Puppet users - Apr 2013 - Access facts values in Puppet provider

I''m writing a custom Puppet service provider and I need to access one
of my
facts value inside provider to then be able to use the value inside 
startcmd/stopcmd. There is a confine which can test whether a fact exists, 
but how do I actually get the value of the fact?

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On Friday, April 26, 2013 12:06:54 AM UTC-5, Andriy Yurchuk
wrote:
>
> I''m writing a custom Puppet service provider and I need to access
one of
> my facts value inside provider to then be able to use the value inside 
> startcmd/stopcmd. There is a confine which can test whether a fact exists, 
> but how do I actually get the value of the fact?
>

As far as I know, providers do not have direct access to node facts.  They 
run on the target node, not on the master, so they cannot draw data from 
the master''s environment unless it is provided to them via resource 
parameters.  On the other hand, providers can (and often do) directly 
interact with the target node to obtain any information they need.  
Although it would be roundabout, your provider could probably even use 
Facter to (re-)compute the data you want.


John

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Found out this can be done via Facter[''my_fact''].value

On Friday, April 26, 2013 8:06:54 AM UTC+3, Andriy Yurchuk
wrote:
>
> I''m writing a custom Puppet service provider and I need to access
one of
> my facts value inside provider to then be able to use the value inside 
> startcmd/stopcmd. There is a confine which can test whether a fact exists, 
> but how do I actually get the value of the fact?
>
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