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fix(inputs.puppetagent): Update default summary path in puppetagent #19257

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fix(inputs.puppetagent): Update default summary path in puppetagent
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docs(inputs.puppetagent): Mention necessary changes in puppet
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions plugins/inputs/puppetagent/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
```toml @sample.conf
# Reads last_run_summary.yaml file and converts to measurements
[[inputs.puppetagent]]
## Location of puppet last run summary file
location = "/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml"
## Location of Puppet last run summary file (Puppet default: $publicdir/last_run_summary.yaml)
location = "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/public/last_run_summary.yaml"
```

If you use a distro packaged puppet the `$publicdir` might be different from above.

By default, this file is not readable by the `telegraf` user.
You can adjust file permissions by configuring the `lastrunfile` setting in Puppet.

## Metrics

### PuppetAgent int64 measurements
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
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Expand Up @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (*PuppetAgent) SampleConfig() string {

func (pa *PuppetAgent) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
if len(pa.Location) == 0 {
pa.Location = "/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml"
pa.Location = "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/public/last_run_summary.yaml"
}

if _, err := os.Stat(pa.Location); err != nil {
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions plugins/inputs/puppetagent/sample.conf
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# Reads last_run_summary.yaml file and converts to measurements
[[inputs.puppetagent]]
## Location of puppet last run summary file
location = "/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml"
## Location of Puppet last run summary file (Puppet default: $publicdir/last_run_summary.yaml)
location = "/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/public/last_run_summary.yaml"
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