applewebdata://3179A4F8-5EBF-439B-ABCF-21306D0BEAD9>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f41e941a-0212-4cdb-adef-d6fc56494141n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f41e941a-0212-4cdb-adef-d6fc56494141n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > 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 > <mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/87891db5-2feb-448f-9a1d-ed215496cde1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/87891db5-2feb-448f-9a1d-ed215496cde1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/2F4280B4-9271-40A9-9E79-43C6DEE00776%40gmail.com.
