This plugin collects facts about nodes (systems) such as hardware details, network settings, OS type and version, IP addresses, MAC addresses, SSH keys and more from Facter and converts them into snap metrics.

It's used in the snap framework.

1. Getting Started

• System Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration and Usage

2. Documentation

• Collected Metrics
• Examples
• Roadmap

3. Community Support
4. Contributing
5. License
6. Acknowledgements

• facter
• golang 1.5+ (needed only for building)

All OSs currently supported by snap:

• Linux/amd64
• Darwin/amd64

You can get the pre-built binaries for your OS and architecture at snap's GitHub Releases page.

Fork https://github.com/intelsdi-x/snap-plugin-collector-facter Clone repo into $GOPATH/src/github.com/intelsdi-x/:

$ git clone https://github.com/<yourGithubID>/snap-plugin-collector-facter.git

Build the plugin by running make within the cloned repo:

$ make

This builds the plugin in /build/rootfs/

• Set up the snap framework
• Ensure $SNAP_PATH is exported
  export SNAP_PATH=$GOPATH/src/github.com/intelsdi-x/snap/build

There are a number of other resources you can review to learn to use this plugin:

• facter
• snap facter integration test
• snap facter unit test
• snap facter examples

This plugin has the ability to gather the following metrics:

Example running facter, passthru processor, and writing data to a file.

This is done from the snap directory.

In one terminal window, open the snap daemon (in this case with logging set to 1 and trust disabled):

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapd -l 1 -t 0

In another terminal window: Load facter plugin

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl plugin load build/plugin/snap-collector-facter

See available metrics for your system

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl metric list

Create a task manifest file (e.g. facter-file.json):

{
    "version": 1,
    "schedule": {
        "type": "simple",
        "interval": "1s"
    },
    "workflow": {
        "collect": {
            "metrics": {
                "/intel/facter/architecture": {},
                "/intel/facter/bios_release_date": {},
                "/intel/facter/bios_vendor": {},
                "/intel/facter/bios_version": {}
            },
            "config": {
                "/intel/mock": {
                    "password": "secret",
                    "user": "root"
                }
            },
            "process": [
                {
                    "plugin_name": "passthru",
                    "process": null,
                    "publish": [
                        {
                            "plugin_name": "file",
                            "config": {
                                "file": "/tmp/published_facter"
                            }
                        }
                    ],
                    "config": null
                }
            ],
            "publish": null
        }
    }
}

Load passthru plugin for processing:

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl plugin load build/plugin/snap-processor-passthru
Plugin loaded
Name: passthru
Version: 1
Type: processor
Signed: false
Loaded Time: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:44:03 PST

Load file plugin for publishing:

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl plugin load build/plugin/snap-publisher-file
Plugin loaded
Name: file
Version: 3
Type: publisher
Signed: false
Loaded Time: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:45:03 PST

Create task:

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl task create -t examples/tasks/facter-file.json
Using task manifest to create task
Task created
ID: 02dd7ff4-8106-47e9-8b86-70067cd0a850
Name: Task-02dd7ff4-8106-47e9-8b86-70067cd0a850
State: Running

See file output (this is just part of the file):

2015-12-02 08:49:33.679791899 -0500 EST|[intel facter architecture]|amd64|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:33.679792606 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_release_date]|07/14/2011|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:33.679797562 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_vendor]|Hewlett-Packard|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:33.679797789 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_version]|786H1 v01.13|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:34.680113961 -0500 EST|[intel facter architecture]|amd64|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:34.680114801 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_release_date]|07/14/2011|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:34.680115034 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_vendor]|Hewlett-Packard|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:34.680115224 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_version]|786H1 v01.13|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:35.680925816 -0500 EST|[intel facter architecture]|amd64|gklab-044-107
2015-12-02 08:49:35.680926797 -0500 EST|[intel facter bios_release_date]|07/14/2011|gklab-044-107

Stop task:

$ $SNAP_PATH/bin/snapctl task stop 02dd7ff4-8106-47e9-8b86-70067cd0a850
Task stopped:
ID: 02dd7ff4-8106-47e9-8b86-70067cd0a850

There isn't a current roadmap for this plugin, but it is in active development. As we launch this plugin, we do not have any outstanding requirements for the next release. If you have a feature request, please add it as an issue and/or submit a pull request.

This repository is one of many plugins in snap, a powerful telemetry framework. See the full project at http://github.com/intelsdi-x/snap To reach out to other users, head to the main framework

We love contributions!

There's more than one way to give back, from examples to blogs to code updates. See our recommended process in CONTRIBUTING.md.

snap, along with this plugin, is an Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 License.

• Author: @ppalucki

And thank you! Your contribution, through code and participation, is incredibly important to us.