Workaround: go to the host list page, use the tickboxes to select the host(s) and then use Assign Location or Organisation from the "Select Actions" dropdown menu to change it.

As discussed in IRC, we are interested in the ability to auto-set the location of our nodes based on an arbitrary fact, known to facter.

First of all, from Foreman 1.4 (about to be released soon), it is only possible to change Location/Organization from Host list by selecting hosts and then via the Action button. This workflow is able to catch for mismatched records. So you shoudl be able to change it anytime.

I would consider this bug as SOLVED.

Possible resolutions to what Jim recommend:

A) Define org/loc as a global setting. That would mean that all registered hosts via puppet goes into single org/loc. Users could define permissions and filters that would allow permissions to some users that would set their destinations. EASY.

B) Select one of org/loc from the proxy. Since proxy can have multiple org/loc assigned, the "first" random one would be picked up. EASY.

C) Each proxy could define org/loc that would be used - just a variation of A. NORMAL.

X) (Optional) Use facts for setting default org/loc, possibilty to disable this via global settings tho.

Ohad, Dominic - what you think? I'd rather file new issue for the new solution and close this one.

I prefer A or C. If you're doing A though, I think it might be better (clearer?) as an attribute of the taxonomies rather than settings. While I like getting the location/org from the proxy, the many to one issue bothers me - I would prefer something slightly more inflexible, but is more deterministic.

Please just use this issue number, it represents the problem well and already has votes etc.

I would go for A) and X), the user would choose a fact and a regex and depending on the regex it'd go to one taxonomy or another. I've personally wrote a few facts to identify the location of a host so this is something I'd definitely find useful.

Users would go to the properties of the taxonomy, and there they can click on a tab 'Hosts' where they can choose a fact name and a regex. Then every host that is auto placed into the taxonomies that match this regex. I'd add an informative message saying that if an incoming host has a fact that could place him in two organizations/locations, it'll choose the first ones alphabetically.

+1 for what Daniel described if that's feasible

+1, though I'd drop the regexp bit (as discussed on IRC) and use a 1:1 mapping of fact value to the name (or rather, label for when we have inheritance) of the taxonomy.

It's probably best that the names of the facts are added as settings too, just in case people need/want to change them.

https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/pull/1205

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