NAME¶
puppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.
SYNOPSIS¶
puppet parser
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 and
run_mode are valid
configuration parameters, so you can specify
--server
<servername>, or
--run_mode <runmode> 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.
- --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¶
- validate - Validate the syntax of one or more Puppet
manifests.
- SYNOPSIS
- puppet parser validate [manifest] [manifest ...]
- DESCRIPTION
- This action validates Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a catalog or
syncing any resources. If no manifest files are provided, it will validate
the default site manifest.
- RETURNS
- Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.
EXAMPLES¶
validate
Validate the default site manifest at /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp:
$ puppet parser validate
Validate two arbitrary manifest files:
$ puppet parser validate init.pp vhost.pp
Validate from STDIN:
$ cat init.pp | puppet parser validate
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING