1520855 - Ronin Windows write powershell script to create facts based off of env variables

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Infrastructure & Operations :: RelOps: Puppet, task)

Comment 1

[Mark Cornmesser [:markco]]

By default facter does not create facts based off of environment variables. The main reason this is useful is that will avoid hard coding to a drive letter or directory.

https://github.com/markcor/ronin-win-base/blob/master/site/shared/facts.d/win_env_fact.ps1

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Creates useful facts based off of system environment variables

$programdata = $env:programdata.replace("","\")
$programfiles = $env:ProgramW6432.replace("","\")
$programfilesx86 = "$env:ProgramFiles(x86)".replace("","\")

Environment variables

write-host "systemdrive=$env:systemdrive\"
write-host "programdata=$programdata\"
write-host "programfiles=$programfiles\"
write-host "programfilesx86=$programfilesx86\"

Facts built off of environment variables

write-host "roninprogramdata=$programdata\PuppetLabs\ronin"
write-host "roninsemaphoredir=$programdata\PuppetLabs\ronin\semaphore"
write-host "tempdir=$env:systemdrive\Windows\Temp"

Bug list

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1520855