Facter 4.9.0

Released in September 2024 and shipped with Puppet 8.9.0.

 

Enhancements

  • Updated Facter schema and the process for adding new facts. The Facter schema (facter.yaml) was updated to include all facts added since the schema was last updated. The CONTRIBUTING document now includes instructions which community members should follow when adding new facts, to help ensure that the Facter schema is correctly updated. In addition, there is now an acceptance test which verifies that all facts conform to the schema on each platform. FACT-3474
  • Added partition type UUID to Facter output for GPT-based systems. For GPT-based systems, Facter output for partitions now includes the partition type UUID. Community member jcpunk contributed to this update. FACT-3140

Resolved issues

Restored support for the LXC container runtime. Fixed a regression in Facter 4.8.0 that prevented it from identifying the LXC container runtime. Community member torstenfohrer submitted this issue, and community member lollipopman contributed to the fix. FACT-3477