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NAME

       puppet-agent - The puppet agent daemon

SYNOPSIS

       Retrieves  the  client  configuration  from  the puppet master and applies it to the local
       host.

       This service may be run as a daemon, run periodically using cron (or  something  similar),
       or run interactively for testing purposes.

USAGE

       puppet    agent    [--certname    NAME]    [-D|--daemonize|--no-daemonize]    [-d|--debug]
       [--detailed-exitcodes] [--digest DIGEST] [--disable [MESSAGE]] [--enable]  [--fingerprint]
       [-h|--help]   [-l|--logdest   syslog|eventlog|ABS  FILEPATH|console]  [--masterport  PORT]
       [--noop]   [-o|--onetime]   [--sourceaddress   IP_ADDRESS]   [-t|--test]    [-v|--verbose]
       [-V|--version] [-w|--waitforcert SECONDS]

DESCRIPTION

       This  is  the main puppet client. Its job is to retrieve the local machine's configuration
       from a remote server and apply it. In order to successfully communicate  with  the  remote
       server,  the  client  must  have  a certificate signed by a certificate authority that the
       server trusts; the recommended method for this, at the moment, is  to  run  a  certificate
       authority as part of the puppet server (which is the default). The client will connect and
       request a signed certificate, and will continue connecting until it receives one.

       Once the client has a signed certificate, it will retrieve its configuration and apply it.

USAGE NOTES

       'puppet agent' does its best to find a compromise between interactive use and daemon  use.
       Run with no arguments and no configuration, it will go into the background, attempt to get
       a signed certificate, and retrieve and apply its configuration every 30 minutes.

       Some flags are meant specifically for interactive use -- in particular, 'test', 'tags' and
       'fingerprint' are useful.

       '--test'  does  a  single  run in the foreground with verbose logging, then exits. It will
       also exit if it can't get a valid catalog. The exit code after running with '--test' is  0
       if  the  catalog  was  successfully  applied,  and  1  if  the run either failed or wasn't
       attempted (due to another run already in progress).

       '--tags' allows you to specify what portions of a configuration you want to apply.  Puppet
       elements  are  tagged with all of the class or definition names that contain them, and you
       can use the 'tags' flag to specify one of these names, causing only configuration elements
       contained  within that class or definition to be applied. This is very useful when you are
       testing new configurations -- for instance, if you are just starting to manage 'ntpd', you
       would  put  all  of  the  new  elements into an 'ntpd' class, and call puppet with '--tags
       ntpd', which would only apply that small portion of the configuration during your testing,
       rather than applying the whole thing.

       '--fingerprint'  is a one-time flag. In this mode 'puppet agent' will run once and display
       on the console  (and  in  the  log)  the  current  certificate  (or  certificate  request)
       fingerprint. Providing the '--digest' option allows to use a different digest algorithm to
       generate the fingerprint. The main use is to verify  that  before  signing  a  certificate
       request  on the master, the certificate request the master received is the same as the one
       the client sent (to prevent against man-in-the-middle attacks when signing certificates).

OPTIONS

       Note that any Puppet setting that's valid in the configuration file is also a  valid  long
       argument.  For  example,  'server'  is  a  valid  setting,  so  you  can specify '--server
       servername' as an argument. Boolean settings translate into '--setting' and '--no-setting'
       pairs.

       See           the           configuration          file          documentation          at
       https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html for the full list  of  acceptable
       settings.  A  commented list of all settings can also be generated by running puppet agent
       with '--genconfig'.

       --certname
              Set the  certname  (unique  ID)  of  the  client.  The  master  reads  this  unique
              identifying string, which is usually set to the node's fully-qualified domain name,
              to determine which configurations the node will receive. Use this option  to  debug
              setup  problems or implement unusual node identification schemes. (This is a Puppet
              setting, and can go in puppet.conf.)

       --daemonize
              Send the process into the background. This  is  the  default.  (This  is  a  Puppet
              setting,  and  can  go  in  puppet.conf.  Note the special 'no-' prefix for boolean
              settings on the command line.)

       --no-daemonize
              Do not send the process into the background. (This is a Puppet setting, and can  go
              in  puppet.conf.  Note the special 'no-' prefix for boolean settings on the command
              line.)

       --debug
              Enable full debugging.

       --detailed-exitcodes
              Provide extra information about the run via exit codes; only works if  '--test'  or
              '--onetime'  is  also  specified. If enabled, 'puppet agent' will use the following
              exit codes:

              0: The run succeeded with no changes or failures; the system  was  already  in  the
              desired state.

              1: The run failed, or wasn't attempted due to another run already in progress.

              2: The run succeeded, and some resources were changed.

              4: The run succeeded, and some resources failed.

              6: The run succeeded, and included both changes and failures.

       --digest
              Change  the  certificate  fingerprinting  digest  algorithm. The default is SHA256.
              Valid values depends on the version of OpenSSL installed, but will  likely  contain
              MD5, MD2, SHA1 and SHA256.

       --disable
              Disable  working  on  the  local  system.  This  puts a lock file in place, causing
              'puppet agent' not to work on the system until the lock file is  removed.  This  is
              useful if you are testing a configuration and do not want the central configuration
              to override the local state until everything is tested and committed.

              Disable can also take an optional message that will  be  reported  by  the  'puppet
              agent' at the next disabled run.

              'puppet  agent'  uses  the  same lock file while it is running, so no more than one
              'puppet agent' process is working at a time.

              'puppet agent' exits after executing this.

       --enable
              Enable working on the local system. This removes any  lock  file,  causing  'puppet
              agent'  to  start managing the local system again (although it will continue to use
              its normal scheduling, so it might not start for another half hour).

              'puppet agent' exits after executing this.

       --fingerprint
              Display the current certificate or certificate signing request fingerprint and then
              exit. Use the '--digest' option to change the digest algorithm used.

       --help Print this help message

       --job-id
              Attach  the  specified  job  id to the catalog request and the report used for this
              agent run. This option only works when  '--onetime'  is  used.  When  using  Puppet
              Enterprise this flag should not be used as the orchestrator sets the job-id for you
              and it must be unique.

       --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. If
              debugging or verbosity is  enabled,  this  defaults  to  'console'.  Otherwise,  it
              defaults to 'syslog' on POSIX systems and 'eventlog' on Windows.

              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.

       --masterport
              The  port on which to contact the puppet master. (This is a Puppet setting, and can
              go in puppet.conf.)

       --noop Use 'noop' mode where the daemon runs in a no-op or dry-run mode.  This  is  useful
              for  seeing  what  changes Puppet will make without actually executing the changes.
              (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-' prefix
              for boolean settings on the command line.)

       --onetime
              Run  the configuration once. Runs a single (normally daemonized) Puppet run. Useful
              for  interactively  running  puppet  agent  when  used  in  conjunction  with   the
              --no-daemonize  option.  (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note
              the special 'no-' prefix for boolean settings on the command line.)

       --sourceaddress
              Set the  source  IP  address  for  transactions.  This  defaults  to  automatically
              selected. (This is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf.)

       --test Enable  the  most  common options used for testing. These are 'onetime', 'verbose',
              'no-daemonize',  'no-usecacheonfailure',  'detailed-exitcodes',   'no-splay',   and
              'show_diff'.

       --verbose
              Turn on verbose reporting.

       --version
              Print the puppet version number and exit.

       --waitforcert
              This  option  only  matters for daemons that do not yet have certificates and it is
              enabled by default, with a value of 120 (seconds). This causes  'puppet  agent'  to
              connect  to  the  server  every 2 minutes and ask it to sign a certificate request.
              This is useful for the initial setup of a puppet client. You can turn  off  waiting
              for  certificates  by specifying a time of 0. (This is a Puppet setting, and can go
              in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-' prefix for boolean settings on  the  command
              line.)

EXAMPLE

       $ puppet agent --server puppet.domain.com

DIAGNOSTICS

       Puppet agent accepts the following signals:

       SIGHUP Restart the puppet agent daemon.

       SIGINT and SIGTERM
              Shut down the puppet agent daemon.

       SIGUSR1
              Immediately retrieve and apply configurations from the puppet master.

       SIGUSR2
              Close file descriptors for log files and reopen them. Used with logrotate.

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Inc., LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License