A tiny ruby rack application which exposes the data from facter as JSON over HTTP.

    gem install web-facter

Provides a simple command line tool which runs a built in web server. On accessing
the specified port you should get a JSON response containing the current facts.

    web-facter --help
    Usage: web-facter [options] ...

    Configuration options:
            --no-daemonize               Don't daemonize the web server process
        -p, --port PORT                  The port to run web-facter on
        -c, --config FILE                The file to load with configuration options
        -h, --help                       Display this screenp


You can configure web-facter using a configuration file, using the following format, and
specifying the filename with the --config option above.

    username=gilbert
    password=george
    port=3009
    daemonize=true

Note that the port and daemonize options will override those on the command line.
The username and password options enable HTTP basic authentication using those details.