NAME

       puppet-resource_type - View classes, defined resource types, and nodes from all manifests.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet resource_type action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

DESCRIPTION

       This  subcommand  reads  information  about  the resource collections (classes, nodes, and defined types)
       available in Puppet´s site manifest and modules.

       It will eventually be extended to examine native resource types.

OPTIONS

       Note that any configuration parameter that´s 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 configuration parameters, so you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode>  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.

       --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.

       --extra HASH
              A terminus can take additional arguments to refine the operation, which are passed as an arbitrary
              hash to the back-end. Anything passed as the extra value is just send direct to the back-end.

       --terminus TERMINUS
              Indirector  faces  expose  indirected  subsystems  of  Puppet.  These  subsystems are each able to
              retrieve and alter a specific type of data (with the familiar actions of find, search,  save,  and
              destroy)  from  an  arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In Puppet parlance, these backends are
              called terminuses.

              Almost all indirected subsystems have a rest terminus that  interacts  with  the  puppet  master´s
              data.  Most  of  them  have additional terminuses for various local data models, which are in turn
              used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master whenever it receives a remote request.

              The terminus for an action is often determined by  context,  but  occasionally  needs  to  be  set
              explicitly. See the "Notes" section of this face´s manpage for more details.

ACTIONS

       destroy - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type destroy [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       find - Retrieve info about a resource collection.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type find [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] collection_name

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve info about a resource collection.

              RETURNS

              A  hash  of  info  about the requested resource collection. When used from the Ruby API: returns a
              Puppet::Resource::Type object.

              RENDERING ISSUES: yaml and string output for this indirection are  currently  unusable;  use  json
              instead.

              NOTES

              If  two  resource  collections  share  the  same name (e.g. you have both a node and a class named
              "default"), find will only return one of them. This can be worked around by using search instead.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

              DESCRIPTION

              Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that  different  run  modes  may  have
              different default termini; when in doubt, specify the run mode with the ´--run_mode´ option.

       save - Invalid for this subcommand.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              Invalid for this subcommand.

       search - Search for collections matching a regular expression.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet resource_type search [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] regular_expression

              DESCRIPTION

              Search for collections matching a regular expression.

              RETURNS

              An  array  of hashes of resource collection info. When used from the Ruby API: returns an array of
              Puppet::Resource::Type objects.

              RENDERING ISSUES: yaml and string output for this indirection are  currently  unusable;  use  json
              instead.

EXAMPLES

       find

       Retrieve info about a specific locally-defined class:

       $ puppet resource_type find ntp::disabled

       Retrieve info from the puppet master about a specific class:

       $ puppet resource_type find ntp --terminus rest

       search

       Retrieve all classes, nodes, and defined types:

       $ puppet resource_type search ´.*´

       Search for classes related to Nagios:

       $ puppet resource_type search nagios

NOTES

       The  find and search actions return similar hashes of resource collection info. These hashes will include
       the following four keys:

       •   file (a string)

       •   name (a string)

       •   type (hostclass, definition, or node)

       •   line (an integer)

       They may optionally include the following keys:

       •   parent (name_of_resource_collection)

       •   arguments (a hash of parameters and default values)

       •   doc (a string)

       This subcommand is an indirector face, which exposes find, search,  save,  and  destroy  actions  for  an
       indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid termini for this face include:

       •   parser

       •   rest

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING

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