Puppet users - May 2010 - List of available variables for use in templates

When writing an ERB template, I know that I can define variables in my 
nodes and classes, and that the facter variables for the node are available.

I''d like to know if there are any other predefined puppet variables 
available. In specific, I''d like the node''s name in the node
definition.

node "foobar" {
     include this
     include that
}

I''d like to get "foobar".  In my case, this is probably NOT
the facter
variable fqdn or hostname.

I can''t find this documented anywhere.

Assistance?

Thanks,
</edg>
Ed Greenberg

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On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Ed Greenberg <edg@greenberg.org>
wrote:
> When writing an ERB template, I know that I can define variables in my
nodes
> and classes, and that the facter variables for the node are available.
>
> I''d like to know if there are any other predefined puppet
variables
> available. In specific, I''d like the node''s name in the
node definition.
>
> node "foobar" {
>    include this
>    include that
> }
>
> I''d like to get "foobar".  In my case, this is probably
NOT the facter
> variable fqdn or hostname.
>
> I can''t find this documented anywhere.
Any particular reason you''re not using the node name as the hostname?

Nodes can either use the shortname or the fqdn.

--Michael

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On 05/06/2010 10:26 AM, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Ed Greenberg<edg@greenberg.org> 
wrote:
>    
>> When writing an ERB template, I know that I can define variables in my
nodes
>> and classes, and that the facter variables for the node are available.
>>
>> I''d like to know if there are any other predefined puppet
variables
>> available. In specific, I''d like the node''s name in
the node definition.
>>
>> node "foobar" {
>>     include this
>>     include that
>> }
>>
>> I''d like to get "foobar".  In my case, this is
probably NOT the facter
>> variable fqdn or hostname.
>>
>> I can''t find this documented anywhere.
>>      
> Any particular reason you''re not using the node name as the
hostname?
>
> Nodes can either use the shortname or the fqdn.
>
> --Michael
>
>    
These are managed hosting customers. The customer can change hostname at 
will. We something that won''t change, so we can find the server no 
matter what. If I can''t find a way to do this, I can visit each host in
the puppet config and stick the node name into a variable, but I was 
hoping not to have to do/maintain that.

Question remains open. Does anybody know?

</edg>


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