facter(8) [debian man page]
FACTER(8) System Manager's Manual FACTER(8) NAME
facter - Collect and display facts about the system SYNOPSIS
facter [options] [fact] ... DESCRIPTION
facter collects and displays facts about the current system. The library behind Facter is easy to expand, making Facter an easy way to collect information about a system from within the shell or within Ruby. If no facts are specifically asked for, then all facts will be returned. OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. --yaml Emit facts in YAML format. --json Emit facts in JSON format. --puppet Load the Puppet libraries, thus allowing Facter to load Puppet-specific facts. --help Show summary of options. --version Show version of program. --debug Enable debugging. --trace Enable backtraces. --timing Enable timing. EXAMPLES
facter Display a list of all facts facter kernel Display the kernel fact SEE ALSO
puppet(8), The facter homepage <http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/related-projects/facter/> AUTHOR
facter was written by Luke Kanies This manual page was written by Stig Sandbeck Mathisen <ssm@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). COPYRIGHT
Facter is Copyright (c) 2011 Puppet Labs, Inc Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license June 17, 2011 FACTER(8)
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PUPPET-PLUGIN(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-PLUGIN(8) NAME
puppet-plugin - Interact with the Puppet plugin system. SYNOPSIS
puppet plugin action DESCRIPTION
This subcommand provides network access to the puppet master's store of plugins. The puppet master serves Ruby code collected from the lib directories of its modules. These plugins can be used on agent nodes to extend Facter and implement custom types and providers. Plugins are normally downloaded by puppet agent during the course of a run. 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
download - Download plugins from the puppet master. SYNOPSIS puppet plugin download DESCRIPTION Downloads plugins from the configured puppet master. Any plugins downloaded in this way will be used in all subsequent Puppet activ- ity. This action modifies files on disk. RETURNS A list of the files downloaded, or a confirmation that no files were downloaded. When used from the Ruby API, this action returns an array of the files downloaded, which will be empty if none were retrieved. EXAMPLES
download Retrieve plugins from the puppet master: $ puppet plugin download Retrieve plugins from the puppet master (API example): $ Puppet::Face[:plugin, '0.0.1'].download COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING Puppet Labs, LLC June 2012 PUPPET-PLUGIN(8)