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6 puppet-facts - Retrieve and store facts.
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9 puppet facts action [--terminus _TERMINUS]
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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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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.
22 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.
27 --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.
32 --verbose
34 Whether to log verbosely.
35 --debug
37 Whether to log debug information.
38 --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.
44 --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.
51 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.
57 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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63 find - Retrieve a node´s facts.
64 SYNOPSIS
65 puppet facts find [--terminus _TERMINUS] [node_certname]
67 DESCRIPTION
69 Retrieve a node´s facts.
71 RETURNS
73 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.
77 RENDERING ISSUES: Facts cannot currently be rendered as a
79 string; use yaml or json.
80 NOTES
82 When using the facter terminus, the host argument is ignored.
84 info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
86 SYNOPSIS
87 puppet facts info [--terminus _TERMINUS]
89 DESCRIPTION
91 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.
95 save - API only: create or overwrite an object.
97 SYNOPSIS
98 puppet facts save [--terminus _TERMINUS] key
100 DESCRIPTION
102 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.
106 show - Retrieve current node´s facts.
108 SYNOPSIS
109 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]
113 DESCRIPTION
115 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.
119 OPTIONS --config-file <path> - The location of the config file
121 for Facter.
122 --custom-dir <path> - The path to a directory that contains cus‐
124 tom facts.
125 --external-dir <path> - The path to a directory that contains
127 external facts.
128 --no-block - Disable fact blocking mechanism.
130 --no-cache - Disable fact caching mechanism.
132 --show-legacy - Show legacy facts when querying all facts.
134 --timing - Show how much time it took to resolve each fact.
136 --value-only - Show only the value when the action is called
138 with a single query
139 RETURNS
141 The output of facter with added puppet specific facts.
143 NOTES
145 upload - Upload local facts to the puppet master.
147 SYNOPSIS
148 puppet facts upload [--terminus _TERMINUS]
150 DESCRIPTION
152 Reads facts from the local system using the facter terminus,
154 then saves the returned facts using the rest terminus.
155 RETURNS
157 Nothing.
159 NOTES
161 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.
164 For details on configuring Puppet Server´s auth.conf, see:
166 https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/latest/con‐
168 fig_file_auth.html
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171 find
172 Get facts from the local system:
174 $ puppet facts find
176 show
178 retrieve facts:
180 $ puppet facts show os
182 upload
184 Upload facts:
186 $ puppet facts upload
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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:
193 • facter
195 • json
197 • memory
199 • network_device
201 • rest
203 • store_configs
205 • yaml
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211 Copyright 2011 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING
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