debian man page for puppet-apply

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NAME
       puppet-apply - Apply Puppet manifests locally

SYNOPSIS
       Applies a standalone Puppet manifest to the local system.

USAGE
       puppet apply [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-d|--debug] [-v|--verbose] [-e|--execute] [--detailed-exitcodes] [-l|--logdest file] [--apply cat-
       alog] [--catalog catalog] file

DESCRIPTION
       This is the standalone puppet execution tool; use it to apply individual manifests.

       When provided with a modulepath, via command line or config file, puppet apply can effectively mimic the catalog that would  be	served	by
       puppet  master  with access to the same modules, although there are some subtle differences. When combined with scheduling and an automated
       system for pushing manifests, this can be used to implement a serverless Puppet site.

       Most users should use 'puppet agent' and 'puppet master' for site-wide manifests.

OPTIONS
       Note that any configuration parameter that's valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument. For example, 'modulepath' is  a
       valid configuration parameter, so you can specify '--tags class,tag' 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.

       --detailed-exitcodes
	      Provide transaction information via exit codes. If this is enabled, an exit code of '2' means there were changes, an  exit  code	of
	      '4' means there were failures during the transaction, and an exit code of '6' means there were both changes and failures.

       --help Print this help message

       --loadclasses
	      Load  any  stored  classes.  'puppet  agent' caches configured classes (usually at /etc/puppet/classes.txt), and setting this option
	      causes all of those classes to be set in your puppet manifest.

       --logdest
	      Where to send messages. Choose between syslog, the console, and a log file. Defaults to sending messages to the console.

       --execute
	      Execute a specific piece of Puppet code

       --verbose
	      Print extra information.

       --apply
	      Apply a JSON catalog (such as one generated with 'puppet master --compile'). You can either specify a JSON file or pipe in JSON from
	      standard input. Deprecated, please use --catalog instead.

       --catalog
	      Apply a JSON catalog (such as one generated with 'puppet master --compile'). You can either specify a JSON file or pipe in JSON from
	      standard input.

EXAMPLE
       $ puppet apply -l /tmp/manifest.log manifest.pp
       $ puppet apply --modulepath=/root/dev/modules -e "include ntpd::server"
       $ puppet apply --catalog catalog.json

AUTHOR
       Luke Kanies

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

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