1PUPPET-DEVICE(8)                 Puppet manual                PUPPET-DEVICE(8)
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NAME

6       puppet-device - Manage remote network devices
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SYNOPSIS

9       Retrieves  catalogs  from  the Puppet master and applies them to remote
10       devices.
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12       This subcommand can be run manually;  or  periodically  using  cron,  a
13       scheduled task, or a similar tool.
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USAGE

16       puppet  device  [-h|--help]  [-v|--verbose]  [-d|--debug] [-l|--logdest
17       syslog|file|console]   [--detailed-exitcodes]   [--deviceconfig   file]
18       [-w|--waitforcert   seconds]  [--libdir  directory]  [-a|--apply  file]
19       [-f|--facts]   [-r|--resource   type   [name]]   [-t|--target   device]
20       [--user=user] [-V|--version]
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DESCRIPTION

23       Devices  require  a proxy Puppet agent to request certificates, collect
24       facts, retrieve and apply catalogs, and store reports.
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USAGE NOTES

27       Devices managed by the puppet-device subcommand on a Puppet  agent  are
28       configured  in device.conf, which is located at $confdir/device.conf by
29       default, and is configurable with the $deviceconfig setting.
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31       The device.conf file is an INI-like file, with one section per device:
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33       [DEVICE_CERTNAME] type TYPE url URL debug
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35       The section name specifies the certname of the device.
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37       The values for the type and url properties are specific to each type of
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40       The optional debug property specifies transport-level debugging, and is
41       limited to telnet and ssh transports.
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43       See  https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/config_file_device.html  for
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OPTIONS

47       Note  that any setting that´s valid in the configuration file is also a
48       valid long argument. For example, ´server´ is a valid configuration pa‐
49       rameter, so you can specify ´--server servername´ as an argument.
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51       --help, -h
52              Print this help message
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54       --verbose, -v
55              Turn on verbose reporting.
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57       --debug, -d
58              Enable full debugging.
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60       --logdest, -l
61              Where  to  send log messages. Choose between ´syslog´ (the POSIX
62              syslog service), ´console´, or the path to a log file. If debug‐
63              ging or verbosity is enabled, this defaults to ´console´. Other‐
64              wise, it defaults to ´syslog´. Multiple destinations can be  set
65              using    a    comma   separated   list   (eg:   /path/file1,con‐
66              sole,/path/file2)"
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68              A path ending with ´.json´ will  receive  structured  output  in
69              JSON  format. The log file will not have an ending ´]´ automati‐
70              cally written to it due to the appending nature of  logging.  It
71              must be appended manually to make the content valid JSON.
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73       --detailed-exitcodes
74              Provide  transaction  information via exit codes. If this is en‐
75              abled, an exit code of ´1´ means at least one device had a  com‐
76              pile  failure, an exit code of ´2´ means at least one device had
77              resource changes, and an exit code of ´4´ means at least one de‐
78              vice  had resource failures. Exit codes of ´3´, ´5´, ´6´, or ´7´
79              means that a bitwise combination of  the  preceding  exit  codes
80              happened.
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82       --deviceconfig
83              Path  to  the  device  config  file  for puppet device. Default:
84              $confdir/device.conf
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86       --waitforcert, -w
87              This option only matters for targets that do not yet  have  cer‐
88              tificates  and  it  is  enabled  by default, with a value of 120
89              (seconds). This causes +puppet device+ to poll the server  every
90              2 minutes and ask it to sign a certificate request. This is use‐
91              ful for the initial setup of a target. You can turn off  waiting
92              for certificates by specifying a time of 0.
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94       --libdir
95              Override  the per-device libdir with a local directory. Specify‐
96              ing a libdir also disables pluginsync. This is useful for  test‐
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99              A  path  ending  with ´.jsonl´ will receive structured output in
100              JSON Lines format.
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102       --apply
103              Apply a manifest against a remote target. Target must be  speci‐
104              fied.
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106       --facts
107              Displays the facts of a remote target. Target must be specified.
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109       --resource
110              Displays  a resource state as Puppet code, roughly equivalent to
111              puppet resource. Can be filtered by title. Requires --target  be
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114       --target
115              Target  a  specific device/certificate in the device.conf. Doing
116              so will perform a device run against only  that  device/certifi‐
117              cate.
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119       --to_yaml
120              Output  found resources in yaml format, suitable to use with Hi‐
121              era and create_resources.
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123       --user The user to run as.
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EXAMPLE

126         $ puppet device --target remotehost --verbose
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AUTHOR

129       Brice Figureau
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132       Copyright (c) 2011-2018 Puppet Inc., LLC Licensed under the Apache  2.0
133       License
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137Puppet, Inc.                       May 2022                   PUPPET-DEVICE(8)
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