NAME

       puppet-doc - Generate Puppet documentation and references

SYNOPSIS

       Generates a reference for all Puppet types. Largely meant for internal Puppet Labs use.

       WARNING: RDoc support is only available under Ruby 1.8.7 and earlier.

USAGE

       puppet    doc    [-a|--all]   [-h|--help]   [-o|--outputdir   rdoc-outputdir]   [-m|--mode
       text|pdf|rdoc] [-r|--reference reference-name] [--charset charset] [manifest-file]

DESCRIPTION

       If mode is not ´rdoc´, then this command generates  a  Markdown  document  describing  all
       installed  Puppet  types  or  all allowable arguments to puppet executables. It is largely
       meant for internal use and is used to generate the reference  document  available  on  the
       Puppet Labs web site.

       In  ´rdoc´  mode,  this  command generates an html RDoc hierarchy describing the manifests
       that are  in  ´manifestdir´  and  ´modulepath´  configuration  directives.  The  generated
       documentation directory is doc by default but can be changed with the ´outputdir´ option.

       If  the  command  is  run with the name of a manifest file as an argument, puppet doc will
       output a single manifest´s documentation on stdout.

       WARNING: RDoc support is only available under Ruby 1.8.7 and  earlier.  The  internal  API
       used  to  support  manifest  documentation  has  changed  radically in newer versions, and
       support is not yet available for using those versions of RDoc.

OPTIONS

       --all  Output the docs for all of the reference types. In ´rdoc´ mode, this  also  outputs
              documentation for all resources.

       --help Print this help message

       --outputdir
              Used only in ´rdoc´ mode. The directory to which the rdoc output should be written.

       --mode Determine the output mode. Valid modes are ´text´, ´pdf´ and ´rdoc´. The ´pdf´ mode
              creates PDF formatted files in the /tmp directory. The default mode is ´text´.

       --reference
              Build a particular reference. Get a list  of  references  by  running  ´puppet  doc
              --list´.

       --charset
              Used only in ´rdoc´ mode. It sets the charset used in the html files produced.

       --manifestdir
              Used  only  in ´rdoc´ mode. The directory to scan for stand-alone manifests. If not
              supplied, puppet doc will use the manifestdir from puppet.conf.

       --modulepath
              Used only in ´rdoc´ mode. The directory or directories to scan for modules. If  not
              supplied, puppet doc will use the modulepath from puppet.conf.

       --environment
              Used  only  in  ´rdoc´  mode.  The configuration environment from which to read the
              modulepath and manifestdir settings, when reading said settings from puppet.conf.

EXAMPLE

       $ puppet doc -r type > /tmp/type_reference.markdown

       or

           $ puppet doc --outputdir /tmp/rdoc --mode rdoc /path/to/manifests

       or

           $ puppet doc /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp

       or

           $ puppet doc -m pdf -r configuration

AUTHOR

       Luke Kanies

COPYRIGHT

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