PUPPET-GENERATE(8) | Puppet manual | PUPPET-GENERATE(8) |
NAME¶
puppet-generate - Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions.
SYNOPSIS¶
puppet generate action
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, server and run_mode are valid settings, so you can specify --server <servername>, or --run_mode <runmode> as an argument.
See the configuration file documentation at https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/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¶
- puppet generate types [--format format] [--force]
- DESCRIPTION
- Generates definitions for custom resource types using Puppet code.
- Types defined in Puppet code can be used to isolate custom type definitions between different environments.
- OPTIONS --force - Forces the generation of output files (skips up-to-date checks).
- --format <format> - The generation output format to use. Supported formats: pcore.
EXAMPLES¶
types
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the current environment:
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$ puppet generate types
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the specified environment:
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$ puppet generate types --environment development
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright 2016 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING
January 2022 | Puppet, Inc. |