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Configuration settings
• Each of these settings can be specified in puppet.conf or on the command line.
• When using boolean settings on the command line, use --setting and --no-setting instead of --setting
(true|false). (Using --setting false results in "Error: Could not parse application options: needless
argument".)
• Settings can be interpolated as $variables in other settings; $environment is special, in that puppet
master will interpolate each agent node´s environment instead of its own.
• Multiple values should be specified as comma-separated lists; multiple directories should be
separated with the system path separator (usually a colon).
• Settings that represent time intervals should be specified in duration format: an integer immediately
followed by one of the units ´y´ (years of 365 days), ´d´ (days), ´h´ (hours), ´m´ (minutes), or ´s´
(seconds). The unit cannot be combined with other units, and defaults to seconds when omitted.
Examples are ´3600´ which is equivalent to ´1h´ (one hour), and ´1825d´ which is equivalent to ´5y´
(5 years).
• If you use the splay setting, note that the period that it waits changes each time the Puppet agent
is restarted.
• Settings that take a single file or directory can optionally set the owner, group, and mode for their
value: rundir = $vardir/run { owner = puppet, group = puppet, mode = 644 }
• The Puppet executables will ignore any setting that isn´t relevant to their function.
See the configuration guide https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/config_about_settings.html for more
details.
agent_catalog_run_lockfile
A lock file to indicate that a puppet agent catalog run is currently in progress. The file contains the
pid of the process that holds the lock on the catalog run.
• Default: $statedir/agent_catalog_run.lock
agent_disabled_lockfile
A lock file to indicate that puppet agent runs have been administratively disabled. File contains a JSON
object with state information.
• Default: $statedir/agent_disabled.lock
allow_duplicate_certs
Whether to allow a new certificate request to overwrite an existing certificate.
• Default: false
always_retry_plugins
Affects how we cache attempts to load Puppet resource types and features. If true, then calls to
Puppet.type.<type>? Puppet.feature.<feature>? will always attempt to load the type or feature (which can
be an expensive operation) unless it has already been loaded successfully. This makes it possible for a
single agent run to, e.g., install a package that provides the underlying capabilities for a type or
feature, and then later load that type or feature during the same run (even if the type or feature had
been tested earlier and had not been available).
If this setting is set to false, then types and features will only be checked once, and if they are not
available, the negative result is cached and returned for all subsequent attempts to load the type or
feature. This behavior is almost always appropriate for the server, and can result in a significant
performance improvement for types and features that are checked frequently.
• Default: true
app_management
This setting has no effect and will be removed in a future Puppet version.
• Default: false
autoflush
Whether log files should always flush to disk.
• Default: true
autosign
Whether (and how) to autosign certificate requests. This setting is only relevant on a puppet master
acting as a certificate authority (CA).
Valid values are true (autosigns all certificate requests; not recommended), false (disables autosigning
certificates), or the absolute path to a file.
The file specified in this setting may be either a configuration file or a custom policy executable.
Puppet will automatically determine what it is: If the Puppet user (see the user setting) can execute the
file, it will be treated as a policy executable; otherwise, it will be treated as a config file.
If a custom policy executable is configured, the CA puppet master will run it every time it receives a
CSR. The executable will be passed the subject CN of the request as a command line argument, and the
contents of the CSR in PEM format on stdin. It should exit with a status of 0 if the cert should be
autosigned and non-zero if the cert should not be autosigned.
If a certificate request is not autosigned, it will persist for review. An admin user can use the puppet
cert sign command to manually sign it, or can delete the request.
For info on autosign configuration files, see the guide to Puppet´s config files
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/config_about_settings.html.
• Default: $confdir/autosign.conf
basemodulepath
The search path for global modules. Should be specified as a list of directories separated by the system
path separator character. (The POSIX path separator is ´:´, and the Windows path separator is ´;´.)
These are the modules that will be used by all environments. Note that the modules directory of the
active environment will have priority over any global directories. For more info, see
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html
• Default: $codedir/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules
bindaddress
The address a listening server should bind to.
• Default: *
binder_config
The binder configuration file. Puppet reads this file on each request to configure the bindings system.
If set to nil (the default), a $confdir/binder_config.yaml is optionally loaded. If it does not exists, a
default configuration is used. If the setting :binding_config is specified, it must reference a valid and
existing yaml file.
Default:
bucketdir
Where FileBucket files are stored.
• Default: $vardir/bucket
ca
Whether the master should function as a certificate authority.
• Default: true
ca_name
The name to use the Certificate Authority certificate.
• Default: Puppet CA: $certname
ca_port
The port to use for the certificate authority.
• Default: $masterport
ca_server
The server to use for certificate authority requests. It´s a separate server because it cannot and does
not need to horizontally scale.
• Default: $server
ca_ttl
The default TTL for new certificates. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes
(30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
• Default: 5y
cacert
The CA certificate.
• Default: $cadir/ca_crt.pem
cacrl
The certificate revocation list (CRL) for the CA. Will be used if present but otherwise ignored.
• Default: $cadir/ca_crl.pem
cadir
The root directory for the certificate authority.
• Default: $ssldir/ca
cakey
The CA private key.
• Default: $cadir/ca_key.pem
capass
Where the CA stores the password for the private key.
• Default: $caprivatedir/ca.pass
caprivatedir
Where the CA stores private certificate information.
• Default: $cadir/private
capub
The CA public key.
• Default: $cadir/ca_pub.pem
catalog_cache_terminus
How to store cached catalogs. Valid values are ´json´, ´msgpack´ and ´yaml´. The agent application
defaults to ´json´.
Default:
catalog_terminus
Where to get node catalogs. This is useful to change if, for instance, you´d like to pre-compile catalogs
and store them in memcached or some other easily-accessed store.
• Default: compiler
cert_inventory
The inventory file. This is a text file to which the CA writes a complete listing of all certificates.
• Default: $cadir/inventory.txt
certdir
The certificate directory.
• Default: $ssldir/certs
certificate_revocation
Whether certificate revocation checking should be enabled, and what level of checking should be
performed.
When certificate_revocation is set to ´true´ or ´chain´, Puppet will download the CA CRL and will perform
revocation checking against each certificate in the chain.
Puppet is unable to load multiple CRLs, so if certificate_revocation is set to ´chain´ and Puppet
attempts to verify a certificate signed by a root CA the behavior is equivalent to the ´leaf´ setting,
and if Puppet attempts to verify a certificate signed by an intermediate CA then verification will fail
as Puppet will be unable to load the multiple CRLs required for full chain checking. As such the ´chain´
setting is limited in functionality and is meant as a stand in pending the implementation of full chain
checking.
When certificate_revocation is set to ´leaf´, Puppet will download the CA CRL and will verify the leaf
certificate against that CRL. CRLs will not be fetched or checked for the rest of the certificates in the
chain. If you are using an intermediate CA certificate and want to enable certificate revocation
checking, this setting must be set to ´leaf´.
When certificate_revocation is set to ´false´, Puppet will disable all certificate revocation checking
and will not attempt to download the CRL.
• Default: chain
certname
The name to use when handling certificates. When a node requests a certificate from the CA puppet master,
it uses the value of the certname setting as its requested Subject CN.
This is the name used when managing a node´s permissions in auth.conf
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/config_file_auth.html. In most cases, it is also used
as the node´s name when matching node definitions
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_node_definitions.html and requesting data from
an ENC. (This can be changed with the node_name_value and node_name_fact settings, although you should
only do so if you have a compelling reason.)
A node´s certname is available in Puppet manifests as $trusted[´certname´]. (See Facts and Built-In
Variables https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/lang_facts_and_builtin_vars.html for more
details.)
• For best compatibility, you should limit the value of certname to only use lowercase letters,
numbers, periods, underscores, and dashes. (That is, it should match /A[a-z0-9._-]+Z/.)
• The special value ca is reserved, and can´t be used as the certname for a normal node.
Defaults to the node´s fully qualified domain name.
• Default: (node´s fully qualified domain name)
classfile
The file in which puppet agent stores a list of the classes associated with the retrieved configuration.
Can be loaded in the separate puppet executable using the --loadclasses option.
• Default: $statedir/classes.txt
client_datadir
The directory in which serialized data is stored on the client.
• Default: $vardir/client_data
clientbucketdir
Where FileBucket files are stored locally.
• Default: $vardir/clientbucket
clientyamldir
The directory in which client-side YAML data is stored.
• Default: $vardir/client_yaml
code
Code to parse directly. This is essentially only used by puppet, and should only be set if you´re writing
your own Puppet executable.
codedir
The main Puppet code directory. The default for this setting is calculated based on the user. If the
process is running as root or the user that Puppet is supposed to run as, it defaults to a system
directory, but if it´s running as any other user, it defaults to being in the user´s home directory.
• Default: Unix/Linux: /etc/puppetlabs/code -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\code -- Non-root
user: ~/.puppetlabs/etc/code
color
Whether to use colors when logging to the console. Valid values are ansi (equivalent to true), html, and
false, which produces no color. Defaults to false on Windows, as its console does not support ansi
colors.
• Default: ansi
confdir
The main Puppet configuration directory. The default for this setting is calculated based on the user. If
the process is running as root or the user that Puppet is supposed to run as, it defaults to a system
directory, but if it´s running as any other user, it defaults to being in the user´s home directory.
• Default: Unix/Linux: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc --
Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/etc/puppet
config
The configuration file for the current puppet application.
• Default: $confdir/${config_file_name}
config_file_name
The name of the puppet config file.
• Default: puppet.conf
config_version
How to determine the configuration version. By default, it will be the time that the configuration is
parsed, but you can provide a shell script to override how the version is determined. The output of this
script will be added to every log message in the reports, allowing you to correlate changes on your hosts
to the source version on the server.
Setting a global value for config_version in puppet.conf is not allowed (but it can be overridden from
the commandline). Please set a per-environment value in environment.conf instead. For more info, see
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html
configprint
Print the value of a specific configuration setting. If the name of a setting is provided for this, then
the value is printed and puppet exits. Comma-separate multiple values. For a list of all values, specify
´all´.
configtimeout
How long the client should wait for the configuration to be retrieved before considering it a failure.
This setting is deprecated and has been replaced by http_connect_timeout and http_read_timeout. This
setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years
(5y).
• Default: 2m
csr_attributes
An optional file containing custom attributes to add to certificate signing requests (CSRs). You should
ensure that this file does not exist on your CA puppet master; if it does, unwanted certificate
extensions may leak into certificates created with the puppet cert generate command.
If present, this file must be a YAML hash containing a custom_attributes key and/or an extension_requests
key. The value of each key must be a hash, where each key is a valid OID and each value is an object that
can be cast to a string.
Custom attributes can be used by the CA when deciding whether to sign the certificate, but are then
discarded. Attribute OIDs can be any OID value except the standard CSR attributes (i.e. attributes
described in RFC 2985 section 5.4). This is useful for embedding a pre-shared key for autosigning policy
executables (see the autosign setting), often by using the 1.2.840.113549.1.9.7 ("challenge password")
OID.
Extension requests will be permanently embedded in the final certificate. Extension OIDs must be in the
"ppRegCertExt" (1.3.6.1.4.1.34380.1.1) or "ppPrivCertExt" (1.3.6.1.4.1.34380.1.2) OID arcs. The
ppRegCertExt arc is reserved for four of the most common pieces of data to embed: pp_uuid (.1),
pp_instance_id (.2), pp_image_name (.3), and pp_preshared_key (.4) --- in the YAML file, these can be
referred to by their short descriptive names instead of their full OID. The ppPrivCertExt arc is
unregulated, and can be used for site-specific extensions.
• Default: $confdir/csr_attributes.yaml
csrdir
Where the CA stores certificate requests
• Default: $cadir/requests
daemonize
Whether to send the process into the background. This defaults to true on POSIX systems, and to false on
Windows (where Puppet currently cannot daemonize).
• Default: true
data_binding_terminus
This setting has been deprecated. Use of any value other than ´hiera´ should instead be configured in a
version 5 hiera.yaml. Until this setting is removed, it controls which data binding terminus to use for
global automatic data binding (across all environments). By default this value is ´hiera´. A value of
´none´ turns off the global binding.
• Default: hiera
default_file_terminus
The default source for files if no server is given in a uri, e.g. puppet:///file. The default of rest
causes the file to be retrieved using the server setting. When running apply the default is file_server,
causing requests to be filled locally.
• Default: rest
default_manifest
The default main manifest for directory environments. Any environment that doesn´t set the manifest
setting in its environment.conf file will use this manifest.
This setting´s value can be an absolute or relative path. An absolute path will make all environments
default to the same main manifest; a relative path will allow each environment to use its own manifest,
and Puppet will resolve the path relative to each environment´s main directory.
In either case, the path can point to a single file or to a directory of manifests to be evaluated in
alphabetical order.
• Default: ./manifests
default_schedules
Boolean; whether to generate the default schedule resources. Setting this to false is useful for keeping
external report processors clean of skipped schedule resources.
• Default: true
deviceconfig
Path to the device config file for puppet device.
• Default: $confdir/device.conf
devicedir
The root directory of devices´ $vardir.
• Default: $vardir/devices
diff
Which diff command to use when printing differences between files. This setting has no default value on
Windows, as standard diff is not available, but Puppet can use many third-party diff tools.
• Default: diff
diff_args
Which arguments to pass to the diff command when printing differences between files. The command to use
can be chosen with the diff setting.
• Default: -u
digest_algorithm
Which digest algorithm to use for file resources and the filebucket. Valid values are md5, sha256,
sha384, sha512, sha224. Default is md5.
• Default: md5
disable_i18n
If true, turns off all translations of Puppet and module log messages, which affects error, warning, and
info log messages, as well as any translations in the report and CLI.
• Default: false
disable_per_environment_manifest
Whether to disallow an environment-specific main manifest. When set to true, Puppet will use the manifest
specified in the default_manifest setting for all environments. If an environment specifies a different
main manifest in its environment.conf file, catalog requests for that environment will fail with an
error.
This setting requires default_manifest to be set to an absolute path.
• Default: false
disable_warnings
A comma-separated list of warning types to suppress. If large numbers of warnings are making Puppet´s
logs too large or difficult to use, you can temporarily silence them with this setting.
If you are preparing to upgrade Puppet to a new major version, you should re-enable all warnings for a
while.
Valid values for this setting are:
• deprecations --- disables deprecation warnings.
• undefined_variables --- disables warnings about non existing variables.
• undefined_resources --- disables warnings about non existing resources.
• Default: []
dns_alt_names
A comma-separated list of alternate DNS names for Puppet Server. These are extra hostnames (in addition
to its certname) that the server is allowed to use when serving agents. Puppet checks this setting when
automatically requesting a certificate for Puppet agent or Puppet Server, and when manually generating a
certificate with puppet cert generate.
In order to handle agent requests at a given hostname (like "puppet.example.com"), Puppet Server needs a
certificate that proves it´s allowed to use that name; if a server shows a certificate that doesn´t
include its hostname, Puppet agents will refuse to trust it. If you use a single hostname for Puppet
traffic but load-balance it to multiple Puppet Servers, each of those servers needs to include the
official hostname in its list of extra names.
Note: The list of alternate names is locked in when the server´s certificate is signed. If you need to
change the list later, you can´t just change this setting; you also need to:
• On the server: Stop Puppet Server.
• On the CA server: Revoke and clean the server´s old certificate. (puppet cert clean <NAME>)
• On the server: Delete the old certificate (and any old certificate signing requests) from the ssldir
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/dirs_ssldir.html.
• On the server: Run puppet agent -t --ca_server <CA HOSTNAME> to request a new certificate
• On the CA server: Sign the certificate request, explicitly allowing alternate names (puppet cert sign
--allow-dns-alt-names <NAME>).
• On the server: Run puppet agent -t --ca_server <CA HOSTNAME> to retrieve the cert.
• On the server: Start Puppet Server again.
To see all the alternate names your servers are using, log into your CA server and run puppet cert list
-a, then check the output for (alt names: ...). Most agent nodes should NOT have alternate names; the
only certs that should have them are Puppet Server nodes that you want other agents to trust.
document_all
Whether to document all resources when using puppet doc to generate manifest documentation.
• Default: false
environment
The environment in which Puppet is running. For clients, such as puppet agent, this determines the
environment itself, which Puppet uses to find modules and much more. For servers, such as puppet master,
this provides the default environment for nodes that Puppet knows nothing about.
When defining an environment in the [agent] section, this refers to the environment that the agent
requests from the master. The environment doesn´t have to exist on the local filesystem because the agent
fetches it from the master. This definition is used when running puppet agent.
When defined in the [user] section, the environment refers to the path that Puppet uses to search for
code and modules related to its execution. This requires the environment to exist locally on the
filesystem where puppet is being executed. Puppet subcommands, including puppet module and puppet apply,
use this definition.
Given that the context and effects vary depending on the config section
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/config_file_main.html#config-sections in which the environment
setting is defined, do not set it globally.
• Default: production
environment_data_provider
The name of a registered environment data provider used when obtaining environment specific data. The
three built in and registered providers are ´none´ (no data), ´function´ (data obtained by calling the
function ´environment::data()´) and ´hiera´ (data obtained using a data provider configured using a
hiera.yaml file in root of the environment). Other environment data providers may be registered in
modules on the module path. For such custom data providers see the respective module documentation. This
setting is deprecated.
Default:
environment_timeout
How long the Puppet master should cache data it loads from an environment. This setting can be a time
interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y). A value of 0 will
disable caching. This setting can also be set to unlimited, which will cache environments until the
master is restarted or told to refresh the cache.
You should change this setting once your Puppet deployment is doing non-trivial work. We chose the
default value of 0 because it lets new users update their code without any extra steps, but it lowers the
performance of your Puppet master.
We recommend setting this to unlimited and explicitly refreshing your Puppet master as part of your code
deployment process.
• With Puppet Server, you should refresh environments by calling the environment-cache API endpoint.
See the docs for the Puppet Server administrative API.
• With a Rack Puppet master, you should restart the web server or the application server. Passenger
lets you touch a restart.txt file to refresh an application without restarting Apache; see the
Passenger docs for details.
We don´t recommend using any value other than 0 or unlimited, since most Puppet masters use a pool of
Ruby interpreters which all have their own cache timers. When these timers drift out of sync, agents can
be served inconsistent catalogs.
• Default: 0
environmentpath
A search path for directory environments, as a list of directories separated by the system path separator
character. (The POSIX path separator is ´:´, and the Windows path separator is ´;´.)
This setting must have a value set to enable directory environments. The recommended value is
$codedir/environments. For more details, see
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html
• Default: $codedir/environments
evaltrace
Whether each resource should log when it is being evaluated. This allows you to interactively see exactly
what is being done.
• Default: false
external_nodes
The external node classifier (ENC) script to use for node data. Puppet combines this data with the main
manifest to produce node catalogs.
To enable this setting, set the node_terminus setting to exec.
This setting´s value must be the path to an executable command that can produce node information. The
command must:
• Take the name of a node as a command-line argument.
•
• classes --- A list of classes, as an array or hash.
• environment --- A string.
• parameters --- A list of top-scope variables to set, as a hash.
• For unknown nodes, exit with a non-zero exit code.
Generally, an ENC script makes requests to an external data source.
For more info, see the ENC documentation https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/nodes_external.html.
• Default: none
factpath
Where Puppet should look for facts. Multiple directories should be separated by the system path separator
character. (The POSIX path separator is ´:´, and the Windows path separator is ´;´.)
• Default: $vardir/lib/facter:$vardir/facts
facts_terminus
The node facts terminus.
• Default: facter
fileserverconfig
Where the fileserver configuration is stored.
• Default: $confdir/fileserver.conf
filetimeout
The minimum time to wait between checking for updates in configuration files. This timeout determines how
quickly Puppet checks whether a file (such as manifests or templates) has changed on disk. This setting
can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
• Default: 15s
forge_authorization
The authorization key to connect to the Puppet Forge. Leave blank for unauthorized or license based
connections
Default:
freeze_main
Freezes the ´main´ class, disallowing any code to be added to it. This essentially means that you can´t
have any code outside of a node, class, or definition other than in the site manifest.
• Default: false
future_features
Whether or not to enable all features currently being developed for future major releases of Puppet.
Should be used with caution, as in development features are experimental and can have unexpected effects.
• Default: false
genconfig
When true, causes Puppet applications to print an example config file to stdout and exit. The example
will include descriptions of each setting, and the current (or default) value of each setting,
incorporating any settings overridden on the CLI (with the exception of genconfig itself). This setting
only makes sense when specified on the command line as --genconfig.
• Default: false
genmanifest
Whether to just print a manifest to stdout and exit. Only makes sense when specified on the command line
as --genmanifest. Takes into account arguments specified on the CLI.
• Default: false
graph
Whether to create .dot graph files, which let you visualize the dependency and containment relationships
in Puppet´s catalog. You can load and view these files with tools like OmniGraffle
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ (OS X) or graphviz http://www.graphviz.org/
(multi-platform).
Graph files are created when applying a catalog, so this setting should be used on nodes running puppet
agent or puppet apply.
The graphdir setting determines where Puppet will save graphs. Note that we don´t save graphs for
historical runs; Puppet will replace the previous .dot files with new ones every time it applies a
catalog.
See your graphing software´s documentation for details on opening .dot files. If you´re using GraphViz´s
dot command, you can do a quick PNG render with dot -Tpng <DOT FILE> -o <OUTPUT FILE>.
• Default: false
graphdir
Where to save .dot-format graphs (when the graph setting is enabled).
• Default: $statedir/graphs
group
The group puppet master should run as.
• Default: puppet
hiera_config
The hiera configuration file. Puppet only reads this file on startup, so you must restart the puppet
master every time you edit it.
• Default: $confdir/hiera.yaml. However, if a file exists at $codedir/hiera.yaml, Puppet uses that
instead.
hostcert
Where individual hosts store and look for their certificates.
• Default: $certdir/$certname.pem
hostcrl
Where the host´s certificate revocation list can be found. This is distinct from the certificate
authority´s CRL.
• Default: $ssldir/crl.pem
hostcsr
Where individual hosts store and look for their certificate requests.
• Default: $ssldir/csr_$certname.pem
hostprivkey
Where individual hosts store and look for their private key.
• Default: $privatekeydir/$certname.pem
hostpubkey
Where individual hosts store and look for their public key.
• Default: $publickeydir/$certname.pem
http_connect_timeout
The maximum amount of time to wait when establishing an HTTP connection. The default value is 2 minutes.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or
years (5y).
• Default: 2m
http_debug
Whether to write HTTP request and responses to stderr. This should never be used in a production
environment.
• Default: false
http_keepalive_timeout
The maximum amount of time a persistent HTTP connection can remain idle in the connection pool, before it
is closed. This timeout should be shorter than the keepalive timeout used on the HTTP server, e.g. Apache
KeepAliveTimeout directive. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m),
hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
• Default: 4s
http_proxy_host
The HTTP proxy host to use for outgoing connections. Note: You may need to use a FQDN for the server
hostname when using a proxy. Environment variable http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY will override this value
• Default: none
http_proxy_password
The password for the user of an authenticated HTTP proxy. Requires the http_proxy_user setting.
Note that passwords must be valid when used as part of a URL. If a password contains any characters with
special meanings in URLs (as specified by RFC 3986 section 2.2), they must be URL-encoded. (For example,
# would become %23.)
• Default: none
http_proxy_port
The HTTP proxy port to use for outgoing connections
• Default: 3128
http_proxy_user
The user name for an authenticated HTTP proxy. Requires the http_proxy_host setting.
• Default: none
http_read_timeout
The time to wait for one block to be read from an HTTP connection. If nothing is read after the elapsed
interval then the connection will be closed. The default value is unlimited. This setting can be a time
interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
Default:
http_user_agent
The HTTP User-Agent string to send when making network requests.
• Default: Puppet/5.4.0 Ruby/2.5.1-p57 (x86_64-linux-gnu)
ignorecache
This setting has no effect and will be removed in a future Puppet version.
• Default: false
ignoremissingtypes
Skip searching for classes and definitions that were missing during a prior compilation. The list of
missing objects is maintained per-environment and persists until the environment is cleared or the master
is restarted.
• Default: false
ignoreschedules
Boolean; whether puppet agent should ignore schedules. This is useful for initial puppet agent runs.
• Default: false
keylength
The bit length of keys.
• Default: 4096
lastrunfile
Where puppet agent stores the last run report summary in yaml format.
• Default: $statedir/last_run_summary.yaml
lastrunreport
Where puppet agent stores the last run report in yaml format.
• Default: $statedir/last_run_report.yaml
ldapattrs
The LDAP attributes to include when querying LDAP for nodes. All returned attributes are set as variables
in the top-level scope. Multiple values should be comma-separated. The value ´all´ returns all
attributes.
• Default: all
ldapbase
The search base for LDAP searches. It´s impossible to provide a meaningful default here, although the
LDAP libraries might have one already set. Generally, it should be the ´ou=Hosts´ branch under your main
directory.
ldapclassattrs
The LDAP attributes to use to define Puppet classes. Values should be comma-separated.
• Default: puppetclass
ldapparentattr
The attribute to use to define the parent node.
• Default: parentnode
ldappassword
The password to use to connect to LDAP.
ldapport
The LDAP port. Only used if node_terminus is set to ldap.
• Default: 389
ldapserver
The LDAP server. Only used if node_terminus is set to ldap.
• Default: ldap
ldapssl
Whether SSL should be used when searching for nodes. Defaults to false because SSL usually requires
certificates to be set up on the client side.
• Default: false
ldapstackedattrs
The LDAP attributes that should be stacked to arrays by adding the values in all hierarchy elements of
the tree. Values should be comma-separated.
• Default: puppetvar
ldapstring
The search string used to find an LDAP node.
• Default: (&(objectclass=puppetClient)(cn=%s))
ldaptls
Whether TLS should be used when searching for nodes. Defaults to false because TLS usually requires
certificates to be set up on the client side.
• Default: false
ldapuser
The user to use to connect to LDAP. Must be specified as a full DN.
libdir
An extra search path for Puppet. This is only useful for those files that Puppet will load on demand, and
is only guaranteed to work for those cases. In fact, the autoload mechanism is responsible for making
sure this directory is in Ruby´s search path
• Default: $vardir/lib
localcacert
Where each client stores the CA certificate.
• Default: $certdir/ca.pem
localedest
Where Puppet should store translation files that it pulls down from the central server.
• Default: $vardir/locales
localesource
From where to retrieve translation files. The standard Puppet file type is used for retrieval, so
anything that is a valid file source can be used here.
• Default: puppet:///locales
log_level
Default logging level for messages from Puppet. Allowed values are:
• debug
• info
• notice
• warning
• err
• alert
• emerg
• crit
• Default: notice
logdir
The directory in which to store log files
• Default: Unix/Linux: /var/log/puppetlabs/puppet -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\log
-- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/var/log
manage_internal_file_permissions
Whether Puppet should manage the owner, group, and mode of files it uses internally
• Default: true
manifest
The entry-point manifest for puppet master. This can be one file or a directory of manifests to be
evaluated in alphabetical order. Puppet manages this path as a directory if one exists or if the path
ends with a / or .
Setting a global value for manifest in puppet.conf is not allowed (but it can be overridden from the
commandline). Please use directory environments instead. If you need to use something other than the
environment´s manifests directory as the main manifest, you can set manifest in environment.conf. For
more info, see https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html
Default:
masterhttplog
Where the puppet master web server saves its access log. This is only used when running a WEBrick puppet
master. When puppet master is running under a Rack server like Passenger, that web server will have its
own logging behavior.
• Default: $logdir/masterhttp.log
masterport
The port for puppet master traffic. For puppet master, this is the port to listen on; for puppet agent,
this is the port to make requests on. Both applications use this setting to get the port.
• Default: 8140
max_deprecations
Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation deprecation warnings in case multiple
deprecation warnings have been detected. A value of 0 blocks the logging of deprecation warnings. The
count is per manifest.
• Default: 10
max_errors
Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation errors in case multiple errors have been
detected. A value of 0 is the same as a value of 1; a minimum of one error is always raised. The count is
per manifest.
• Default: 10
max_warnings
Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation warnings in case multiple warnings have been
detected. A value of 0 blocks logging of warnings. The count is per manifest.
• Default: 10
maximum_uid
The maximum allowed UID. Some platforms use negative UIDs but then ship with tools that do not know how
to handle signed ints, so the UIDs show up as huge numbers that can then not be fed back into the system.
This is a hackish way to fail in a slightly more useful way when that happens.
• Default: 4294967290
mkusers
Whether to create the necessary user and group that puppet agent will run as.
• Default: false
module_groups
Extra module groups to request from the Puppet Forge. This is an internal setting, and users should never
change it.
Default:
module_repository
The module repository
• Default: https://forgeapi.puppet.com
module_skeleton_dir
The directory which the skeleton for module tool generate is stored.
• Default: $module_working_dir/skeleton
module_working_dir
The directory into which module tool data is stored
• Default: $vardir/puppet-module
modulepath
The search path for modules, as a list of directories separated by the system path separator character.
(The POSIX path separator is ´:´, and the Windows path separator is ´;´.)
Setting a global value for modulepath in puppet.conf is not allowed (but it can be overridden from the
commandline). Please use directory environments instead. If you need to use something other than the
default modulepath of <ACTIVE ENVIRONMENT´S MODULES DIR>:$basemodulepath, you can set modulepath in
environment.conf. For more info, see https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html
name
The name of the application, if we are running as one. The default is essentially $0 without the path or
.rb.
Default:
node_cache_terminus
How to store cached nodes. Valid values are (none), ´json´, ´msgpack´, ´yaml´ or write only yaml
(´write_only_yaml´).
Default:
node_name
How the puppet master determines the client´s identity and sets the ´hostname´, ´fqdn´ and ´domain´ facts
for use in the manifest, in particular for determining which ´node´ statement applies to the client.
Possible values are ´cert´ (use the subject´s CN in the client´s certificate) and ´facter´ (use the
hostname that the client reported in its facts)
• Default: cert
node_name_fact
The fact name used to determine the node name used for all requests the agent makes to the master.
WARNING: This setting is mutually exclusive with node_name_value. Changing this setting also requires
changes to the default auth.conf configuration on the Puppet Master. Please see
http://links.puppet.com/node_name_fact for more information.
node_name_value
The explicit value used for the node name for all requests the agent makes to the master. WARNING: This
setting is mutually exclusive with node_name_fact. Changing this setting also requires changes to the
default auth.conf configuration on the Puppet Master. Please see http://links.puppet.com/node_name_value
for more information.
• Default: $certname
node_terminus
Which node data plugin to use when compiling node catalogs.
When Puppet compiles a catalog, it combines two primary sources of info: the main manifest, and a node
data plugin (often called a "node terminus," for historical reasons). Node data plugins provide three
things for a given node name:
1. A list of classes to add to that node´s catalog (and, optionally, values for their parameters).
2. Which Puppet environment the node should use.
3. A list of additional top-scope variables to set.
The three main node data plugins are:
• plain --- Returns no data, so that the main manifest controls all node configuration.
• exec --- Uses an external node classifier (ENC)
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/nodes_external.html, configured by the external_nodes setting.
This lets you pull a list of Puppet classes from any external system, using a small glue script to
perform the request and format the result as YAML.
• classifier (formerly console) --- Specific to Puppet Enterprise. Uses the PE console for node data."
• Default: plain
noop
Whether to apply catalogs in noop mode, which allows Puppet to partially simulate a normal run. This
setting affects puppet agent and puppet apply.
When running in noop mode, Puppet will check whether each resource is in sync, like it does when running
normally. However, if a resource attribute is not in the desired state (as declared in the catalog),
Puppet will take no action, and will instead report the changes it would have made. These simulated
changes will appear in the report sent to the puppet master, or be shown on the console if running puppet
agent or puppet apply in the foreground. The simulated changes will not send refresh events to any
subscribing or notified resources, although Puppet will log that a refresh event would have been sent.
Important note: The noop metaparameter
https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/metaparameter.html#noop allows you to apply
individual resources in noop mode, and will override the global value of the noop setting. This means a
resource with noop => false will be changed if necessary, even when running puppet agent with noop = true
or --noop. (Conversely, a resource with noop => true will only be simulated, even when noop mode is
globally disabled.)
• Default: false
onetime
Perform one configuration run and exit, rather than spawning a long-running daemon. This is useful for
interactively running puppet agent, or running puppet agent from cron.
• Default: false
ordering
How unrelated resources should be ordered when applying a catalog. Allowed values are title-hash,
manifest, and random. This setting affects puppet agent and puppet apply, but not puppet master.
• manifest (the default) will use the order in which the resources were declared in their manifest
files.
• title-hash (the default in 3.x) will order resources randomly, but will use the same order across
runs and across nodes. It is only of value if you´re migrating from 3.x and have errors running with
manifest.
• random will order resources randomly and change their order with each run. This can work like a
fuzzer for shaking out undeclared dependencies.
Regardless of this setting´s value, Puppet will always obey explicit dependencies set with the
before/require/notify/subscribe metaparameters and the ->/~> chaining arrows; this setting only affects
the relative ordering of unrelated resources.
• Default: manifest
passfile
Where puppet agent stores the password for its private key. Generally unused.
• Default: $privatedir/password
path
The shell search path. Defaults to whatever is inherited from the parent process.
This setting can only be set in the [main] section of puppet.conf; it cannot be set in [master], [agent],
or an environment config section.
• Default: none
pidfile
The file containing the PID of a running process. This file is intended to be used by service management
frameworks and monitoring systems to determine if a puppet process is still in the process table.
• Default: $rundir/${run_mode}.pid
plugindest
Where Puppet should store plugins that it pulls down from the central server.
• Default: $libdir
pluginfactdest
Where Puppet should store external facts that are being handled by pluginsync
• Default: $vardir/facts.d
pluginfactsource
Where to retrieve external facts for pluginsync
• Default: puppet:///pluginfacts
pluginsignore
What files to ignore when pulling down plugins.
• Default: .svn CVS .git .hg
pluginsource
From where to retrieve plugins. The standard Puppet file type is used for retrieval, so anything that is
a valid file source can be used here.
• Default: puppet:///plugins
pluginsync
Whether plugins should be synced with the central server. This setting is deprecated.
• Default: true
postrun_command
A command to run after every agent run. If this command returns a non-zero return code, the entire Puppet
run will be considered to have failed, even though it might have performed work during the normal run.
preferred_serialization_format
The preferred means of serializing ruby instances for passing over the wire. This won´t guarantee that
all instances will be serialized using this method, since not all classes can be guaranteed to support
this format, but it will be used for all classes that support it.
• Default: json
prerun_command
A command to run before every agent run. If this command returns a non-zero return code, the entire
Puppet run will fail.
preview_outputdir
The directory where catalog previews per node are generated.
• Default: $vardir/preview
priority
The scheduling priority of the process. Valid values are ´high´, ´normal´, ´low´, or ´idle´, which are
mapped to platform-specific values. The priority can also be specified as an integer value and will be
passed as is, e.g. -5. Puppet must be running as a privileged user in order to increase scheduling
priority.
Default:
privatedir
Where the client stores private certificate information.
• Default: $ssldir/private
privatekeydir
The private key directory.
• Default: $ssldir/private_keys
profile
Whether to enable experimental performance profiling
• Default: false
publickeydir
The public key directory.
• Default: $ssldir/public_keys
puppetdlog
The fallback log file. This is only used when the --logdest option is not specified AND Puppet is running
on an operating system where both the POSIX syslog service and the Windows Event Log are unavailable.
(Currently, no supported operating systems match that description.)
Despite the name, both puppet agent and puppet master will use this file as the fallback logging
destination.
For control over logging destinations, see the --logdest command line option in the manual pages for
puppet master, puppet agent, and puppet apply. You can see man pages by running puppet <SUBCOMMAND>
--help, or read them online at https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/man/.
• Default: $logdir/puppetd.log
report
Whether to send reports after every transaction.
• Default: true
report_port
The port to communicate with the report_server.
• Default: $masterport
report_server
The server to send transaction reports to.
• Default: $server
reportdir
The directory in which to store reports. Each node gets a separate subdirectory in this directory. This
setting is only used when the store report processor is enabled (see the reports setting).
• Default: $vardir/reports
reports
The list of report handlers to use. When using multiple report handlers, their names should be
comma-separated, with whitespace allowed. (For example, reports = http, store.)
This setting is relevant to puppet master and puppet apply. The puppet master will call these report
handlers with the reports it receives from agent nodes, and puppet apply will call them with its own
report. (In all cases, the node applying the catalog must have report = true.)
See the report reference for information on the built-in report handlers; custom report handlers can also
be loaded from modules. (Report handlers are loaded from the lib directory, at puppet/reports/NAME.rb.)
• Default: store
reporturl
The URL that reports should be forwarded to. This setting is only used when the http report processor is
enabled (see the reports setting).
• Default: http://localhost:3000/reports/upload
requestdir
Where host certificate requests are stored.
• Default: $ssldir/certificate_requests
resourcefile
The file in which puppet agent stores a list of the resources associated with the retrieved
configuration.
• Default: $statedir/resources.txt
rest_authconfig
The configuration file that defines the rights to the different rest indirections. This can be used as a
fine-grained authorization system for puppet master.
• Default: $confdir/auth.conf
rich_data
Enables having extended data in the catalog by storing them as a hash with the special key
__pcore_type__. When enabled, resource containing values of the data types Binary, Regexp, SemVer,
SemVerRange, Timespan and Timestamp, as well as instances of types derived from Object retain their data
type.
• Default: false
route_file
The YAML file containing indirector route configuration.
• Default: $confdir/routes.yaml
rundir
Where Puppet PID files are kept.
• Default: Unix/Linux: /var/run/puppetlabs -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\run --
Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/var/run
runinterval
How often puppet agent applies the catalog. Note that a runinterval of 0 means "run continuously" rather
than "never run." If you want puppet agent to never run, you should start it with the --no-client option.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or
years (5y).
• Default: 30m
runtimeout
The maximum amount of time an agent run is allowed to take. A Puppet agent run that exceeds this timeout
will be aborted. Defaults to 0, which is unlimited. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or
30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
• Default: 0
serial
Where the serial number for certificates is stored.
• Default: $cadir/serial
server
The puppet master server to which the puppet agent should connect.
• Default: puppet
server_datadir
The directory in which serialized data is stored, usually in a subdirectory.
• Default: $vardir/server_data
server_list
The list of puppet master servers to which the puppet agent should connect, in the order that they will
be tried.
• Default: []
show_diff
Whether to log and report a contextual diff when files are being replaced. This causes partial file
contents to pass through Puppet´s normal logging and reporting system, so this setting should be used
with caution if you are sending Puppet´s reports to an insecure destination. This feature currently
requires the diff/lcs Ruby library.
• Default: false
signeddir
Where the CA stores signed certificates.
• Default: $cadir/signed
skip_tags
Tags to use to filter resources. If this is set, then only resources not tagged with the specified tags
will be applied. Values must be comma-separated.
sourceaddress
The address the agent should use to initiate requests.
Default:
splay
Whether to sleep for a random amount of time, ranging from immediately up to its $splaylimit, before
performing its first agent run after a service restart. After this period, the agent runs periodically on
its $runinterval.
For example, assume a default 30-minute $runinterval, splay set to its default of false, and an agent
starting at :00 past the hour. The agent would check in every 30 minutes at :01 and :31 past the hour.
With splay enabled, it waits any amount of time up to its $splaylimit before its first run. For example,
it might randomly wait 8 minutes, then start its first run at :08 past the hour. With the $runinterval at
its default 30 minutes, its next run will be at :38 past the hour.
If you restart an agent´s puppet service with splay enabled, it recalculates its splay period and delays
its first agent run after restarting for this new period. If you simultaneously restart a group of puppet
agents with splay enabled, their checkins to your puppet masters can be distributed more evenly.
• Default: false
splaylimit
The maximum time to delay before an agent´s first run when splay is enabled. Defaults to the agent´s
$runinterval. The splay interval is random and recalculated each time the agent is started or restarted.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or
years (5y).
• Default: $runinterval
srv_domain
The domain which will be queried to find the SRV records of servers to use.
• Default: buildd
ssl_client_ca_auth
Certificate authorities who issue server certificates. SSL servers will not be considered authentic
unless they possess a certificate issued by an authority listed in this file. If this setting has no
value then the Puppet master´s CA certificate (localcacert) will be used.
Default:
ssl_client_header
The header containing an authenticated client´s SSL DN. This header must be set by the proxy to the
authenticated client´s SSL DN (e.g., /CN=puppet.puppetlabs.com). Puppet will parse out the Common Name
(CN) from the Distinguished Name (DN) and use the value of the CN field for authorization.
Note that the name of the HTTP header gets munged by the web server common gateway interface: an HTTP_
prefix is added, dashes are converted to underscores, and all letters are uppercased. Thus, to use the
X-Client-DN header, this setting should be HTTP_X_CLIENT_DN.
• Default: HTTP_X_CLIENT_DN
ssl_client_verify_header
The header containing the status message of the client verification. This header must be set by the proxy
to ´SUCCESS´ if the client successfully authenticated, and anything else otherwise.
Note that the name of the HTTP header gets munged by the web server common gateway interface: an HTTP_
prefix is added, dashes are converted to underscores, and all letters are uppercased. Thus, to use the
X-Client-Verify header, this setting should be HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERIFY.
• Default: HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERIFY
ssl_server_ca_auth
Certificate authorities who issue client certificates. SSL clients will not be considered authentic
unless they possess a certificate issued by an authority listed in this file. If this setting has no
value then the Puppet master´s CA certificate (localcacert) will be used.
Default:
ssldir
Where SSL certificates are kept.
• Default: $confdir/ssl
statedir
The directory where Puppet state is stored. Generally, this directory can be removed without causing harm
(although it might result in spurious service restarts).
• Default: $vardir/state
statefile
Where puppet agent and puppet master store state associated with the running configuration. In the case
of puppet master, this file reflects the state discovered through interacting with clients.
• Default: $statedir/state.yaml
static_catalogs
Whether to compile a static catalog
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/latest/static_catalogs.html#enabling-or-disabling-static-catalogs, which
occurs only on a Puppet Server master when the code-id-command and code-content-command settings are
configured in its puppetserver.conf file.
• Default: true
storeconfigs
Whether to store each client´s configuration, including catalogs, facts, and related data. This also
enables the import and export of resources in the Puppet language - a mechanism for exchange resources
between nodes.
By default this uses the ´puppetdb´ backend.
You can adjust the backend using the storeconfigs_backend setting.
• Default: false
storeconfigs_backend
Configure the backend terminus used for StoreConfigs. By default, this uses the PuppetDB store, which
must be installed and configured before turning on StoreConfigs.
• Default: puppetdb
strict
The strictness level of puppet. Allowed values are:
• off - do not perform extra validation, do not report
• warning - perform extra validation, report as warning (default)
• error - perform extra validation, fail with error
The strictness level is for both language semantics and runtime evaluation validation. In addition to
controlling the behavior with this master switch some individual warnings may also be controlled by the
disable_warnings setting.
No new validations will be added to a micro (x.y.z) release, but may be added in minor releases (x.y.0).
In major releases it expected that most (if not all) strictness validation become standard behavior.
• Default: warning
strict_environment_mode
Whether the agent specified environment should be considered authoritative, causing the run to fail if
the retrieved catalog does not match it.
• Default: false
strict_hostname_checking
Whether to only search for the complete hostname as it is in the certificate when searching for node
information in the catalogs.
• Default: false
strict_variables
Causes an evaluation error when referencing unknown variables. (This does not affect referencing
variables that are explicitly set to undef).
• Default: false
summarize
Whether to print a transaction summary.
• Default: false
supported_checksum_types
Checksum types supported by this agent for use in file resources of a static catalog. Values must be
comma-separated. Valid types are md5, md5lite, sha256, sha256lite, sha384, sha512, sha224, sha1,
sha1lite, mtime, ctime. Default is md5, sha256, sha384, sha512, sha224.
• Default: ["md5", "sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "sha224"]
syslogfacility
What syslog facility to use when logging to syslog. Syslog has a fixed list of valid facilities, and you
must choose one of those; you cannot just make one up.
• Default: daemon
tags
Tags to use to find resources. If this is set, then only resources tagged with the specified tags will be
applied. Values must be comma-separated.
tasks
Turns on experimental support for tasks and plans in the puppet language. This is for internal API use
only. Do not change this setting.
• Default: false
trace
Whether to print stack traces on some errors
• Default: false
transactionstorefile
Transactional storage file for persisting data between transactions for the purposes of infering
information (such as corrective_change) on new data received.
• Default: $statedir/transactionstore.yaml
trusted_oid_mapping_file
File that provides mapping between custom SSL oids and user-friendly names
• Default: $confdir/custom_trusted_oid_mapping.yaml
trusted_server_facts
The ´trusted_server_facts´ setting is deprecated and has no effect as the feature this enabled is now
always on. The setting will be removed in a future version of puppet.
• Default: true
use_cached_catalog
Whether to only use the cached catalog rather than compiling a new catalog on every run. Puppet can be
run with this enabled by default and then selectively disabled when a recompile is desired.
• Default: false
use_srv_records
Whether the server will search for SRV records in DNS for the current domain.
• Default: false
usecacheonfailure
Whether to use the cached configuration when the remote configuration will not compile. This option is
useful for testing new configurations, where you want to fix the broken configuration rather than
reverting to a known-good one.
• Default: true
user
The user puppet master should run as.
• Default: puppet
vardir
Where Puppet stores dynamic and growing data. The default for this setting is calculated specially, like
confdir_.
• Default: Unix/Linux: /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\cache
-- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/opt/puppet/cache
waitforcert
How frequently puppet agent should ask for a signed certificate.
When starting for the first time, puppet agent will submit a certificate signing request (CSR) to the
server named in the ca_server setting (usually the puppet master); this may be autosigned, or may need to
be approved by a human, depending on the CA server´s configuration.
Puppet agent cannot apply configurations until its approved certificate is available. Since the
certificate may or may not be available immediately, puppet agent will repeatedly try to fetch it at this
interval. You can turn off waiting for certificates by specifying a time of 0, in which case puppet agent
will exit if it cannot get a cert. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes
(30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
• Default: 2m
yamldir
The directory in which YAML data is stored, usually in a subdirectory.
• Default: $vardir/yaml
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