facter: facter (executable and ruby module for collecting OS information) facter: facter: Facter is a lightweight program that gathers basic node information facter: about the hardware and operating system. Facter is especially useful facter: for retrieving things like operating system names, hardware facter: characteristics, IP addresses, MAC addresses, and SSH keys. facter: facter: Homepage: https://puppetlabs.com/facter/ facter: facter: facter: