eslam-gomaa/Facter_Python

A Python function that returns a "dict" of system information from the "facter" command, which is similar in usage to "Puppet Facter"

Facter - Python

A Python function that returns a dict of system information from the facter command, which is similar in usage to Puppet Facter

• For a List of the facts –> "https://puppet.com/docs/facter/3.9/core_facts.html
• The facter command gets the vast majority of the facts but not all of it
• The code is compatible with Python 2 & 3

Installation

Is as simple as installing facter

yum -y install facter
# OR
apt-get -y install facter

Usage & Examples

Just use the facter() function

• Get the entire facts (dict)

facter()
# print(facter())

• Get specific fact

facter()['uptime']
# 19 days
facter()['osfamily']
# Debian
facter()['os']['family']
# Debian

facter()['interfaces']
# bond0,cirename0,docker0,eth0,eth1,eth3,lo,virbr0,virbr0_nic,vnet0,vnet1,vnet2,vnet3,vnet4,vnet5,vnet6,vnet7
facter()['ipaddress']
# 192.168.0.14

facter()['memoryfree_mb']
# 241675.46
facter()['processors']['physicalcount']
# 2

facter()['partitions']
# {'sda1': {'uuid': 'b1668946-dce2-4dbe-9767-50e001aa8c9b', 'size': '27340800', 'mount': '/', 'filesystem': 'ext4'}, 'sda2': {'uuid': '31a10231-b5e8-4c5a-9c2e-6d771a8cd218', 'size': '999424', 'mount': '/boot', 'filesystem': 'ext2'}, 'sda3': {'size': '131072', 'label': 'config-2', 'filesystem': 'iso9660'}, 'sda4': {'uuid': '1b3a34d5-960a-400e-aead-8d8e70514fa6', 'size': '1532071936', 'mount': '/var/lib/libvirt/images', 'filesystem': 'ext4'}}

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Thank you

Eslam Gomaa