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

6       puppet-facts - Retrieve and store facts.
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SYNOPSIS

9       puppet facts action [--terminus _TERMINUS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This subcommand manages facts, which are collections of normalized sys‐
13       tem information used by Puppet. It can read facts directly from the lo‐
14       cal system (with the default facter terminus).
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OPTIONS

17       Note  that any setting that´s valid in the configuration file is also a
18       valid long argument, although it may or may  not  be  relevant  to  the
19       present action. For example, server and run_mode are valid settings, so
20       you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode  <runmode>  as  an
21       argument.
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23       See    the    configuration    file   documentation   at   https://pup
24       pet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html for the full list of  ac‐
25       ceptable  parameters. A commented list of all configuration options can
26       also be generated by running puppet with --genconfig.
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28       --render-as FORMAT
29              The format in which to render output. The  most  common  formats
30              are  json, s (string), yaml, and console, but other options such
31              as dot are sometimes available.
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33       --verbose
34              Whether to log verbosely.
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36       --debug
37              Whether to log debug information.
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39       --extra HASH
40              A terminus can take additional arguments to  refine  the  opera‐
41              tion,  which  are  passed  as an arbitrary hash to the back-end.
42              Anything passed as the extra value is just send  direct  to  the
43              back-end.
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45       --terminus _TERMINUS
46              Indirector  faces  expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These
47              subsystems are each able to retrieve and alter a  specific  type
48              of  data  (with  the familiar actions of find, search, save, and
49              destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In Pup‐
50              pet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.
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52              Almost  all  indirected subsystems have a rest terminus that in‐
53              teracts with the puppet master´s data. Most of them  have  addi‐
54              tional  terminuses  for  various local data models, which are in
55              turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master when‐
56              ever it receives a remote request.
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58              The  terminus  for an action is often determined by context, but
59              occasionally needs to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section
60              of this face´s manpage for more details.
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ACTIONS

63       find - Retrieve a node´s facts.
64              SYNOPSIS
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66              puppet facts find [--terminus _TERMINUS] [node_certname]
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68              DESCRIPTION
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70              Retrieve a node´s facts.
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72              RETURNS
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74              A hash containing some metadata and (under the "values" key) the
75              set of facts for the requested node. When  used  from  the  Ruby
76              API: A Puppet::Node::Facts object.
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78              RENDERING  ISSUES:  Facts  cannot  currently  be  rendered  as a
79              string; use yaml or json.
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83              When using the facter terminus, the host argument is ignored.
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85       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
86              SYNOPSIS
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90              DESCRIPTION
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92              Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that
93              different  run modes may have different default termini; when in
94              doubt, specify the run mode with the ´--run_mode´ option.
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96       save - API only: create or overwrite an object.
97              SYNOPSIS
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99              puppet facts save [--terminus _TERMINUS] key
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101              DESCRIPTION
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103              API only: create or overwrite an object. As the Faces  framework
104              does  not  currently accept data from STDIN, save actions cannot
105              currently be invoked from the command line.
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107       show - Retrieve current node´s facts.
108              SYNOPSIS
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110              puppet facts [--terminus _TERMINUS] [--config-file path] [--cus‐
111              tom-dir  path]  [--external-dir  path] [--no-block] [--no-cache]
112              [--show-legacy] [--value-only] [--timing] [facts]
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114              DESCRIPTION
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116              Reads facts from the local system using facter terminus. A query
117              can  be  provided  to  retrieve just a specific fact or a set of
118              facts.
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120              OPTIONS --config-file <path> - The location of the  config  file
121              for Facter.
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123              --custom-dir <path> - The path to a directory that contains cus‐
124              tom facts.
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126              --external-dir <path> - The path to a  directory  that  contains
127              external facts.
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129              --no-block - Disable fact blocking mechanism.
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131              --no-cache - Disable fact caching mechanism.
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133              --show-legacy - Show legacy facts when querying all facts.
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135              --timing - Show how much time it took to resolve each fact.
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137              --value-only  -  Show  only  the value when the action is called
138              with a single query
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140              RETURNS
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142              The output of facter with added puppet specific facts.
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146       upload - Upload local facts to the puppet master.
147              SYNOPSIS
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149              puppet facts upload [--terminus _TERMINUS]
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151              DESCRIPTION
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153              Reads facts from the local system  using  the  facter  terminus,
154              then saves the returned facts using the rest terminus.
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156              RETURNS
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158              Nothing.
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160              NOTES
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162              This action requires that the Puppet Server´s auth.conf file al‐
163              low PUT or save access to the /puppet/v3/facts API endpoint.
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165              For details on configuring Puppet Server´s auth.conf, see:
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167              https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/latest/con
168              fig_file_auth.html
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EXAMPLES

171       find
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173       Get facts from the local system:
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175       $ puppet facts find
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177       show
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179       retrieve facts:
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181       $ puppet facts show os
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183       upload
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185       Upload facts:
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187       $ puppet facts upload
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NOTES

190       This  subcommand  is  an  indirector  face, which exposes find, search,
191       save, and destroy actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet.  Valid
192       termini for this face include:
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