Using the foreman function

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I hate doing this but I've been trying this for a week now and can't seem
to find anything official or basic. So I figured I'd at least create a
thread here.
RHEL 6.5
Puppet 3.4.2
Foreman 1.4.5

I'm using this web page to try to get the foreman function working in my
manifests.

I've updated the 'foreman_url', 'foreman_user' and 'foreman_pass' ( User
and pass are for the API user) in file /var/lib/puppet/lib/foreman.rb.

I'm using this test code in a basic manifest:
$foreman_ipaddr_eth1 = foreman(item => 'hosts', search => 'last_report > "1
week ago" and hostgroup = Clients', per_page => 1000)

And I get this error when I run 'puppet agent -t'
Info: Retrieving plugin
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/puppet_vardir.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/facter_dot_d.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/concat_basedir.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/pe_version.rb
Info: Loading facts in /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter/root_home.rb
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
Unknown function foreman at
/etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/customize/manifests/generic/interfaces.pp:7
on node test-43.abc.xyz.edu
Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

The comments on the first page point to newer docs at this URL 'newer
updated api docs are at http://theforeman.org/api_v2.html' when someone had
the same error as me but it seems like the API call isn;t the issue it's
that my foureman function can't be found. Can someone help point me in the
right direction?

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You need to ensure the function itself is in your modulepath somewhere

  • usually the easiest way is to copy the installer module into the
    path. Obviously it will depend on your paths, but I would run

cp -r /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman
/etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/

You should also restart the puppetmaster as it caches functions I think.

Greg

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Thanks Greg. That did it. I forgot that puppet plugins actually were a part
of a module. Also thanks for your SSH module. I find it very handy.

ยทยทยท On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 5:10:40 AM UTC-4, Greg Sutcliffe wrote: > > You need to ensure the function itself is in your modulepath somewhere > - usually the easiest way is to copy the installer module into the > path. Obviously it will depend on your paths, but I would run > > cp -r /usr/share/foreman-installer/modules/foreman > /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules/ > > You should also restart the puppetmaster as it caches functions I think. > > Greg >