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nic_info_facts

Augment your facts with vendor and device info for each interface.
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Version information

  • 0.1.1 (latest)
  • 0.1.0
released May 22nd 2024
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x, 2023.7.x, 2023.6.x, 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2021.7.x
  • Puppet >= 7.24 < 9.0.0
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Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'phihos-nic_info_facts', '0.1.1'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add phihos-nic_info_facts
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install phihos-nic_info_facts --version 0.1.1

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phihos/nic_info_facts — version 0.1.1 May 22nd 2024

nic_info_facts

Augment your facts with vendor and device info for each interface.

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with nic_info_facts
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality

Description

Puppet's default facts to not expose the model or vendor of a physical NIC. This module fetches the vendor ID from /sys/class/net/<interface>>/device/vendor and the device ID from /sys/class/net/eno1/device/device. Additionally it tries to resolve the vendor name and device (model) name from /usr/share/misc/pci.ids. This approach is really fast compared to tools like lshw and does not require any additional binary.

Setup

Setup Requirements

Check which OS package provides /usr/share/misc/pci.ids. If not installed the fields vendor_name and device_name will be empty.

Usage

Just install this module and puppet facts | jq '.values.nic_info' should show something like this:

{
    "eno1": {
        "vendor_id": "0x8086",
        "device_id": "0x1563",
        "vendor_name": "Intel Corporation",
        "device_name": "Ethernet Controller X550"
    }
}