Puppet users - Apr 2013 - External Facts on Windows with Powershell

I''m trying to follow the steps 
on http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html in regards to 
declaring External Facts using powershell.

I''ve created a simple .ps1 file outputing a single key pair eg:
Write-Host
"mykey=123456", however if I run Facter from the Command Prompt(with 
puppet) my value isn''t present.

Also if I run ''puppet apply MyModule.pp --verbose''  I
don''t receive any
information about it attempting to load facts.

I''ve also tried a simple txt file with no luck.  

I''m using Puppet 2.7.17 installed via chocolatey, could this be a 
configuration issue, do I need to enable External Task parsing?

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This only works in Facter 1.7, what do you get when you run `facter
--version`?

Have you double checked
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html#enabling-powershell-scriptsto
ensure that the powershell scripts are enabled?

 - Justin



On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Grant Trevor <grant.trevor@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I''m trying to follow the steps on
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html in regards to
> declaring External Facts using powershell.
>
> I''ve created a simple .ps1 file outputing a single key pair eg:
Write-Host
> "mykey=123456", however if I run Facter from the Command
Prompt(with
> puppet) my value isn''t present.
>
> Also if I run ''puppet apply MyModule.pp --verbose''  I
don''t receive any
> information about it attempting to load facts.
>
> I''ve also tried a simple txt file with no luck.
>
> I''m using Puppet 2.7.17 installed via chocolatey, could this be a
> configuration issue, do I need to enable External Task parsing?
>
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Did you figure this out?  I am having the same trouble.

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:44:38 AM UTC-5, Grant Trevor
wrote:
>
> I''m trying to follow the steps on 
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html in regards to 
> declaring External Facts using powershell.
>
> I''ve created a simple .ps1 file outputing a single key pair eg:
Write-Host
> "mykey=123456", however if I run Facter from the Command
Prompt(with
> puppet) my value isn''t present.
>
> Also if I run ''puppet apply MyModule.pp --verbose''  I
don''t receive any
> information about it attempting to load facts.
>
> I''ve also tried a simple txt file with no luck.  
>
> I''m using Puppet 2.7.17 installed via chocolatey, could this be a 
> configuration issue, do I need to enable External Task parsing?
>
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Jay Benner <longrifle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you figure this out?  I am having the same trouble.
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:44:38 AM UTC-5, Grant Trevor wrote:
>>
>> I''m trying to follow the steps on
http://docs.puppetlabs.com/**
>>
guides/custom_facts.html<http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/custom_facts.html>in
regards to
>> declaring External Facts using powershell.
>>
>> I''ve created a simple .ps1 file outputing a single key pair
eg:
>> Write-Host "mykey=123456", however if I run Facter from the
Command
>> Prompt(with puppet) my value isn''t present.
>>
>> Also if I run ''puppet apply MyModule.pp --verbose''  I
don''t receive any
>> information about it attempting to load facts.
>>
>> I''ve also tried a simple txt file with no luck.
>>
>> I''m using Puppet 2.7.17 installed via chocolatey, could this
be a
>> configuration issue, do I need to enable External Task parsing?
>>
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General external fact support was released in facter 1.7.0, however,
executable external facts (.ps1, .bat, etc) do not work correctly on
windows until facter 1.7.3[1]. Try using the latest puppet version[2].

Josh

[1] http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/22077
[2] https://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/puppet-3.3.1.msi

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Also of note.. facts.d support is broken in windows 2003 :( (and it breaks 
puppet - so it won''t even run) - see 
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/22622

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Hi Klavs,


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Klavs Klavsen <klavs@enableit.dk> wrote:
> Also of note.. facts.d support is broken in windows 2003 :( (and it breaks
> puppet - so it won''t even run) - see
> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/22622
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Bug #22622, if I understand correctly, is that facter (and puppet) can fail
to run if there is an external executable fact that doesn''t return any
output, and that it affects all versions of windows, not just 2003.

If that''s not the case, please update the ticket with relevant details.

Thanks,
Josh

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Ticket updated :)

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