NAME

       puppet-resource - The resource abstraction layer shell

SYNOPSIS

       Uses the Puppet RAL to directly interact with the system.

USAGE

       puppet   resource  [-h|--help]  [-d|--debug]  [-v|--verbose]  [-e|--edit]  [-H|--host  host]  [-p|--param
       parameter] [-t|--types] type [name] [attribute=value ...]

DESCRIPTION

       This command provides simple facilities for converting current system state into Puppet code, along  with
       some ability to modify the current state using Puppet´s RAL.

       By  default,  you  must  at  least  provide  a  type to list, in which case puppet resource will tell you
       everything it knows about all resources of that type. You can optionally specify an  instance  name,  and
       puppet resource will only describe that single instance.

       If  given a type, a name, and a series of attribute=value pairs, puppet resource will modify the state of
       the specified resource. Alternately, if given a type, a name, and the ´--edit´ flag, puppet resource will
       write its output to a file, open that file in an editor, and then  apply  the  saved  file  as  a  Puppet
       transaction.

OPTIONS

       Note  that  any  configuration  parameter  that´s  valid  in  the configuration file is also a valid long
       argument. For example, ´ssldir´ is  a  valid  configuration  parameter,  so  you  can  specify  ´--ssldir
       directory´ as an argument.

       See              the              configuration             file             documentation             at
       http://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.

       --edit Write the results of the query to a file, open the file in an editor, and read the file back in as
              an executable Puppet manifest.

       --host When specified, connect to the resource server on the named host and retrieve the list of resouces
              of the type specified.

       --help Print this help message.

       --param
              Add more parameters to be outputted from queries.

       --types
              List all available types.

       --verbose
              Print extra information.

EXAMPLE

       This example uses puppet resource to return a Puppet configuration for the user luke:

           $ puppet resource user luke
           user { ´luke´:
            home => ´/home/luke´,
            uid => ´100´,
            ensure => ´present´,
            comment => ´Luke Kanies,,,´,
            gid => ´1000´,
            shell => ´/bin/bash´,
            groups => [´sysadmin´,´audio´,´video´,´puppet´]
           }

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

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

Puppet Labs, LLC                                  January 2013                                PUPPET-RESOURCE(8)