PUPPET-HELP(8)							   Puppet manual						    PUPPET-HELP(8)

NAME

       puppet-help - Display Puppet help.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet help action

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 is a valid configuration parameter, so you can  specify  --server  <servername>  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.

       --mode MODE
	      The run mode to use for the current action. Valid modes are user, agent, and master.

       --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.

ACTIONS

       help - Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions.
	      SYNOPSIS

	      puppet help [--version VERSION] [subcommand] [action]

	      DESCRIPTION

	      Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions.

	      OPTIONS

	      --version VERSION - The version of the subcommand for which to show help.

	      RETURNS

	      Short help text for the specified subcommand or action.

EXAMPLES

       help

       Get help for an action:

       $ puppet help

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING

Puppet Labs, LLC						     June 2012							    PUPPET-HELP(8)