The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
puppet-instrumentation_listener – Manage instrumentation listeners. Synopsis puppet instrumentation_listener action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand enables/disables or list instrumentation listeners. Options Note that any configuration parameter 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…
puppet-instrumentation_data – Manage instrumentation listener accumulated data. Synopsis puppet instrumentation_data action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand allows to retrieve the various listener data. Options Note that any configuration parameter 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….
puppet-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…
puppet-help – Display Puppet help. Synopsis puppet help action Options Note that any configuration parameter 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 configuration parameters, so you can specify –server <servername>, or…
puppet-filebucket – Store and retrieve files in a filebucket Synopsis A stand-alone Puppet filebucket client. Usage puppet filebucket mode [-h|–help] [-V|–version] [-d|–debug] [-v|–verbose] [-l|–local] [-r|–remote] [-s|–server server] [-b|–bucket directory] file file … Puppet filebucket can operate in three modes, with only one mode per call: backup: Send one or more files to the specified file…
puppet-file – Retrieve and store files in a filebucket Synopsis puppet file action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand interacts with objects stored in a local or remote filebucket. File objects are accessed by their MD5 sum; see the examples for the relevant syntax. Options Note that any configuration parameter that’s valid in the…
puppet-facts – Retrieve and store facts. Synopsis puppet facts action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand manages facts, which are collections of normalized system information used by Puppet. It can read facts directly from the local system (with the default facter terminus), look up facts reported by other systems, and submit facts to the…
puppet-doc – Generate Puppet documentation and references Synopsis Generates a reference for all Puppet types. Largely meant for internal Puppet Labs use. WARNING: RDoc support is only available under Ruby 1.8.7 and earlier. Usage puppet doc [-a|–all] [-h|–help] [-o|–outputdir rdoc-outputdir] [-m|–mode text|pdf|rdoc] [-r|–reference reference-name] [–charset charset] [manifest-file] Description If mode is not ‘rdoc’, then this…
puppet-device – Manage remote network devices Synopsis Retrieves all configurations from the puppet master and apply them to the remote devices configured in /etc/puppet/device.conf. Currently must be run out periodically, using cron or something similar. Usage puppet device [-d|–debug] [–detailed-exitcodes] [-V|–version] [-h|–help] [-l|–logdest syslog|<file>|console] [-v|–verbose] [-w|–waitforcert <seconds>] Description Once the client has a signed certificate…
puppet-describe – Display help about resource types Synopsis Prints help about Puppet resource types, providers, and metaparameters. Usage puppet describe [-h|–help] [-s|–short] [-p|–providers] [-l|–list] [-m|–meta] Options –help Print this help text –providers Describe providers in detail for each type –list List all types –meta List all metaparameters –short List only parameters without detail Example $…
puppet-config – Interact with Puppet’s configuration options. Synopsis puppet config action Options Note that any configuration parameter 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 configuration parameters, so you can specify –server…
puppet-certificate_revocation_list – Manage the list of revoked certificates. Synopsis puppet certificate_revocation_list action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand is primarily for retrieving the certificate revocation list from the CA. Options Note that any configuration parameter that’s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument, although it may or may not be…
puppet-certificate_request – Manage certificate requests. Synopsis puppet certificate_request action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand retrieves and submits certificate signing requests (CSRs). Options Note that any configuration parameter 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,…
puppet-certificate – Provide access to the CA for certificate management. Synopsis puppet certificate action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] –ca-location LOCATION Description This subcommand interacts with a local or remote Puppet certificate authority. Currently, its behavior is not a full superset of puppet cert; specifically, it is unable to mimic puppet cert’s "clean" option, and its…
puppet-cert – Manage certificates and requests Synopsis Standalone certificate authority. Capable of generating certificates, but mostly used for signing certificate requests from puppet clients. Usage puppet cert action [-h|–help] [-V|–version] [-d|–debug] [-v|–verbose] [–digest digest] [host] Description Because the puppet master service defaults to not signing client certificate requests, this script is available for signing outstanding…
puppet-catalog – Compile, save, view, and convert catalogs. Synopsis puppet catalog action [–terminus TERMINUS] [–extra HASH] Description This subcommand deals with catalogs, which are compiled per-node artifacts generated from a set of Puppet manifests. By default, it interacts with the compiling subsystem and compiles a catalog using the default manifest and certname, but you can…
puppet-ca – Local Puppet Certificate Authority management. Synopsis puppet ca action Description This provides local management of the Puppet Certificate Authority. You can use this subcommand to sign outstanding certificate requests, list and manage local certificates, and inspect the state of the CA. Options Note that any configuration parameter that’s valid in the configuration file…
puppet-apply – Apply Puppet manifests locally Synopsis Applies a standalone Puppet manifest to the local system. Usage puppet apply [-h|–help] [-V|–version] [-d|–debug] [-v|–verbose] [-e|–execute] [–detailed-exitcodes] [-l|–logdest file] [–noop] [–catalog catalog] file Description This is the standalone puppet execution tool; use it to apply individual manifests. When provided with a modulepath, via command line or config…
puppet-agent – The puppet agent daemon Synopsis Retrieves the client configuration from the puppet master and applies it to the local host. This service may be run as a daemon, run periodically using cron (or something similar), or run interactively for testing purposes. Usage puppet agent [–certname name] [-D|–daemonize|–no-daemonize] [-d|–debug] [–detailed-exitcodes] [–digest digest] [–disable [message]]…
pungi – anaconda-based installation spin tool Synopsis pungi [options] Description pungi is a tool to create anaconda-based installation trees or media images given a set of RPM packages. Options pungi is entirely command line oriented. All input to the program is given by command line options. -h, –help Display a help message and then quit….