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.TH "PUPPET\-GENERATE" "8" "March 2021" "Puppet, Inc." "Puppet manual"
.SH "NAME"
\fBpuppet\-generate\fR \- Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions\.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
puppet generate \fIaction\fR
.SH "OPTIONS"
Note that any setting 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, \fBserver\fR and \fBrun_mode\fR are valid settings, so you can specify \fB\-\-server <servername>\fR, or \fB\-\-run_mode <runmode>\fR as an argument\.
.P
See the configuration file documentation at \fIhttps://puppet\.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration\.html\fR for the full list of acceptable parameters\. A commented list of all configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with \fB\-\-genconfig\fR\.
.TP
\-\-render\-as FORMAT
The format in which to render output\. The most common formats are \fBjson\fR, \fBs\fR (string), \fByaml\fR, and \fBconsole\fR, but other options such as \fBdot\fR are sometimes available\.
.TP
\-\-verbose
Whether to log verbosely\.
.TP
\-\-debug
Whether to log debug information\.
.SH "ACTIONS"
.TP
\fBtypes\fR \- Generates Puppet code for custom types
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.IP
puppet generate types [\-\-format \fIformat\fR] [\-\-force]
.IP
\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.IP
Generates definitions for custom resource types using Puppet code\.
.IP
Types defined in Puppet code can be used to isolate custom type definitions between different environments\.
.IP
\fBOPTIONS\fR \fI\-\-force\fR \- Forces the generation of output files (skips up\-to\-date checks)\.
.IP
\fI\-\-format <format\fR> \- The generation output format to use\. Supported formats: pcore\.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
\fBtypes\fR
.P
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the current environment:
.IP "" 4
.nf
$ puppet generate types
.fi
.IP "" 0
.P
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the specified environment:
.IP "" 4
.nf
$ puppet generate types \-\-environment development
.fi
.IP "" 0
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2016 by Puppet Inc\. Apache 2 license; see COPYING