PUPPET(8)

💖 PUPPET(8) — the puppet manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so. this is the manual page for puppet, section 8 of the manual. it's from the Puppet manual. buckle up, we're doing config management and we're doing it cutely ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

puppet — an automated configuration management tool. that's it, that's the vibe. she manages your configs so you don't have to, and honestly? she ate. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

puppet subcommand [options] action [options]

so it's puppet, then a subcommand, then some options, then an action, then more options. yes the options show up twice. no we are not going to question it. 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Puppet is an automated administrative engine for your Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, and she performs administrative tasks — like adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations — based on a centralized specification.

so instead of you ssh-ing into 400 boxes at 2am like 😭, you write down how you want things to be one time, and Puppet makes it true. main character energy, no cap. 👑

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🎀 COMMANDS 🎀

💜 Common 💜

these are the ones you'll be living in. your daily rotation. your roman empire.

• apply — Apply Puppet manifests locally. just you, your machine, and a manifest. intimate. 🍓
• agent — The puppet agent daemon. she runs in the background and keeps everything in line. the backbone fr fr. 💪
• config — Interact with Puppet's settings. want to peek at or poke your config? this is the door. 🚪
• help — Display Puppet help. when in doubt, ask for help. iconic behaviour. 🙈
• lookup — Interactive Hiera lookup. go on, look things up. interactively. 🔍
• module — Creates, installs and searches for modules on the Puppet Forge. shopping spree but for code. 🛍️
• resource — The resource abstraction layer shell. a whole shell for poking at resources. slay. ✨

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🌈 Specialized 🌈

the deep cuts. the b-sides. the ones you need at exactly the right moment and then never again (until you do). 😌

• strings — Generate Puppet documentation with YARD. docs!! generated!! 🎀
• catalog — Compile, save, view, and convert catalogs. the whole catalog pipeline, four verbs, one command. 💅
• describe — Display help about resource types. so you can be like "what even is this type" and she'll tell you. 🫶
• device — Manage remote network devices. yes, actual network devices. she's flexible like that. 🦋
• doc — Generate Puppet references. reference material, generated on demand. 📚
• epp — Interact directly with the EPP template parser/renderer. direct contact. no middleman. ⚡
• facts — Retrieve and store facts. facts. not opinions. 💯
• filebucket — Store and retrieve files in a filebucket. it's a bucket. for files. what more do you want bestie. 🪣
• generate — Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions. code from code. very meta. very cool. 🧚
• node — View and manage node definitions. your nodes, your rules. 👑
• parser — Interact directly with the parser. touching the parser directly is a whole mood. 🌸
• plugin — Interact with the Puppet plugin system. plugins!! 🔌
• script — Run a puppet manifests as a script without compiling a catalog. no catalog, just vibes. 🏃
• ssl — Manage SSL keys and certificates for puppet SSL clients. certs are scary and this is the handler. 🔐

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• See puppet help <subcommand> for help on a specific subcommand.
• See puppet help <subcommand> <action> for help on a specific subcommand action.

like, genuinely, if you're lost, run one of those two. she will not judge you. 💖

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this manual was brought to you by Puppet, Inc., dated September 2024, and it lives in section PUPPET(8) of the manual. go forth and manage your configs. you're gonna do great. 🫶✨🎀