From 38b055143a3b6b07523b59789679678b9e853456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:31:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] cut and docs for facts.d mechanism for setup module
---
system/setup | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 59 insertions(+)
diff --git a/system/setup b/system/setup
index 274fb469ee9..b626ead79c4 100644
--- a/system/setup
+++ b/system/setup
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import struct
import datetime
import getpass
import subprocess
+import ConfigParser
+import StringIO
+
DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
@@ -42,6 +45,15 @@ options:
- if supplied, only return facts that match this shell-style (fnmatch) wildcard.
required: false
default: '*'
+ fact_path:
+ version_added: "1.3"
+ description:
+ - path used for local ansible facts (*.fact) - files in this dir
+ will be run (if executable) and their results be added to ansible_local facts
+ if a file is not executable it is read.
+ File/results format can be json or ini-format
+ required: false
+ default: '/etc/ansible/facts.d'
description:
- This module is automatically called by playbooks to gather useful
variables about remote hosts that can be used in playbooks. It can also be
@@ -131,6 +143,7 @@ class Facts(object):
self.get_lsb_facts()
self.get_date_time_facts()
self.get_user_facts()
+ self.get_local_facts()
def populate(self):
return self.facts
@@ -169,6 +182,51 @@ class Facts(object):
self.facts['architecture'] = data[0]
+ def get_local_facts(self):
+
+ fact_path = module.params.get('fact_path', None)
+ if not fact_path or not os.path.exists(fact_path):
+ return
+
+ local = {}
+ for fn in sorted(glob.glob(fact_path + '/*.fact')):
+ # where it will sit under local facts
+ fact_base = os.path.basename(fn).replace('.fact','')
+ if os.access(fn, os.X_OK):
+ # run it
+ # try to read it as json first
+ # if that fails read it with ConfigParser
+ # if that fails, skip it
+ rc, out, err = module.run_command(fn)
+ else:
+ out = open(fn).read()
+
+ # load raw json
+ fact = 'loading %s' % fact_base
+ try:
+ fact = json.loads(out)
+ except ValueError, e:
+ # load raw ini
+ cp = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+ try:
+ cp.readfp(StringIO.StringIO(out))
+ except ConfigParser.Error, e:
+ fact="error loading fact - please check content"
+ else:
+ fact = {}
+ #print cp.sections()
+ for sect in cp.sections():
+ if sect not in fact:
+ fact[sect] = {}
+ for opt in cp.options(sect):
+ val = cp.get(sect, opt)
+ fact[sect][opt]=val
+
+ local[fact_base] = fact
+ if not local:
+ return
+ self.facts['local'] = local
+
# platform.dist() is deprecated in 2.6
# in 2.6 and newer, you should use platform.linux_distribution()
def get_distribution_facts(self):
@@ -2002,6 +2060,7 @@ def main():
module = AnsibleModule(
argument_spec = dict(
filter=dict(default="*", required=False),
+ fact_path=dict(default='/etc/ansible/facts.d', required=False),
),
supports_check_mode = True,
)