Puppet users - May 2013 - Problems relocating $confdir on Puppet Master

Reference:
http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg41278.html

Still having issues. 

Even if I explicitly set confdir in the command line: 

puppet agent --no-daemonize --onetime --test --noop --no-report
--confdir=/etc/puppet

Manifests containing %{::settings::confdir} give me the value from the
puppet-master even though the command

puppet config print confdir

on the agent returns /etc/puppet

I guess it boils does to how does one access settings on the local agent in the
manifests ?

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universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
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Well that kinda makes sense for the top scope variable on the master to return
like that. Your options would be like any other fact/var you want to query on
the client, no?

Den

On 02/05/2013, at 22:38, Dan White <ygor@comcast.net> wrote:
> Reference:
http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg41278.html
> 
> Still having issues. 
> 
> Even if I explicitly set confdir in the command line: 
> 
> puppet agent --no-daemonize --onetime --test --noop --no-report
--confdir=/etc/puppet
> 
> Manifests containing %{::settings::confdir} give me the value from the
puppet-master even though the command
> 
> puppet config print confdir
> 
> on the agent returns /etc/puppet
> 
> I guess it boils does to how does one access settings on the local agent in
the manifests ?
> 
> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere
in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) 
> 
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How do I do it ?

I tried ...
confdir
::confdir
settings::confdir
and
::settings::confdir

On May 2, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Denmat wrote:
> Well that kinda makes sense for the top scope variable on the master to
return like that. Your options would be like any other fact/var you want to
query on the client, no?
> 
> Den
> 
> On 02/05/2013, at 22:38, Dan White <ygor@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Reference:
http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg41278.html
>> 
>> Still having issues. 
>> 
>> Even if I explicitly set confdir in the command line: 
>> 
>> puppet agent --no-daemonize --onetime --test --noop --no-report
--confdir=/etc/puppet
>> 
>> Manifests containing %{::settings::confdir} give me the value from the
puppet-master even though the command
>> 
>> puppet config print confdir
>> 
>> on the agent returns /etc/puppet
>> 
>> I guess it boils does to how does one access settings on the local
agent in the manifests ?
>> 
>> “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists
elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
>> Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) 
>> 
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I figured it out !  Short answer: Cannot be done without customization.

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/3/reference/lang_variables.html#facts-and-built-in-variables
Master-Set Variables : 
$settings::<name of setting> — the value of any of the master’s
configuration settings. This is implemented as a special namespace and these
variables must be referred to by their qualified names. Note that, other than
$environment, the agent node’s settings are not available in manifests. If you
wish to expose them to the master in Puppet 3, you will have to create a custom
fact.

So I am going to make a top or node level variable that I will load with hiera !

On May 2, 2013, at 8:38 AM, Dan White wrote:
> Reference:
http://www.mail-archive.com/puppet-users@googlegroups.com/msg41278.html
> 
> Still having issues. 
> 
> Even if I explicitly set confdir in the command line: 
> 
> puppet agent --no-daemonize --onetime --test --noop --no-report
--confdir=/etc/puppet
> 
> Manifests containing %{::settings::confdir} give me the value from the
puppet-master even though the command
> 
> puppet config print confdir
> 
> on the agent returns /etc/puppet
> 
> I guess it boils does to how does one access settings on the local agent in
the manifests ?
> 
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