PUPPET-INSPECT(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-INSPECT(8)NAMEpuppet-inspect - Send an inspection report
SYNOPSIS
Prepares and submits an inspection report to the puppet master.
USAGE
puppet inspect [--archive_files] [--archive_file_server]
DESCRIPTION
This command uses the cached catalog from the previous run of ´puppet
agent´ to determine which attributes of which resources have been
marked as auditable with the ´audit´ metaparameter. It then examines
the current state of the system, writes the state of the specified
resource attributes to a report, and submits the report to the puppet
master.
Puppet inspect does not run as a daemon, and must be run manually or
from cron.
OPTIONS
Any configuration setting which is valid in the configuration file is
also a valid long argument, e.g. ´--server=master.domain.com´. See the
configuration file documentation at http://docs.puppetlabs.com/refer‐
ences/latest/configuration.html for the full list of acceptable set‐
tings.
--archive_files
During an inspect run, whether to archive files whose contents
are audited to a file bucket.
--archive_file_server
During an inspect run, the file bucket server to archive files
to if archive_files is set. The default value is ´$server´.
AUTHOR
Puppet Labs
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0
License
Puppet Labs, LLC May 2015 PUPPET-INSPECT(8)
