fetch_facts.sh

#!/bin/bash

ssh_host=$1
host_name=${2:-$ssh_host}
puppet_version="2.7.1"

if [ -z "$ssh_host" ]; then
  echo "please provide hostname for node to fetch facts from"
  exit
fi

file="features/nodes/$host_name.yaml"

cat > $file <<EOHEAD
--- !ruby/object:Puppet::Node
  classes: []
  environment: &id002 production
  name: $host_name
  parameters:
    clientversion: ${puppet_version}"
EOHEAD

# run facter on the remote host, remove the first line ("---"), indend the yaml under above params
ssh $ssh_host 'sudo facter --yaml --puppet' \
     | sed -e '1d' \
     | sed -e 's/^/  /' \
     >> $file

echo "Facts for $host_name written to $file"