| Command | Description |
|---|---|
facter |
show all facters |
facter osfamily |
show OS Family facter |
facter -y |
show facters in YAML |
facter -j |
show facters in JSON |
notify { "OS is ${::facts['operatingsystem']}": } |
use fact inside a manifest using 'facter' function |
notify { "OS is $::operatingsystem": } |
use fact inside manifest directly |
$::operatingsystemmajrelease |
get OS major release from manifest |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
puppet agent --test (or -t) |
Apply catalog using -verbose, -ignorecache, -no-daemonize -detailed-exit-codes, -show_diff |
puppet agent -t --debug |
Run in debug mode with more output |
puppet agent -t --noop |
Run simulation (no changes to system) |
puppet agent -t --environment development |
Run catalog for different environment than whats configured in Puppet Agent's conf file |
puppet agent --disable |
Disable puppet agent from running on node |
puppet agent --enable |
Enable puppet agent to run on node |
puppet resource package |
show all installed packages |
puppet resource package apache ensure=present/absent |
install or remove package |
puppet resource |
show all managed resources |
puppet agent -t --graph |
show a graph of all dependencies found in a catalog, stored in a .dot image |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
sudo -i -u peadmin |
Run MCollective as 'peadmin' |
mco ping |
check connection to nodes |
mco facts timezone |
get nodes by Facter name |
mco puppet count |
check how many MCO nodes are running |
mco rpc service restart service=httpd |
restart apache service |
mco package status puppet |
check status of a package |
mco inventory ––list-collectives |
list all subcollectives |
mco puppet disable -I nodename |
disable puppet agent on node |
mco ping -F architecture=x86_64 |
find all nodes that are x64 |
mco find ––with-identity /nyc/ |
find all nodes containing NYC in hostname |
mco find ––with-class nginx |
find all nodes with nginx class |
mco puppet runall -F osfamily=Redhat 5 |
kick off 'puppet agent -t' on your nodes |
mco ping -T us_collective |
run command against a subcollective |
mco service ntp start -I ny14.nyc |
start/stop service on a node |
mco plugin doc |
show all available MCO plugins |
mco rpc puppet last_run_summary |
show last run statistics for all nodes |
/var/lib/peadmin/.mcollective.d/client.log |
mco client logs (on PE Master) |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
puppet config print modulepath |
print modulepath |
puppet help module |
modules help |
puppet module search 'nginx' |
search available modules: (PuppetForge) |
puppet module install author/module |
install a module |
puppet module generate author/module |
build new module with full skeleton |
puppet module list |
list installed modules |
puppet module list --tree |
check for missing module dependencies |
puppet module build author/module |
build a module release package (.tar.gz) |
puppet module changes |
show modified files of an installed module |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
puppet cert list --all |
List all certs |
puppet cert sign 'certname' |
sign certificate |
puppet cert clean 'certname' |
remove client cert |
puppet apply -e "class { 'my_super_module': version => '1.2'}" |
apply config directly from command line and pass parameter |
/var/log/puppetlabs/puppetserver/puppetserver.log |
Puppet Server log |
/var/log/puppetlabs/puppetdb/puppetdb.log |
PuppetDB log |
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl |
SSL certs location |
/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf |
Master Configuration file |
puppet config print all |
Print all configuration settings |