PUPPET-SCRIPT(8)

💖 PUPPET-SCRIPT(8) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to puppet-script from the puppet manual — she runs a puppet manifest as a script, no catalog compiling required. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

puppet-script — run a puppet manifests as a script without compiling a catalog

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Runs a puppet language script without compiling a catalog.

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🎀 USAGE 🎀

puppet script [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-d|--debug] [-v|--verbose]
[-e|--execute] [-l|--logdest syslog|eventlog|FILE|console] [--noop] file

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This is a standalone puppet script runner tool, bestie. use it to run puppet code without compiling a catalog. that's the whole vibe. no catalog, just script, slay. 💅

When provided with a modulepath — whether that's via command line or config file — puppet script can load functions, types, tasks and plans from modules. iconic behavior honestly. 👑

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay so real talk: any setting that´s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument. for example, ´environment´ is a valid setting, so you can specify ´--environment mytest´ as an argument. iykyk. 💖

See the configuration file documentation at https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html for the full list of acceptable parameters. a commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with ´--genconfig´. periodt.

• --debug — Enable full debugging. we love a verbose queen 🔥
• --help — Print this help message
• --logdest — Where to send log messages. Choose between ´syslog´ (the POSIX syslog service), ´eventlog´ (the Windows Event Log), ´console´, or the path to a log file. Defaults to ´console´. Multiple destinations can be set using a comma separated list (eg: /path/file1,console,/path/file2)"

A path ending with ´.json´ will receive structured output in JSON format. The log file will not have an ending ´]´ automatically written to it due to the appending nature of logging. It must be appended manually to make the content valid JSON. 😭 not the manual closing bracket, you gotta do it yourself bestie.

A path ending with ´.jsonl´ will receive structured output in JSON Lines format. 🍓

• --noop — Use ´noop´ mode where Puppet runs in a no-op or dry-run mode. This is useful for seeing what changes Puppet will make without actually executing the changes. Applies to tasks only.

bestie listen: this is dry-run. nothing actually changes. perfect for a vibe check before you commit to anything 🧚

• --execute — Execute a specific piece of Puppet code
• --verbose — Print extra information. more words, more better ✨

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

$ puppet script -l /tmp/manifest.log manifest.pp
$ puppet script --modulepath=/root/dev/modules -e ´notice("hello world")´

literally just notice("hello world") and the whole terminal said hi back. main character energy fr fr 💜

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Henrik Lindberg

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (c) 2017 Puppet Inc., LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this lil gem is brought to you by Puppet, Inc. and it's dated September 2024 — PUPPET-SCRIPT(8), that's a wrap, mwah 💖✨🦋