PUPPET-NODE(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-NODE(8)NAMEpuppet-node - View and manage node definitions.
SYNOPSIS
puppet node action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]
DESCRIPTION
This subcommand interacts with node objects, which are used by Puppet
to build a catalog. A node object consists of the node´s facts, envi‐
ronment, node parameters (exposed in the parser as top-scope vari‐
ables), and classes.
OPTIONS
Note that any setting that´s valid in the configuration file is also a
valid long argument, although it may or may not be relevant to the
present action. For example, server and run_mode are valid settings, so
you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an
argument.
See the configuration file documentation at http://docs.puppet‐
labs.com/references/stable/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.
--render-as FORMAT
The format in which to render output. The most common formats
are json, s (string), yaml, and console, but other options such
as dot are sometimes available.
--verbose
Whether to log verbosely.
--debug
Whether to log debug information.
--extra HASH
A terminus can take additional arguments to refine the opera‐
tion, which are passed as an arbitrary hash to the back-end.
Anything passed as the extra value is just send direct to the
back-end.
--terminus TERMINUS
Indirector faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These
subsystems are each able to retrieve and alter a specific type
of data (with the familiar actions of find, search, save, and
destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In Pup‐
pet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.
Almost all indirected subsystems have a rest terminus that
interacts with the puppet master´s data. Most of them have addi‐
tional terminuses for various local data models, which are in
turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master when‐
ever it receives a remote request.
The terminus for an action is often determined by context, but
occasionally needs to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section
of this face´s manpage for more details.
ACTIONS
clean - Clean up signed certs, cached facts, node objects, and reports
for a node stored by the puppetmaster
SYNOPSIS
puppet node clean [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] host1
[host2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
Cleans up the following information a puppet master knows about
a node:
Signed certificates - ($vardir/ssl/ca/signed/node.domain.pem)
Cached facts - ($vardir/yaml/facts/node.domain.yaml)
Cached node objects - ($vardir/yaml/node/node.domain.yaml)
Reports - ($vardir/reports/node.domain)
find - Retrieve a node object.
SYNOPSIS
puppet node find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] host
DESCRIPTION
Retrieve a node object.
RETURNS
A hash containing the node´s classes, environment, expiration,
name, parameters (its facts, combined with any ENC-set parame‐
ters), and time. When used from the Ruby API: a Puppet::Node
object.
RENDERING ISSUES: Rendering as string and json are currently
broken; node objects can only be rendered as yaml.
info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
SYNOPSIS
puppet node info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]
DESCRIPTION
Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that
different run modes may have different default termini; when in
doubt, specify the run mode with the ´--run_mode´ option.
EXAMPLES
find
Retrieve an "empty" (no classes, no ENC-imposed parameters, and an
environment of "production") node:
$ puppet node find somenode.puppetlabs.lan --terminus plain --render-as
yaml
Retrieve a node using the puppet master´s configured ENC:
$ puppet node find somenode.puppetlabs.lan --terminus exec --run_mode
master --render-as yaml
Retrieve the same node from the puppet master:
$ puppet node find somenode.puppetlabs.lan --terminus rest --render-as
yaml
NOTES
This subcommand is an indirector face, which exposes find, search,
save, and destroy actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid
termini for this face include:
· exec
· ldap
· memory
· msgpack
· plain
· rest
· store_configs
· write_only_yaml
· yaml
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING
Puppet Labs, LLC May 2015 PUPPET-NODE(8)
