Hi, 1st the versions I use on Debian wheezy ii facter 1.6.11-1puppetlabs1 all Ruby module for collecting simple facts about a host operating system ii puppet 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2 all Centralized configuration management - agent startup and compatibility scripts ii puppet-common 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2 all Centralized configuration management ii puppet-dashboard 1.2.10-1puppetlabs2 all Dashboard for Puppet ii puppetlabs-release 1.0-5 all "Package to install Puppet Labs gpg key and apt repo" ii puppetmaster 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2 all Centralized configuration management - master startup and compatibility scripts ii puppetmaster-common 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2 all Puppet master common scripts ii vim-puppet 2.7.19-1puppetlabs2 all syntax highlighting for puppet manifests in vim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ info: Retrieving plugin info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/root_home.rb info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb info: Loading facts in /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb When I look into /etc/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb or /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb The Directory for the external facts should be in /etc/facts.d so I created it. I also downloaded the latest stdlib and included it. The fact is: /etc/facts.d/datacenter.yaml location: FRA Now I do a puppet run. (pluginsync is enabled in the puppet.conf) then facter location -p -d Not an EC2 host if I run just facter it works with the standard facts Thanks for any help! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/FhdwZQEXeTsJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.