reports

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Reports promises simply print messages. Outputting a message without qualification can be a dangerous operation. In a large installation it could unleash an avalanche of messaging.

    reports:

    "literal string or file refererence",
       printfile = printfile_body,
       ...;

Messages outputted from report promises are prefixed with the letter R to distinguish them from other output, for example from commands.

bundle agent report
{
  reports:

    loadavg_high::

      "Processes:"
         printfile => cat("$(sys.statedir)/cf_procs");
}

Reports do not fundamentaly make changes to the system and report type promise outcomes are always considered kept.

bundle agent report
{
  vars:
    "classes" slist => classesmatching("report_.*");

  reports:
    "HI"
      classes => scoped_classes_generic("bundle", "report");

    "found class: $(classes)";
}

body classes scoped_classes_generic(scope, x)
# Define x prefixed/suffixed with promise outcome
{
  scope => "$(scope)";
  promise_repaired => { "promise_repaired_$(x)", "$(x)_repaired", "$(x)_ok", "$(x)_reached" };
  repair_failed => { "repair_failed_$(x)", "$(x)_failed", "$(x)_not_ok", "$(x)_not_kept", "$(x)_not_repaired", "$(x)_reached" };
  repair_denied => { "repair_denied_$(x)", "$(x)_denied", "$(x)_not_ok", "$(x)_not_kept", "$(x)_not_repaired", "$(x)_reached" };
  repair_timeout => { "repair_timeout_$(x)", "$(x)_timeout", "$(x)_not_ok", "$(x)_not_kept", "$(x)_not_repaired", "$(x)_reached" };
  promise_kept => { "promise_kept_$(x)", "$(x)_kept", "$(x)_ok", "$(x)_not_repaired", "$(x)_reached" };
}

$ cf-agent -KIf ./example_report_outcomes.cf -b report
2015-05-13T12:48:12-0500     info: Using command line specified bundlesequence
R: HI
R: found class: report_ok
R: found class: report_kept
R: found class: report_reached
R: found class: report_not_repaired

Attributes

Common Attributes

Common attributes are available to all promise types. Full details for common attributes can be found in the Common Attributes section of the Promise Types and Attributes page. The common attributes are as follows:

action

classes

comment

depends_on

handle

ifvarclass

meta

friend_pattern

Deprecated: This attribute is kept for source compatibility, and has no effect. Deprecated in CFEngine 3.4.

intermittency

Deprecated: This attribute is kept for source compatibility, and has no effect. Deprecated in CFEngine 3.4.

printfile

Description: Outputs the content of a file to standard output

Type: body printfile

Common Body Attributes

Common body attributes are available to all body types. Full details for common body attributes can be found in the Common Body Attributes section of the Promise Types and Attributes page. The common attributes are as follows:

inherit_from
meta

file_to_print

Description: Path name to the file that is to be sent to standard output

Include part of a file in a report.

Type: string

Allowed input range: "?(/.*)

number_of_lines

Description: Integer maximum number of lines to print from selected file

Type: int

Allowed input range: 0,99999999999

Example:

     bundle agent example
     {
     reports:
         "$(sys.date) - current message of the day:"
            printfile => "motd";
     }

     body printfile motd
     {
         file_to_print   => "/etc/motd";
         number_of_lines => "10";
     }

report_to_file

Description: The path and filename to which output should be appended

Append the output of the report to the named file instead of standard output. If the file cannot be opened for writing then the report defaults to the standard output.

Type: string

Allowed input range: "?(/.*)

Example:

bundle agent main
{

  reports:

      "$(sys.date),This is a report from $(sys.host)"
        report_to_file => "/tmp/test_log";
}

bundle_return_value_index

Description: The promiser is to be interpreted as a literal value that the caller can accept as a result for this bundle; in other words, a return value with array index defined by this attribute.

Return values are limited to scalars.

Type: string

Allowed input range: [a-zA-Z0-9_$(){}\[\].:]+

Example:

bundle agent main
{
  methods:

     "any"
       usebundle => child,
       useresult => "my_return_var";

  reports:

     "My return was: '$(my_return_var[1])' and '$(my_return_var[2])' and '$(my_return_var[named])'";
}

bundle agent child
{
  reports:

   # Map these indices into the useresult namespace

     "this is a return value"
        bundle_return_value_index => "1";

     "this is another return value"
        bundle_return_value_index => "2";

     "bundle_return_value_index is not required to be numerical"
        bundle_return_value_index => "named";
}

History: Introduced in 3.4.0.

lastseen

Deprecated: This attribute is kept for source compatibility, and has no effect. Deprecated in CFEngine 3.4.

showstate

Deprecated: This attribute is kept for source compatibility, and has no effect. Deprecated in CFEngine 3.5.