Agent
What is it?
The puppet agent is a service that runs on the servers. Once the service is started, The agent will be triggered on background every 30 min (by default).
The agent have 2 main usages:
- Send server`s facts to the puppet master
- Receive catalog from the puppet master ans apply it
Trigger
By default the agent is triggered every 30 minutes.
This interval value can be changed from the puppet.conf file.
- Linux-
/etc/puppet/puppet.conf - Windows -
%PROGRAMDATA%\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\puppet.conf
Set the runinterval to the wanted interval.
runinterval=xxx
The agent can be triggered manually with the command:
puppet agent -t
Verbose output
Sometimes it is helpful to get more output on puppet agent run.
It is very useful for debugging.
Run puppet agent with verbose and debug parameters:
debug- Enable full debugging.verbose- Turn on verbose reporting.
puppet agent -t --verbose --debug
Logging
Puppet agnet logs messages. You can view this logs here:
Linux - /var/log/puppet/puppet.log
Windows - view the Event Viewer (Control Panel → System and Security → Administrative Tools → Event Viewer)
Syntax:
- puppet agent [--certname NAME] [-D|--daemonize|--no-daemonize] [-d|--debug] [--detailed-exitcodes] [--digest DIGEST] [--disable [MESSAGE]] [--enable] [--fingerprint] [-h|--help] [-l|--logdest syslog|eventlog|FILE|console] [--masterport PORT] [--noop] [-o|--onetime] [-t|--test] [-v|--verbose] [-V|--version] [-w|--waitforcert SECONDS]
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