Feature #2186

Some introspection capabilities about Files

Added by Stéphan Gorget old account about 3 years ago. Updated 9 months ago.

Status:Accepted Start date:04/22/2009
Priority:Normal Due date:
Assignee:- % Done:

0%
Category:file
Target version:-
Affected Puppet version:0.25.0 Branch:
Keywords:
Votes: 0

Description

Allow the user to ask some introspection query about files, the following examples use arbitrary options :

  • What is the reference file for a specific file ?
# puppet  /etc/puppet/manifest/site.pp --which-source-file /etc/sysconfig/security.conf
Src file /etc/puppet/services/files/security.conf
  • What is the difference between the actual file and the reference file ?
# puppet  /etc/puppet/manifest/site.pp --diff-with-reference-file /etc/sysconfig/security.conf
1c1,2
< file1
---
> file2
  • Which manifest define a specific file ?
# puppet /etc/puppet/manifest/site.pp --which-manifest-file /etc/sysconfig/security.conf
Content is defined in class security in '/etc/puppet/services/manifests/conf.pp'

I don’t know which command should handle this request and how to manage the fact that the answers depend on the node and the facts, but I think that this features can be very useful to maintain manifests when there is several administrators.

History

#1
Updated by Stéphan Gorget old account about 3 years ago

  • Subject changed from Some introspection capability about Files to Some introspection capabilities about Files

#2
Updated by James Turnbull about 3 years ago

  • Category set to file
  • Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs Decision
  • Assignee set to Luke Kanies
  • Target version set to 4

#3
Updated by Luke Kanies about 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Needs Decision to Accepted
  • Assignee changed from Luke Kanies to Puppet Community

While I think this is a good idea, I think it’s a good bit more work than is obvious. The simple cases are relatively simple – load the catalog and look for a file of that name. But the hard cases aren’t that simple, because they require recursion.

I’d accept this patch, but I think it’s a good bit of work. And really, it’s probably either a different executable focused on introspecting the catalog, or an addition to puppetd.

#4
Updated by James Turnbull almost 3 years ago

  • Assignee deleted (Puppet Community)

#5
Updated by James Turnbull 9 months ago

  • Target version deleted (4)

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