PUPPET-PARSER(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-PARSER(8)NAMEpuppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.
SYNOPSIS
puppet parser 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 http://docs.puppet‐
labs.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
dump - Outputs a dump of the internal parse tree for debugging
SYNOPSIS
puppet parser dump [--e source] [--[no-]validate] -e source|
[manifest ...]
DESCRIPTION
This action parses and validates the Puppet DSL syntax without
compiling a catalog or syncing any resources.
The command accepts one or more manifests (.pp) files, or an -e
followed by the puppet source text. If no arguments are given,
the stdin is read (unless it is attached to a terminal)
The output format of the dumped tree is intended for debugging
purposes and is not API, it may change from time to time.
OPTIONS --e <source> - dump one source expression given on the
command line.
--[no-]validate - Whether or not to validate the parsed result,
if no-validate only syntax errors are reported
RETURNS
A dump of the resulting AST model unless there are syntax or
validation errors.
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 cat‐
alog or syncing any resources. If no manifest files are pro‐
vided, it will validate the default site manifest.
When validating multiple issues per file are reported up to the
settings of max_error, and max_warnings. The processing stops
after having reported issues for the first encountered file with
errors.
RETURNS
Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.
EXAMPLES
validate
Validate the default site manifest at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/mani‐
fests/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 2014 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING
Puppet Labs, LLC May 2015 PUPPET-PARSER(8)
