[Puppet Users] check if if file exists on client an master

I think you would want to create a fact that publish that state to the
master.

there is what i tried:

# getpfoleproxyver.rb
#
Facter.add(:getpfoleproxyver) do
setcode do
Facter::Util::Resolution.exec('basename `ls
/softw4pc/Misc/pfoleproxy/pfoleproxy*.txt`')
end
end

the fact is working fine, but how to use this in my manifest?
i tried a lot but it was always empty?

$getpfoleproxyver should be correct, no?

Are you sure it's working on the client? You can see the value when you
type facter -p | grep getpfoleproxyver

?

The facter should be executed on the server instead on the client.

Romain, I am confused.

In your first post you said you need to check if a package exists on the
"Agent", the Puppet client.

Now below you say you need the check executed on the Master.

Facts are executed on the Agents and only ever on Agents. If you want to
check for something on a client/agent machine, you use a Fact, like the one
you posted below.

If you want to execute arbitrary code on the Master (during catalogue
compilation) probably the simplest thing you are after is the Generate
function:

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/function.html#generate

On linux, I would use something that looks a bit like this:

class woof {
$file_exists = generate('/bin/test', '-f',
'/softw4pc/Misc/pfoleproxy/pfoleproxy*.txt')
if $file_exists {
...
}
}

There are other ways you can execute arbitrary code, like embedded Ruby
with the inline_template() function, pure Ruby manifests, or bury the code
somehow in a custom type and provider.

Does that help?

-Luke

Hi,

I malformed my question.
This is a hint in the right direction.


Romain