NAME¶
facter - Gather system information
SYNOPSIS¶
Collect and display facts about the system.
USAGE¶
facter [-h|--help] [-t|--timing] [-d|--debug] [-p|--puppet] [-v|--version]
[-y|--yaml] [-j|--json] [--plaintext] [--external-dir DIR] [--no-external-dir]
[fact] [fact] [...]
DESCRIPTION¶
Collect and display facts about the current system. The library behind Facter is
easy to expand, making Facter an easy way to collect information about a
system from within the shell or within Ruby.
If no facts are specifically asked for, then all facts will be returned.
EXAMPLE¶
Display all facts:
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$ facter
architecture => amd64
blockdevices => sda,sr0
domain => example.com
fqdn => puppet.example.com
hardwaremodel => x86_64
[...]
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Display a single fact:
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$ facter kernel
Linux
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Format facts as JSON:
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$ facter --json architecture kernel hardwaremodel
{
"architecture": "amd64",
"kernel": "Linux",
"hardwaremodel": "x86_64"
}
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AUTHOR¶
Luke Kanies
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2011-2014 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license
OPTIONS¶
-y, --yaml Emit facts in YAML format.
-j, --json Emit facts in JSON format.
--plaintext Emit facts in plaintext format.
--trace Enable backtraces.
--external-dir DIR The directory to use for external facts.
--no-external-dir Turn off external facts.
-d, --debug Enable debugging.
-t, --timing Enable timing.
-p, --puppet Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load Puppet-specific facts.
-v, --version Print the version and exit.
-h, --help Print this help message.