# discovers against a flatfile instead of the traditional network discovery # the flat file must have a node name per line which should match identities # as configured module MCollective class Discovery class Flatfile def self.discover(filter, timeout, limit=0, client=nil) unless client.options[:discovery_options].empty? file = client.options[:discovery_options].first else raise "The flatfile discovery method needs a path to a text file" end raise "Cannot read the file %s specified as discovery source" % file unless File.readable?(file) discovered = [] hosts = File.readlines(file).map{|l| l.chomp} # this plugin only supports identity filters, do regex matches etc against # the list found in the flatfile unless filter["identity"].empty? filter["identity"].each do |identity| identity = Regexp.new(identity.gsub("\/", "")) if identity.match("^/") if identity.is_a?(Regexp) discovered = hosts.grep(identity) elsif hosts.include?(identity) discovered << identity end end else discovered = hosts end discovered end end end end