puppet-config.md

puppet config

Think of it as the git config of the Puppet world.

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Read and modify Puppet configuration settings.

$ puppet help config

USAGE: puppet config <action> [--section SECTION_NAME]

This subcommand can inspect and modify settings from OpenVox's
'puppet.conf' configuration file.

OPTIONS:
  --render-as FORMAT             - The rendering format to use.
  --verbose                      - Whether to log verbosely.
  --debug                        - Whether to log debug information.
  --section SECTION_NAME         - The section of the configuration file to
                                   interact with.

ACTIONS:
  delete    Delete an OpenVox setting.
  print     Examine OpenVox's current settings.
  set       Set OpenVox's settings.

Common Usage Patterns

# Print ALL settings (there are hundreds)
puppet config print all

# Print a specific setting
puppet config print server
puppet config print certname
puppet config print runinterval
puppet config print modulepath
puppet config print environmentpath

# Set the server hostname
sudo puppet config set server openvox.example.com --section agent

# Set the run interval to 1 hour
sudo puppet config set runinterval 3600 --section agent

# Set the environment
sudo puppet config set environment production --section agent

# Delete a setting (revert to default)
sudo puppet config delete server --section agent

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