Exported resources

Krist_van_Besien · November 15, 2013, 8:03am

Hello,

The default Foreman install doesn't use (and doesn't install) PuppetDB.
That means I can't use exported resources. Is there a way to have a similar
functionality using only what foreman offers? Or should I install PuppetDB
anyway?

Krist

Dominic_Cleal1 · November 15, 2013, 9:10am

You can install PuppetDB to get exported resources, that's no problem.
There's even a "puppetdb_foreman" plugin which can deactivate hosts when
they're deleted from Foreman:

http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/List_of_Plugins

There's also a foreman() parser function which can return search results
from Foreman that may be useful in addition to, or instead of exported
resources:

github.com

theforeman/puppet-foreman/blob/master/lib/puppet/parser/functions/foreman.rb

# Query Foreman
#
# The foreman() parser takes a hash value with parameters to execute the query.
#
# To use foreman(), first create a hash. This sample hash will contain
# parameters to let us get a list of 'hosts' that match our search parameters.
#
# $f = { item         => 'hosts',
#        search       => 'hostgroup=Grid',
#        per_page     => '20',
#        foreman_url  => 'https://foreman',
#        foreman_user => 'my_api_foreman_user',
#        foreman_pass => 'my_api_foreman_pass' }
#
# 'item' may be: environments, fact_values, hosts, hostgroups, puppetclasses, smart_proxies, subnets
# 'search' is your actual search query.
# 'per_page' specifies the maximum number of results you'd like to receive.
#            This defaults to '20' which is consistent with what you'd get from
#            Foreman if you didn't specify anything.
# 'foreman_url' is your actual foreman server address

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On 15/11/13 08:03, Krist van Besien wrote: > Hello, > > The default Foreman install doesn't use (and doesn't install) PuppetDB. > That means I can't use exported resources. Is there a way to have a > similar functionality using only what foreman offers? Or should I > install PuppetDB anyway?

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Dominic Cleal
Red Hat Engineering