Puppet users - Nov 2012 - Report processor and available variables

Hello,
I''m trying to build a custom report processor so that I can get puppet 
metrics into Zabbix.
I found one here: https://github.com/thomasvandoren/puppet-zabbix which 
basically works.

The problem I have is that report processor mostly use self.host as 
hostname. But it represent certname in "puppet world".
I tried @hostname, but still get certname instead of hostname.

Is there any way to get the real hostname into report processor ?

Regards,
Jean-Baptiste Favre

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Jean Baptiste Favre wrote:
> Hello,
> I''m trying to build a custom report processor so that I can get
puppet
> metrics into Zabbix.
> I found one here: https://github.com/thomasvandoren/puppet-zabbix which
> basically works.
> 
> The problem I have is that report processor mostly use self.host as
> hostname. But it represent certname in "puppet world".
> I tried @hostname, but still get certname instead of hostname.
> 
> Is there any way to get the real hostname into report processor ?
As you''re located on the master and all that gets passed to the report
processor is the the contents of the report this is a little tricky. Off
the top of my head you could use the self.host value to lookup the fact
values from the node, i.e. if you''re using PuppetBD
(http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppetdb/1/index.html) or the Inventory
Service (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/inventory_service.html).

Hope that helps!

Regards

James Turnbull

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Hello James,
Yes, this help.
I just felt confused that ''host'' report variable represents in
fact
''certname'' value.

That said, I''ll have a look on PuppetDB, which I do not use for now.

Thanks,
Jean Baptiste

On 11/26/12 5:43 AM, James Turnbull wrote:
> Jean Baptiste Favre wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I''m trying to build a custom report processor so that I can
get puppet
>> metrics into Zabbix.
>> I found one here: https://github.com/thomasvandoren/puppet-zabbix which
>> basically works.
>>
>> The problem I have is that report processor mostly use self.host as
>> hostname. But it represent certname in "puppet world".
>> I tried @hostname, but still get certname instead of hostname.
>>
>> Is there any way to get the real hostname into report processor ?
> As you''re located on the master and all that gets passed to the
report
> processor is the the contents of the report this is a little tricky. Off
> the top of my head you could use the self.host value to lookup the fact
> values from the node, i.e. if you''re using PuppetBD
> (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppetdb/1/index.html) or the Inventory
> Service (http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/inventory_service.html).
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Regards
>
> James Turnbull
>
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