puppet-help(8)


NAME

   puppet-help - Display Puppet help.

SYNOPSIS

   puppet help action

OPTIONS

   Note  that any setting thats valid in the configuration file is also a
   valid long argument, although it may or may  not  be  relevant  to  the
   present action. For example, server and run_mode are valid settings, so
   you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode  <runmode>  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.

   --render-as FORMAT
          The  format  in  which to render output. The most common formats
          are json, s (string), yaml, and console, but other options  such
          as dot are sometimes available.

   --verbose
          Whether to log verbosely.

   --debug
          Whether to log debug information.

ACTIONS

   help - Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions.
          SYNOPSIS

          puppet help [--version VERSION] [subcommand] [action]

          DESCRIPTION

          Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions.

          OPTIONS  --version  VERSION  - The version of the subcommand for
          which to show help.

          RETURNS

          Short help text for the specified subcommand or action.

EXAMPLES

   help

   Get help for an action:

   $ puppet help

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

   Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING





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