# facter in non-standard location

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/facter-in-non-standard-location/11674>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ansible-project\
**Created:** [July 13, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/facter-in-non-standard-location/11674 "2012-07-13T14:00:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/facter-in-non-standard-location/11674/1 "2012-07-13T14:00:45Z")

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We look in /usr/bin/facter, so you could do something as simple as making a symlink with /usr/bin/ansible on all of your hosts.

–Michael

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**Author:** ![ZJE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/94ad74/32.png) [@ZJE](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ZJE)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/facter-in-non-standard-location/11674/2 "2012-07-16T13:38:43Z")

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Got it, thanks a bunch!