A plugin into Foreman's Smart Proxy to forward config reports and facts from external configuration servers such as Puppet or Salt masters to Foreman.

Both API endpoints are forwarded directly to Foreman without further parameter check.

Clone smart-proxy

git clone https://github.com/theforeman/smart-proxy

Clone all the repositories

git clone https://github.com/atix-ag/smart_proxy_request_forwarder

In smart-proxy directory

Add the gem to smart-proxy's bundler.d from local checkouts.

cat > bundler.d/smart_proxy_request_forwarder.local.rb <<EOF
gem 'smart_proxy_request_forwarder', path: '../smart_proxy_request_forwarder'
END

Install the gems

bundle install

Configure smart_proxy_request_forwarder as usual

cat > config/settings.d/request_forwarder.yml <<EOF
---
:enabled: true
EOF

Start the Smart Proxy

bundle exec bin/smart-proxy

Your smart proxy should now be usable.

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