Puppet Commands

FACTER

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

PUPPET AGENT

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

Mcollective

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)

Modules

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

Puppet Server

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