Introduction

This package provides information about the host you are running buildout on.

Exposed Parameters

hostname

The hostname of the machine buildout is running on, as returned by socket.gethostname()

fqdn

The fully qualified domain of the machine buildout is running on, as return by socket.getfqdn(). If no fqdn is available, this will be the same as hostname.

interface.X.address

The IP address of the network interface X.

user.name

The name of the account running buildout

user.uid

The uid running buildout. Numerical.

user.gid

The gid running buildout. Numerical.

user.home

The home directory of the user running buildout

vcs.type

The type of checkout that buildout is being run from. Supports Mercurial ('hg'), Git ('git') or Subversion ('svn'), otherwise will be 'unknown'.

vcs.branch

The branch or that that buildout is being run from. Will be 'unknown' for unsupported VCS.

Using facts

This example uses the missingbits echo recipe to print information about the current machine:

[buildout]
parts = echo

[facts]
recipe = isotoma.recipe.facts

[echo]
recipe = missingbits:echo
echo =
    The hostname is ${facts:hostname}
    The fdqn is ${facts:fdqn}
    The main IP address is ${facts:interface.eth0.address}
    The VCS type is ${facts:vcs.type} and branch is ${facts:vcs.branch}
    The user is ${facts:user.name} and their home dir is ${facts:user.home}