puppet-apply(8)
NAME
puppet-apply - Apply Puppet manifests locally
SYNOPSIS
Applies a standalone Puppet manifest to the local system.
USAGE
puppet apply [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-d|--debug] [-v|--verbose] [-e|--execute] [--detailed-exitcodes] [-L|--loadclasses] [-l|--logdest syslog|eventlog|FILE|console] [--noop] [--catalog catalog] [--write-catalog-summary] file
DESCRIPTION
This is the standalone puppet execution tool; use it to apply individual manifests. When provided with a modulepath, via command line or config file, puppet apply can effectively mimic the catalog that would be served by puppet master with access to the same modules, although there are some subtle differences. When combined with scheduling and an automated system for pushing manifests, this can be used to implement a serverless Puppet site. Most users should use puppet agent and puppet master for site-wide manifests.
OPTIONS
Note that any setting thats valid in the configuration file is also a
valid long argument. For example, tags is a valid setting, so you can
specify --tags class,tag as an argument.
See the configuration file documentation at
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/configuration.html for
the full list of acceptable parameters. A commented list of all
configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with
--genconfig.
* --debug: Enable full debugging.
* --detailed-exitcodes: Provide transaction information via exit
codes. If this is enabled, an exit code of 2 means there were
changes, an exit code of 4 means there were failures during the
transaction, and an exit code of 6 means there were both changes
and failures.
* --help: Print this help message
* --loadclasses: Load any stored classes. puppet agent caches
configured classes (usually at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/classes.txt),
and setting this option causes all of those classes to be set in
your puppet manifest.
* --logdest: Where to send log messages. Choose between syslog (the
POSIX syslog service), eventlog (the Windows Event Log),
console, or the path to a log file. Defaults to console.
A path ending with .json will receive structured output in JSON
format. The log file will not have an ending ] automatically
written to it due to the appending nature of logging. It must be
appended manually to make the content valid JSON.
* --noop: Use noop mode where Puppet runs in a no-op or dry-run
mode. This is useful for seeing what changes Puppet will make
without actually executing the changes.
* --execute: Execute a specific piece of Puppet code
* --test: Enable the most common options used for testing. These are
verbose, detailed-exitcodes and show_diff.
* --verbose: Print extra information.
* --catalog: Apply a JSON catalog (such as one generated with puppet
master --compile). You can either specify a JSON file or pipe in
JSON from standard input.
* --write-catalog-summary After compiling the catalog saves the
resource list and classes list to the node in the state directory
named classes.txt and resources.txt
EXAMPLE
$ puppet apply -l /tmp/manifest.log manifest.pp $ puppet apply --modulepath=/root/dev/modules -e "include ntpd::server" $ puppet apply --catalog catalog.json
AUTHOR
Luke Kanies
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License
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