references/configuration.md
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puppet.conf or on the
command line.node_terminus, storeconfigs, always_retry_plugins,
disable18n, environment_timeout (when Code Manager is enabled), and the
Puppet Server JRuby max-active-instances setting. To verify PE configuration
defaults, check the puppet.conf or pe-puppet-server.conf file after
installation.--setting and
--no-setting instead of --setting (true|false). (Using --setting false
results in "Error: Could not parse application options: needless argument".)$variables in other settings; $environment
is special, in that puppet master will interpolate each agent node's
environment instead of its own.splay setting, note that the period that it waits changes
each time the Puppet agent is restarted.rundir = $vardir/run { owner = puppet, group = puppet, mode = 644 }See the configuration guide for more details.
A lock file to indicate that a puppet agent catalog run is currently in progress. The file contains the pid of the process that holds the lock on the catalog run.
$statedir/agent_catalog_run.lockA lock file to indicate that puppet agent runs have been administratively disabled. File contains a JSON object with state information.
$statedir/agent_disabled.lockWhether to allow a new certificate request to overwrite an existing
certificate request. If true, then the old certificate must be cleaned using
puppetserver ca clean, and the new request signed using puppetserver ca sign.
falseWhether to allow PSON serialization. When unable to serialize to
JSON or other formats, Puppet falls back to PSON. This option affects the
configuration management service responses of Puppet Server and the process by
which the agent saves its cached catalog. With a default value of false, this
option is useful in preventing the loss of data because rich data cannot be
serialized via PSON.
falseAffects how we cache attempts to load Puppet resource types and features. If
true, then calls to Puppet.type.<type>? Puppet.feature.<feature>?
will always attempt to load the type or feature (which can be an
expensive operation) unless it has already been loaded successfully.
This makes it possible for a single agent run to, e.g., install a
package that provides the underlying capabilities for a type or feature,
and then later load that type or feature during the same run (even if
the type or feature had been tested earlier and had not been available).
If this setting is set to false, then types and features will only be checked once, and if they are not available, the negative result is cached and returned for all subsequent attempts to load the type or feature. This behavior is almost always appropriate for the server, and can result in a significant performance improvement for types and features that are checked frequently.
trueWhether log files should always flush to disk.
trueWhether (and how) to autosign certificate requests. This setting is only relevant on a Puppet Server acting as a certificate authority (CA).
Valid values are true (autosigns all certificate requests; not recommended), false (disables autosigning certificates), or the absolute path to a file.
The file specified in this setting may be either a configuration file
or a custom policy executable. Puppet will automatically determine
what it is: If the Puppet user (see the user setting) can execute the
file, it will be treated as a policy executable; otherwise, it will be
treated as a config file.
If a custom policy executable is configured, the CA Puppet Server will run it every time it receives a CSR. The executable will be passed the subject CN of the request as a command line argument, and the contents of the CSR in PEM format on stdin. It should exit with a status of 0 if the cert should be autosigned and non-zero if the cert should not be autosigned.
If a certificate request is not autosigned, it will persist for review. An admin
user can use the puppetserver ca sign command to manually sign it, or can delete
the request.
For info on autosign configuration files, see the guide to Puppet's config files.
$confdir/autosign.confThe search path for global modules. Should be specified as a list of directories separated by the system path separator character. (The POSIX path separator is ':', and the Windows path separator is ';'.)
These are the modules that will be used by all environments. Note that
the modules directory of the active environment will have priority over
any global directories. For more info, see
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/environments_about.html
$codedir/modules:/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/modulesThe binder configuration file. Puppet reads this file on each request to configure the bindings system. If set to nil (the default), a $confdir/binder_config.yaml is optionally loaded. If it does not exists, a default configuration is used. If the setting :binding_config is specified, it must reference a valid and existing yaml file.
Where FileBucket files are stored.
$vardir/bucketThe expected fingerprint of the CA certificate. If specified, the agent will compare the CA certificate fingerprint that it downloads against this value and reject the CA certificate if the values do not match. This only applies during the first download of the CA certificate.
The name to use the Certificate Authority certificate.
Puppet CA: $certnameThe port to use for the certificate authority.
$serverportHow often the Puppet agent refreshes its local CA certificates. By default, CA certificates are refreshed every 24 hours. If a different interval is specified, the agent refreshes its CA certificates during the next agent run if the elapsed time since the certificates were last refreshed exceeds the specified duration.
In general, the interval should be greater than the runinterval
value. Setting the ca_refresh_interval value to 0 or an equal or
lesser value than runinterval causes the CA certificates to be
refreshed on every run.
If the agent downloads new CA certs, the agent uses those for subsequent network requests. If the refresh request fails or if the CA certs are unchanged on the server, then the agent run will continue using the local CA certs it already has. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
1dThe server to use for certificate authority requests. It's a separate server because it cannot and does not need to horizontally scale.
$serverThe default TTL for new certificates. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
5yThe CA certificate.
$cadir/ca_crt.pemThe certificate revocation list (CRL) for the CA.
$cadir/ca_crl.pemThe root directory for the certificate authority.
/etc/puppetlabs/puppetserver/caThe CA private key.
$cadir/ca_key.pemThe CA public key.
$cadir/ca_pub.pemHow to store cached catalogs. Valid values are 'json', 'msgpack' and 'yaml'. The agent application defaults to 'json'.
Where to get node catalogs. This is useful to change if, for instance, you'd like to pre-compile catalogs and store them in memcached or some other easily-accessed store.
compilerThe inventory file. This is a text file to which the CA writes a complete listing of all certificates.
$cadir/inventory.txtThe certificate directory.
$ssldir/certsWhether certificate revocation checking should be enabled, and what level of checking should be performed.
When certificate revocation is enabled, Puppet expects the contents of its CRL to be one or more PEM-encoded CRLs concatenated together. When using a cert bundle, CRLs for all CAs in the chain of trust must be included in the crl file. The chain should be ordered from least to most authoritative, with the first CRL listed being for the root of the chain and the last being for the leaf CA.
When certificate_revocation is set to 'true' or 'chain', Puppet ensures that each CA in the chain of trust has not been revoked by its issuing CA.
When certificate_revocation is set to 'leaf', Puppet verifies certs against the issuing CA's revocation list, but it does not verify the revocation status of the issuing CA or any CA above it within the chain of trust.
When certificate_revocation is set to 'false', Puppet disables all certificate revocation checking and does not attempt to download the CRL.
chainThe name to use when handling certificates. When a node
requests a certificate from the CA Puppet Server, it uses the value of the
certname setting as its requested Subject CN.
This is the name used when managing a node's permissions in
Puppet Server's auth.conf.
In most cases, it is also used as the node's name when matching
node definitions
and requesting data from an ENC. (This can be changed with the node_name_value
and node_name_fact settings, although you should only do so if you have
a compelling reason.)
A node's certname is available in Puppet manifests as $trusted['certname']. (See
Facts and Built-In Variables
for more details.)
For best compatibility, you should limit the value of certname to
only use lowercase letters, numbers, periods, underscores, and dashes. (That is,
it should match /A[a-z0-9._-]+Z/.)
The special value ca is reserved, and can't be used as the certname
for a normal node.
Note: You must set the certname in the main section of the puppet.conf file. Setting it in a different section causes errors.
Defaults to the node's fully qualified domain name.
the Host's fully qualified domain name, as determined by FacterThe list of ciphersuites for TLS connections initiated by puppet. The default value is chosen to support TLS 1.0 and up, but can be made more restrictive if needed. The ciphersuites must be specified in OpenSSL format, not IANA.
ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256The file in which puppet agent stores a list of the classes
associated with the retrieved configuration. Can be loaded in
the separate puppet executable using the --loadclasses
option.
$statedir/classes.txtThe directory in which serialized data is stored on the client.
$vardir/client_dataWhere FileBucket files are stored locally.
$vardir/clientbucketThe directory in which client-side YAML data is stored.
$vardir/client_yamlCode to parse directly. This is essentially only used
by puppet, and should only be set if you're writing your own Puppet
executable.
The main Puppet code directory. The default for this setting is calculated based on the user. If the process is running as root or the user that Puppet is supposed to run as, it defaults to a system directory, but if it's running as any other user, it defaults to being in the user's home directory.
Unix/Linux: /etc/puppetlabs/code -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\code -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/etc/codeWhether to use colors when logging to the console. Valid values are
ansi (equivalent to true), html, and false, which produces no color.
ansiThe main Puppet configuration directory. The default for this setting is calculated based on the user. If the process is running as root or the user that Puppet is supposed to run as, it defaults to a system directory, but if it's running as any other user, it defaults to being in the user's home directory.
Unix/Linux: /etc/puppetlabs/puppet -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/etc/puppetThe configuration file for the current puppet application.
$confdir/${config_file_name}The name of the puppet config file.
puppet.confHow to determine the configuration version. By default, it will be the time that the configuration is parsed, but you can provide a shell script to override how the version is determined. The output of this script will be added to every log message in the reports, allowing you to correlate changes on your hosts to the source version on the server.
Setting a global value for config_version in puppet.conf is not allowed (but it can be overridden from the commandline). Please set a per-environment value in environment.conf instead. For more info, see https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/environments_about.html
Prints the value of a specific configuration setting. If the name of a setting is provided for this, then the value is printed and puppet exits. Comma-separate multiple values. For a list of all values, specify 'all'. This setting is deprecated, the 'puppet config' command replaces this functionality.
How often the Puppet agent refreshes its local Certificate Revocation List (CRL). By default, the CRL is refreshed every 24 hours. If a different interval is specified, the agent refreshes its CRL on the next Puppet agent run if the elapsed time since the CRL was last refreshed exceeds the specified interval.
In general, the interval should be greater than the runinterval value.
Setting the crl_refresh_interval value to 0 or an equal or lesser value
than runinterval causes the CRL to be refreshed on every run.
If the agent downloads a new CRL, the agent will use it for subsequent network requests. If the refresh request fails or if the CRL is unchanged on the server, then the agent run will continue using the local CRL it already has.This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
1dAn optional file containing custom attributes to add to certificate signing
requests (CSRs). You should ensure that this file does not exist on your CA
Puppet Server; if it does, unwanted certificate extensions may leak into
certificates created with the puppetserver ca generate command.
If present, this file must be a YAML hash containing a custom_attributes key
and/or an extension_requests key. The value of each key must be a hash, where
each key is a valid OID and each value is an object that can be cast to a string.
Custom attributes can be used by the CA when deciding whether to sign the
certificate, but are then discarded. Attribute OIDs can be any OID value except
the standard CSR attributes (i.e. attributes described in RFC 2985 section 5.4).
This is useful for embedding a pre-shared key for autosigning policy executables
(see the autosign setting), often by using the 1.2.840.113549.1.9.7
("challenge password") OID.
Extension requests will be permanently embedded in the final certificate.
Extension OIDs must be in the "ppRegCertExt" (1.3.6.1.4.1.34380.1.1),
"ppPrivCertExt" (1.3.6.1.4.1.34380.1.2), or
"ppAuthCertExt" (1.3.6.1.4.1.34380.1.3) OID arcs. The ppRegCertExt arc is
reserved for four of the most common pieces of data to embed: pp_uuid (.1),
pp_instance_id (.2), pp_image_name (.3), and pp_preshared_key (.4)
--- in the YAML file, these can be referred to by their short descriptive names
instead of their full OID. The ppPrivCertExt arc is unregulated, and can be used
for site-specific extensions. The ppAuthCert arc is reserved for two pieces of
data to embed: pp_authorization (.1) and pp_auth_role (.13). As with
ppRegCertExt, in the YAML file, these can be referred to by their short
descriptive name instead of their full OID.
$confdir/csr_attributes.yamlWhere the CA stores certificate requests.
$cadir/requestsWhether to send the process into the background. This defaults to true on POSIX systems, and to false on Windows (where Puppet currently cannot daemonize).
trueThis setting has been deprecated. Use of any value other than 'hiera' should instead be configured in a version 5 hiera.yaml. Until this setting is removed, it controls which data binding terminus to use for global automatic data binding (across all environments). By default this value is 'hiera'. A value of 'none' turns off the global binding.
hieraThe default source for files if no server is given in a
uri, e.g. puppet:///file. The default of rest causes the file to be
retrieved using the server setting. When running apply the default
is file_server, causing requests to be filled locally.
restThe default main manifest for directory environments. Any environment that
doesn't set the manifest setting in its environment.conf file will use
this manifest.
This setting's value can be an absolute or relative path. An absolute path will make all environments default to the same main manifest; a relative path will allow each environment to use its own manifest, and Puppet will resolve the path relative to each environment's main directory.
In either case, the path can point to a single file or to a directory of manifests to be evaluated in alphabetical order.
./manifestsBoolean; whether to generate the default schedule resources. Setting this to false is useful for keeping external report processors clean of skipped schedule resources.
trueThe root directory of devices' $confdir.
$confdir/devicesPath to the device config file for puppet device.
$confdir/device.confThe root directory of devices' $vardir.
$vardir/devicesWhich diff command to use when printing differences between files. This setting
has no default value on Windows, as standard diff is not available, but Puppet can use many
third-party diff tools.
diffWhich arguments to pass to the diff command when printing differences between
files. The command to use can be chosen with the diff setting.
-uWhich digest algorithm to use for file resources and the filebucket. Valid values are sha256, sha384, sha512, sha224, md5. Default is sha256.
sha256If true, turns off all translations of Puppet and module log messages, which affects error, warning, and info log messages, as well as any translations in the report and CLI.
trueWhether to disallow an environment-specific main manifest. When set
to true, Puppet will use the manifest specified in the default_manifest setting
for all environments. If an environment specifies a different main manifest in its
environment.conf file, catalog requests for that environment will fail with an error.
This setting requires default_manifest to be set to an absolute path.
falseA comma-separated list of warning types to suppress. If large numbers of warnings are making Puppet's logs too large or difficult to use, you can temporarily silence them with this setting.
If you are preparing to upgrade Puppet to a new major version, you should re-enable all warnings for a while.
Valid values for this setting are:
deprecations --- disables deprecation warnings.undefined_variables --- disables warnings about non existing variables.undefined_resources --- disables warnings about non existing resources.[]A comma-separated list of alternate DNS names for Puppet Server. These are extra
hostnames (in addition to its certname) that the server is allowed to use when
serving agents. Puppet checks this setting when automatically creating a
certificate for Puppet agent or Puppet Server. These can be either IP or DNS, and the type
should be specified and followed with a colon. Untyped inputs will default to DNS.
In order to handle agent requests at a given hostname (like "puppet.example.com"), Puppet Server needs a certificate that proves it's allowed to use that name; if a server shows a certificate that doesn't include its hostname, Puppet agents will refuse to trust it. If you use a single hostname for Puppet traffic but load-balance it to multiple Puppet Servers, each of those servers needs to include the official hostname in its list of extra names.
Note: The list of alternate names is locked in when the server's certificate is signed. If you need to change the list later, you can't just change this setting; you also need to regenerate the certificate. For more information on that process, see the cert regen docs.
To see all the alternate names your servers are using, log into your CA server
and run puppetserver ca list --all, then check the output for (alt names: ...).
Most agent nodes should NOT have alternate names; the only certs that should
have them are Puppet Server nodes that you want other agents to trust.
Whether to document all resources when using puppet doc to
generate manifest documentation.
falseThe environment in which Puppet is running. For clients,
such as puppet agent, this determines the environment itself, which
Puppet uses to find modules and much more. For servers, such as puppet server,
this provides the default environment for nodes that Puppet knows nothing about.
When defining an environment in the [agent] section, this refers to the
environment that the agent requests from the primary server. The environment doesn't
have to exist on the local filesystem because the agent fetches it from the
primary server. This definition is used when running puppet agent.
When defined in the [user] section, the environment refers to the path that
Puppet uses to search for code and modules related to its execution. This
requires the environment to exist locally on the filesystem where puppet is
being executed. Puppet subcommands, including puppet module and
puppet apply, use this definition.
Given that the context and effects vary depending on the
config section
in which the environment setting is defined, do not set it globally.
productionThe name of a registered environment data provider used when obtaining environment specific data. The three built in and registered providers are 'none' (no data), 'function' (data obtained by calling the function 'environment::data()') and 'hiera' (data obtained using a data provider configured using a hiera.yaml file in root of the environment). Other environment data providers may be registered in modules on the module path. For such custom data providers see the respective module documentation. This setting is deprecated.
How long the Puppet server should cache data it loads from an environment.
A value of 0 will disable caching. This setting can also be set to
unlimited, which will cache environments until the server is restarted
or told to refresh the cache. All other values will result in Puppet
server evicting environments that haven't been used within the last
environment_timeout seconds.
You should change this setting once your Puppet deployment is doing
non-trivial work. We chose the default value of 0 because it lets new
users update their code without any extra steps, but it lowers the
performance of your Puppet server. We recommend either:
Setting this to unlimited and explicitly refreshing your Puppet server
as part of your code deployment process.
Setting this to a number that will keep your most actively used environments cached, but allow testing environments to fall out of the cache and reduce memory usage. A value of 3 minutes (3m) is a reasonable value.
Once you set environment_timeout to a non-zero value, you need to tell
Puppet server to read new code from disk using the environment-cache API
endpoint after you deploy new code. See the docs for the Puppet Server
administrative API.
0A search path for directory environments, as a list of directories separated by the system path separator character. (The POSIX path separator is ':', and the Windows path separator is ';'.)
This setting must have a value set to enable directory environments. The
recommended value is $codedir/environments. For more details, see
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/environments_about.html
$codedir/environmentsWhether each resource should log when it is being evaluated. This allows you to interactively see exactly what is being done.
falseSpecifies how unchanged resources are listed in reports. When
set to true, resources that have had no changes after catalog application
will not have corresponding unchanged resource status updates listed in a
report.
trueThe external node classifier (ENC) script to use for node data. Puppet combines this data with the main manifest to produce node catalogs.
To enable this setting, set the node_terminus setting to exec.
This setting's value must be the path to an executable command that can produce node information. The command must:
Take the name of a node as a command-line argument.
Return a YAML hash with up to three keys:
classes --- A list of classes, as an array or hash.environment --- A string.parameters --- A list of top-scope variables to set, as a hash.For unknown nodes, exit with a non-zero exit code.
Generally, an ENC script makes requests to an external data source.
For more info, see the ENC documentation.
noneThe soft limit for the length of a fact name.
2560The soft limit for the length of a fact value.
4096Where Puppet should look for facts. Multiple directories should be separated by the system path separator character. (The POSIX path separator is ':', and the Windows path separator is ';'.)
$vardir/lib/facter:$vardir/factsThe node facts terminus.
facterWhere the fileserver configuration is stored.
$confdir/fileserver.confThe minimum time to wait between checking for updates in configuration files. This timeout determines how quickly Puppet checks whether a file (such as manifests or puppet.conf) has changed on disk. The default will change in a future release to be 'unlimited', requiring a reload of the Puppet service to pick up changes to its internal configuration. Currently we do not accept a value of 'unlimited'. To reparse files within an environment in Puppet Server please use the environment_cache endpoint
15sThe authorization key to connect to the Puppet Forge. Leave blank for unauthorized or license based connections
Freezes the 'main' class, disallowing any code to be added to it. This essentially means that you can't have any code outside of a node, class, or definition other than in the site manifest.
falseWhen true, causes Puppet applications to print an example config file
to stdout and exit. The example will include descriptions of each
setting, and the current (or default) value of each setting,
incorporating any settings overridden on the CLI (with the exception
of genconfig itself). This setting only makes sense when specified
on the command line as --genconfig.
falseWhether to just print a manifest to stdout and exit. Only makes
sense when specified on the command line as --genmanifest. Takes into account arguments specified
on the CLI.
falseWhether to create .dot graph files, which let you visualize the dependency and containment relationships in Puppet's catalog. You can load and view these files with tools like OmniGraffle (OS X) or graphviz (multi-platform).
Graph files are created when applying a catalog, so this setting
should be used on nodes running puppet agent or puppet apply.
The graphdir setting determines where Puppet will save graphs. Note
that we don't save graphs for historical runs; Puppet will replace the
previous .dot files with new ones every time it applies a catalog.
See your graphing software's documentation for details on opening .dot
files. If you're using GraphViz's dot command, you can do a quick PNG
render with dot -Tpng <DOT FILE> -o <OUTPUT FILE>.
falseWhere to save .dot-format graphs (when the graph setting is enabled).
$statedir/graphsThe group Puppet Server will run as. Used to ensure the agent side processes (agent, apply, etc) create files and directories readable by Puppet Server when necessary.
puppetThe hiera configuration file. Puppet only reads this file on startup, so you must restart the puppet server every time you edit it.
$confdir/hiera.yaml. However, for backwards compatibility, if a file exists at $codedir/hiera.yaml, Puppet uses that instead.Where individual hosts store and look for their certificates.
$certdir/$certname.pemHow often the Puppet agent renews its client certificate. By default, the client certificate is renewed 30 days before the certificate expires. If a different interval is specified, the agent renews its client certificate during the next agent run, assuming that the client certificate has expired within the specified duration.
In general, the hostcert_renewal_interval value should be greater than the
runinterval value. Setting the hostcert_renewal_interval value to 0 disables
automatic renewal.
If the agent downloads a new certificate, the agent will use it for subsequent network requests. If the refresh request fails, the agent run continues to use its existing certificate. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
30dWhere the host's certificate revocation list can be found. This is distinct from the certificate authority's CRL.
$ssldir/crl.pemWhere individual hosts store their certificate request (CSR) while waiting for the CA to issue their certificate.
$requestdir/$certname.pemWhere individual hosts store and look for their private key.
$privatekeydir/$certname.pemWhere individual hosts store and look for their public key.
$publickeydir/$certname.pemThe maximum amount of time to wait when establishing an HTTP connection. The default value is 2 minutes. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
2mWhether to write HTTP request and responses to stderr. This should never be used in a production environment.
falseThe list of extra headers that will be sent with http requests to the primary server. The header definition consists of a name and a value separated by a colon.
[]The maximum amount of time a persistent HTTP connection can remain idle in the connection pool, before it is closed. This timeout should be shorter than the keepalive timeout used on the HTTP server, e.g. Apache KeepAliveTimeout directive. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
4sThe HTTP proxy host to use for outgoing connections. The proxy will be bypassed if
the server's hostname matches the NO_PROXY environment variable or no_proxy setting. Note: You
may need to use a FQDN for the server hostname when using a proxy. Environment variable
http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY will override this value.
noneThe password for the user of an authenticated HTTP proxy.
Requires the http_proxy_user setting.
Note that passwords must be valid when used as part of a URL. If a password
contains any characters with special meanings in URLs (as specified by RFC 3986
section 2.2), they must be URL-encoded. (For example, # would become %23.)
noneThe HTTP proxy port to use for outgoing connections
3128The user name for an authenticated HTTP proxy. Requires the http_proxy_host setting.
noneThe time to wait for data to be read from an HTTP connection. If nothing is read after the elapsed interval then the connection will be closed. The default value is 10 minutes. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
10mThe HTTP User-Agent string to send when making network requests.
Puppet/<version> Ruby/<version> (<architecture>)Whether the puppet run should ignore errors during pluginsync. If the setting is false and there are errors during pluginsync, then the agent will abort the run and submit a report containing information about the failed run.
falseSkip searching for classes and definitions that were missing during a prior compilation. The list of missing objects is maintained per-environment and persists until the environment is cleared or the primary server is restarted.
falseBoolean; whether puppet agent should ignore schedules. This is useful for initial puppet agent runs.
falseWhether to include legacy facts when requesting a catalog. This
option can be set to false if all puppet manifests, hiera.yaml, and hiera
configuration layers no longer access legacy facts, such as $osfamily, and
instead access structured facts, such as $facts['os']['family'].
falseThe type of private key. Valid values are rsa and ec. Default is rsa.
rsaThe bit length of keys.
4096Where puppet agent stores the last run report summary in yaml format.
$publicdir/last_run_summary.yamlWhere Puppet Agent stores the last run report, by default, in yaml format.
The format of the report can be changed by setting the cache key of the report terminus
in the routes.yaml file.
To avoid mismatches between content and file extension, this setting needs to be
manually updated to reflect the terminus changes.
$statedir/last_run_report.yamlThe LDAP attributes to include when querying LDAP for nodes. All returned attributes are set as variables in the top-level scope. Multiple values should be comma-separated. The value 'all' returns all attributes.
allThe search base for LDAP searches. It's impossible to provide a meaningful default here, although the LDAP libraries might have one already set. Generally, it should be the 'ou=Hosts' branch under your main directory.
The LDAP attributes to use to define Puppet classes. Values should be comma-separated.
puppetclassThe attribute to use to define the parent node.
parentnodeThe password to use to connect to LDAP.
The LDAP port.
389The LDAP server.
ldapWhether SSL should be used when searching for nodes. Defaults to false because SSL usually requires certificates to be set up on the client side.
falseThe LDAP attributes that should be stacked to arrays by adding the values in all hierarchy elements of the tree. Values should be comma-separated.
puppetvarThe search string used to find an LDAP node.
(&(objectclass=puppetClient)(cn=%s))Whether TLS should be used when searching for nodes. Defaults to false because TLS usually requires certificates to be set up on the client side.
falseThe user to use to connect to LDAP. Must be specified as a full DN.
An extra search path for Puppet. This is only useful for those files that Puppet will load on demand, and is only guaranteed to work for those cases. In fact, the autoload mechanism is responsible for making sure this directory is in Ruby's search path
$vardir/libWhere each client stores the CA certificate.
$certdir/ca.pemWhere Puppet should store translation files that it pulls down from the central server.
$vardir/localesFrom where to retrieve translation files. The standard Puppet file type
is used for retrieval, so anything that is a valid file source can
be used here.
puppet:///localesThis will allow sending the name + password and the cookie header to all hosts that puppet may redirect to. This may or may not introduce a security breach if puppet redirects you to a site to which you'll send your authentication info and cookies.
falseDefault logging level for messages from Puppet. Allowed values are:
noticeWhere to send log messages. Choose between 'syslog' (the POSIX syslog
service), 'eventlog' (the Windows Event Log), 'console', or the path to a log
file. Multiple destinations can be set using a comma separated list (eg: /path/file1,console,/path/file2)
The directory in which to store log files
Unix/Linux: /var/log/puppetlabs/puppet -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\log -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/var/logWhether Puppet should manage the owner, group, and mode of files it uses internally.
Note: For Windows agents, the default is false for versions 4.10.13 and greater, versions 5.5.6 and greater, and versions 6.0 and greater.
trueThe entry-point manifest for the primary server. This can be one file or a directory of manifests to be evaluated in alphabetical order. Puppet manages this path as a directory if one exists or if the path ends with a / or .
Setting a global value for manifest in puppet.conf is not allowed
(but it can be overridden from the commandline). Please use
directory environments instead. If you need to use something other than the
environment's manifests directory as the main manifest, you can set
manifest in environment.conf. For more info, see
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/environments_about.html
The default port puppet subcommands use to communicate
with Puppet Server. (eg puppet facts upload, puppet agent). May be
overridden by more specific settings (see ca_port, report_port).
8140Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation deprecation warnings in case multiple deprecation warnings have been detected. A value of 0 blocks the logging of deprecation warnings. The count is per manifest.
10Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation errors in case multiple errors have been detected. A value of 0 is the same as a value of 1; a minimum of one error is always raised. The count is per manifest.
10Sets the max number of logged/displayed parser validation warnings in case multiple warnings have been detected. A value of 0 blocks logging of warnings. The count is per manifest.
10The maximum allowed UID. Some platforms use negative UIDs but then ship with tools that do not know how to handle signed ints, so the UIDs show up as huge numbers that can then not be fed back into the system. This is a hackish way to fail in a slightly more useful way when that happens.
4294967290The maximum amount of time the Puppet agent should wait for its
certificate request to be signed. A value of unlimited will cause puppet agent
to ask for a signed certificate indefinitely.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
unlimitedThe maximum amount of time the puppet agent should wait for an
already running puppet agent to finish before starting a new one. This is set by default to 1 minute.
A value of unlimited will cause puppet agent to wait indefinitely.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
1mWhether to merge class-level dependency failure warnings.
When a class has a failed dependency, every resource in the class generates a notice level message about the dependency failure, and a warning level message about skipping the resource.
If true, all messages caused by a class dependency failure are merged into one message associated with the class.
falseWhether to create the necessary user and group that puppet agent will run as.
falseExtra module groups to request from the Puppet Forge. This is an internal setting, and users should never change it.
The module repository
https://forgeapi.puppet.comThe directory into which module tool data is stored
$vardir/puppet-moduleThe search path for modules, as a list of directories separated by the system path separator character. (The POSIX path separator is ':', and the Windows path separator is ';'.)
Setting a global value for modulepath in puppet.conf is not allowed
(but it can be overridden from the commandline). Please use
directory environments instead. If you need to use something other than the
default modulepath of <ACTIVE ENVIRONMENT'S MODULES DIR>:$basemodulepath,
you can set modulepath in environment.conf. For more info, see
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/environments_about.html
The name of the application, if we are running as one. The
default is essentially $0 without the path or .rb.
The short name for the EC curve used to generate the EC private key. Valid
values must be one of the curves in OpenSSL::PKey::EC.builtin_curves.
Default is prime256v1.
prime256v1List of host or domain names that should not go through http_proxy_host. Environment variable no_proxy or NO_PROXY will override this value. Names can be specified as an FQDN host.example.com, wildcard *.example.com, dotted domain .example.com, or suffix example.com.
localhost, 127.0.0.1How to store cached nodes. Valid values are (none), 'json', 'msgpack', or 'yaml'.
The fact name used to determine the node name used for all requests the agent makes to the primary server. WARNING: This setting is mutually exclusive with node_name_value. Changing this setting also requires changes to Puppet Server's default auth.conf.
The explicit value used for the node name for all requests the agent makes to the primary server. WARNING: This setting is mutually exclusive with node_name_fact. Changing this setting also requires changes to Puppet Server's default auth.conf.
$certnameWhich node data plugin to use when compiling node catalogs.
When Puppet compiles a catalog, it combines two primary sources of info: the main manifest, and a node data plugin (often called a "node terminus," for historical reasons). Node data plugins provide three things for a given node name:
The three main node data plugins are:
plain --- Returns no data, so that the main manifest controls all node configuration.exec --- Uses an
external node classifier (ENC),
configured by the external_nodes setting. This lets you pull a list of Puppet classes
from any external system, using a small glue script to perform the request and format the
result as YAML.classifier (formerly console) --- Specific to Puppet Enterprise. Uses the PE console
for node data."plainWhether to apply catalogs in noop mode, which allows Puppet to partially simulate a normal run. This setting affects puppet agent and puppet apply.
When running in noop mode, Puppet will check whether each resource is in sync, like it does when running normally. However, if a resource attribute is not in the desired state (as declared in the catalog), Puppet will take no action, and will instead report the changes it would have made. These simulated changes will appear in the report sent to the primary Puppet server, or be shown on the console if running puppet agent or puppet apply in the foreground. The simulated changes will not send refresh events to any subscribing or notified resources, although Puppet will log that a refresh event would have been sent.
Important note:
The noop metaparameter
allows you to apply individual resources in noop mode, and will override
the global value of the noop setting. This means a resource with
noop => false will be changed if necessary, even when running puppet
agent with noop = true or --noop. (Conversely, a resource with
noop => true will only be simulated, even when noop mode is globally disabled.)
falseThe soft limit for the total number of fact values. This counts the child elements of all facts (e.g. all items of an array or a hash), not just top level facts.
10240Perform one configuration run and exit, rather than spawning a long-running daemon. This is useful for interactively running puppet agent, or running puppet agent from cron.
falseWhere puppet agent stores the password for its private key. Generally unused.
$privatedir/passwordThe shell search path. Defaults to whatever is inherited from the parent process.
This setting can only be set in the [main] section of puppet.conf; it cannot
be set in [server], [agent], or an environment config section.
noneThe soft limit for the size of the payload.
16777216The file containing the PID of a running process. This file is intended to be used by service management frameworks and monitoring systems to determine if a puppet process is still in the process table.
$rundir/${run_mode}.pidWhere Puppet should store plugins that it pulls down from the central server.
$libdirWhere Puppet should store external facts that are being handled by pluginsync
$vardir/facts.dWhere to retrieve external facts for pluginsync
puppet:///pluginfactsWhat files to ignore when pulling down plugins.
.svn CVS .git .hgFrom where to retrieve plugins. The standard Puppet file type
is used for retrieval, so anything that is a valid file source can
be used here.
puppet:///pluginsWhether plugins should be synced with the central server. This setting is deprecated.
trueA command to run after every agent run. If this command returns a non-zero return code, the entire Puppet run will be considered to have failed, even though it might have performed work during the normal run.
The preferred means of serializing ruby instances for passing over the wire. This won't guarantee that all instances will be serialized using this method, since not all classes can be guaranteed to support this format, but it will be used for all classes that support it.
jsonWhether Puppet should call deferred functions before applying
the catalog. If set to true, all prerequisites required for the
deferred function must be satisfied before the Puppet run. If set to
false, deferred functions follow Puppet relationships and
ordering. In this way, Puppet can install the prerequisites required for a
deferred function and call the deferred function in the same run.
falseA command to run before every agent run. If this command returns a non-zero return code, the entire Puppet run will fail.
The directory where catalog previews per node are generated.
$vardir/previewThe scheduling priority of the process. Valid values are 'high', 'normal', 'low', or 'idle', which are mapped to platform-specific values. The priority can also be specified as an integer value and will be passed as is, e.g. -5. Puppet must be running as a privileged user in order to increase scheduling priority.
Where the client stores private certificate information.
$ssldir/privateThe private key directory.
$ssldir/private_keysWhether to enable experimental performance profiling
falseWhere Puppet stores public files.
Unix/Linux: /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/public -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\public -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/opt/puppet/publicThe public key directory.
$ssldir/public_keysWhether to print the Puppet stack trace on some errors.
This is a noop if trace is also set.
falseThe fallback log file. This is only used when the --logdest option
is not specified AND Puppet is running on an operating system where both
the POSIX syslog service and the Windows Event Log are unavailable. (Currently,
no supported operating systems match that description.)
Despite the name, both puppet agent and puppet server will use this file as the fallback logging destination.
For control over logging destinations, see the --logdest command line
option in the manual pages for puppet server, puppet agent, and puppet
apply. You can see man pages by running puppet <SUBCOMMAND> --help,
or read them online at https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/man/.
$logdir/puppetd.logWhether to send reports after every transaction.
trueSpecifies how environment paths are reported. When the value of
versioned_environment_dirs is true, Puppet applies the readlink function to
the environmentpath setting when constructing the environment's modulepath. The
full readlinked path is referred to as the "resolved path," and the configured
path potentially containing symlinks is the "configured path." When reporting
where resources come from, users may choose between the configured and resolved
path.
When set to false, the resolved paths are reported instead of the configured paths.
trueWhether the 'http' report processor should include the system certificate store when submitting reports to HTTPS URLs. If false, then the 'http' processor will only trust HTTPS report servers whose certificates are issued by the puppet CA or one of its intermediate CAs. If true, the processor will additionally trust CA certificates in the system's certificate store.
falseThe port to communicate with the report_server.
$serverportThe server to send transaction reports to.
$serverThe directory in which to store reports. Each node gets
a separate subdirectory in this directory. This setting is only
used when the store report processor is enabled (see the
reports setting).
$vardir/reportsThe list of report handlers to use. When using multiple report handlers,
their names should be comma-separated, with whitespace allowed. (For example,
reports = http, store.)
This setting is relevant to puppet server and puppet apply. The primary Puppet
server will call these report handlers with the reports it receives from
agent nodes, and puppet apply will call them with its own report. (In
all cases, the node applying the catalog must have report = true.)
See the report reference for information on the built-in report
handlers; custom report handlers can also be loaded from modules.
(Report handlers are loaded from the lib directory, at
puppet/reports/NAME.rb.)
To turn off reports entirely, set this to none
storeThe URL that reports should be forwarded to. This setting
is only used when the http report processor is enabled (see the
reports setting).
http://localhost:3000/reports/uploadWhere host certificate requests are stored.
$ssldir/certificate_requestsThe file in which puppet agent stores a list of the resources associated with the retrieved configuration.
$statedir/resources.txtWhether to send updated facts after every transaction. By default puppet only submits facts at the beginning of the transaction before applying a catalog. Since puppet can modify the state of the system, the value of the facts may change after puppet finishes. Therefore, any facts stored in puppetdb may not be consistent until the agent next runs, typically in 30 minutes. If this feature is enabled, puppet will resubmit facts after applying its catalog, ensuring facts for the node stored in puppetdb are current. However, this will double the fact submission load on puppetdb, so it is disabled by default.
falseEnables having extended data in the catalog by storing them as a hash with the special key
__ptype. When enabled, resource containing values of the data types Binary, Regexp,
SemVer, SemVerRange, Timespan and Timestamp, as well as instances of types derived
from Object retain their data type.
trueThe YAML file containing indirector route configuration.
$confdir/routes.yamlWhere Puppet PID files are kept.
Unix/Linux: /var/run/puppetlabs -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\run -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/var/runHow often puppet agent applies the catalog. Note that a runinterval of 0 means "run continuously" rather than "never run." This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
30mThe maximum amount of time an agent run is allowed to take. A Puppet agent run that exceeds this timeout will be aborted. A value of 0 disables the timeout. Defaults to 1 hour. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
1hWhere the serial number for certificates is stored.
$cadir/serialThe primary Puppet server to which the Puppet agent should connect.
puppetThe directory in which serialized data is stored, usually in a subdirectory.
$vardir/server_dataThe list of primary Puppet servers to which the Puppet agent should connect, in the order that they will be tried. Each value should be a fully qualified domain name, followed by an optional ':' and port number. If a port is omitted, Puppet uses masterport for that host.
[]The default port puppet subcommands use to communicate
with Puppet Server. (eg puppet facts upload, puppet agent). May be
overridden by more specific settings (see ca_port, report_port).
8140Whether to compile and apply the settings catalog
trueWhether to log and report a contextual diff when files are being replaced.
This causes partial file contents to pass through Puppet's normal
logging and reporting system, so this setting should be used with
caution if you are sending Puppet's reports to an insecure
destination. This feature currently requires the diff/lcs Ruby
library.
falseWhere the CA stores signed certificates.
$cadir/signedSpecifies whether to suppress the notice of which compiler
supplied the catalog. A value of true suppresses the notice.
falseTags to use to filter resources. If this is set, then only resources not tagged with the specified tags will be applied. Values must be comma-separated.
The address the agent should use to initiate requests.
Whether to sleep for a random amount of time, ranging from
immediately up to its $splaylimit, before performing its first agent run
after a service restart. After this period, the agent runs periodically
on its $runinterval.
For example, assume a default 30-minute $runinterval, splay set to its
default of false, and an agent starting at :00 past the hour. The agent
would check in every 30 minutes at :01 and :31 past the hour.
With splay enabled, it waits any amount of time up to its $splaylimit
before its first run. For example, it might randomly wait 8 minutes,
then start its first run at :08 past the hour. With the $runinterval
at its default 30 minutes, its next run will be at :38 past the hour.
If you restart an agent's puppet service with splay enabled, it
recalculates its splay period and delays its first agent run after
restarting for this new period. If you simultaneously restart a group of
puppet agents with splay enabled, their checkins to your primary servers
can be distributed more evenly.
falseThe maximum time to delay before an agent's first run when
splay is enabled. Defaults to the agent's $runinterval. The
splay interval is random and recalculated each time the agent is started or
restarted. This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
$runintervalThe domain which will be queried to find the SRV records of servers to use.
example.comThe header containing an authenticated client's SSL DN.
This header must be set by the proxy to the authenticated client's SSL
DN (e.g., /CN=puppet.puppetlabs.com). Puppet will parse out the Common
Name (CN) from the Distinguished Name (DN) and use the value of the CN
field for authorization.
Note that the name of the HTTP header gets munged by the web server
common gateway interface: an HTTP_ prefix is added, dashes are converted
to underscores, and all letters are uppercased. Thus, to use the
X-Client-DN header, this setting should be HTTP_X_CLIENT_DN.
HTTP_X_CLIENT_DNThe header containing the status message of the client verification. This header must be set by the proxy to 'SUCCESS' if the client successfully authenticated, and anything else otherwise.
Note that the name of the HTTP header gets munged by the web server
common gateway interface: an HTTP_ prefix is added, dashes are converted
to underscores, and all letters are uppercased. Thus, to use the
X-Client-Verify header, this setting should be
HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERIFY.
HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERIFYA lock file to indicate that the ssl bootstrap process is currently in progress.
$ssldir/ssl.lockA file containing CA certificates in PEM format that puppet should trust when making HTTPS requests. This only applies to https requests to non-puppet infrastructure, such as retrieving file metadata and content from https file sources, puppet module tool and the 'http' report processor. This setting is ignored when making requests to puppet:// URLs such as catalog and report requests.
Where SSL certificates are kept.
$confdir/sslThe directory where Puppet state is stored. Generally, this directory can be removed without causing harm (although it might result in spurious service restarts).
$vardir/stateWhere Puppet agent and Puppet Server store state associated with the running configuration. In the case of Puppet Server, this file reflects the state discovered through interacting with clients.
$statedir/state.yamlHow long the Puppet agent should cache when a resource was last checked or synced.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
A value of 0 or unlimited will disable cache pruning.
This setting affects the usage of schedule resources, as the information
about when a resource was last checked (and therefore when it needs to be
checked again) is stored in the statefile. The statettl needs to be
large enough to ensure that a resource will not trigger multiple times
during a schedule due to its entry expiring from the cache.
32dWhether to compile a static catalog,
which occurs only on Puppet Server when the code-id-command and
code-content-command settings are configured in its puppetserver.conf file.
trueWhether to store each client's configuration, including catalogs, facts, and related data. This also enables the import and export of resources in the Puppet language - a mechanism for exchange resources between nodes.
By default this uses the 'puppetdb' backend.
You can adjust the backend using the storeconfigs_backend setting.
falseConfigure the backend terminus used for StoreConfigs. By default, this uses the PuppetDB store, which must be installed and configured before turning on StoreConfigs.
puppetdbThe strictness level of puppet. Allowed values are:
The strictness level is for both language semantics and runtime evaluation validation. In addition to controlling the behavior with this primary server switch some individual warnings may also be controlled by the disable_warnings setting.
No new validations will be added to a micro (x.y.z) release, but may be added in minor releases (x.y.0). In major releases it expected that most (if not all) strictness validation become standard behavior.
errorWhether the agent specified environment should be considered authoritative, causing the run to fail if the retrieved catalog does not match it.
falseCauses an evaluation error when referencing unknown variables. (This does not affect referencing variables that are explicitly set to undef).
trueWhether to print a transaction summary.
falseChecksum types supported by this agent for use in file resources of a static catalog. Values must be comma-separated. Valid types are sha256, sha256lite, sha384, sha512, sha224, sha1, sha1lite, md5, md5lite, mtime, ctime. Default is sha256, sha384, sha512, sha224, md5.
["sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "sha224", "md5"]What syslog facility to use when logging to syslog. Syslog has a fixed list of valid facilities, and you must choose one of those; you cannot just make one up.
daemonTags to use to find resources. If this is set, then only resources tagged with the specified tags will be applied. Values must be comma-separated.
Turns on experimental support for tasks and plans in the puppet language. This is for internal API use only. Do not change this setting.
falseThe soft limit for the number of top level facts.
512Whether to print stack traces on some errors. Will print internal Ruby stack trace interleaved with Puppet function frames.
falseTransactional storage file for persisting data between transactions for the purposes of inferring information (such as corrective_change) on new data received.
$statedir/transactionstore.yamlThe external trusted facts script or directory to use. This setting's value can be set to the path to an executable command that can produce external trusted facts or to a directory containing those executable commands. The command(s) must:
If the setting points to an executable command, then the external trusted
facts will be stored in the 'external' key of the trusted facts hash. Otherwise
for each executable file in the directory, the external trusted facts will be
stored in the <basename> key of the trusted['external'] hash. For example,
if the files foo.rb and bar.sh are in the directory, then trusted['external']
will be the hash { 'foo' => <foo.rb output>, 'bar' => <bar.sh output> }.
File that provides mapping between custom SSL oids and user-friendly names
$confdir/custom_trusted_oid_mapping.yamlWhether to only use the cached catalog rather than compiling a new catalog on every run. Puppet can be run with this enabled by default and then selectively disabled when a recompile is desired. Because a Puppet agent using cached catalogs does not contact the primary server for a new catalog, it also does not upload facts at the beginning of the Puppet run.
falsePuppet saves both the initial and converged environment in the last_run_summary file. If they differ, and this setting is set to true, we will use the last converged environment and skip the node request.
When set to false, we will do the node request and ignore the environment data from the last_run_summary file.
trueWhether the server will search for SRV records in DNS for the current domain.
falseWhether to use the cached configuration when the remote configuration will not compile. This option is useful for testing new configurations, where you want to fix the broken configuration rather than reverting to a known-good one.
trueThe user Puppet Server will run as. Used to ensure the agent side processes (agent, apply, etc) create files and directories readable by Puppet Server when necessary.
puppetWhere Puppet stores dynamic and growing data. The default for this
setting is calculated specially, like confdir_.
Unix/Linux: /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/cache -- Windows: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\cache -- Non-root user: ~/.puppetlabs/opt/puppet/cacheThe directory containing vendored modules. These modules will
be used by all environments like those in the basemodulepath. The only
difference is that modules in the basemodulepath are pluginsynced, while
vendored modules are not
/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/vendor_modulesWhether or not to look for versioned environment directories,
symlinked from $environmentpath/<environment>. This is an experimental
feature and should be used with caution.
falseHow frequently puppet agent should ask for a signed certificate.
When starting for the first time, puppet agent will submit a certificate
signing request (CSR) to the server named in the ca_server setting
(usually the primary Puppet server); this may be autosigned, or may need to be
approved by a human, depending on the CA server's configuration.
Puppet agent cannot apply configurations until its approved certificate is
available. Since the certificate may or may not be available immediately,
puppet agent will repeatedly try to fetch it at this interval. You can
turn off waiting for certificates by specifying a time of 0, or a maximum
amount of time to wait in the maxwaitforcert setting, in which case
puppet agent will exit if it cannot get a cert.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
2mHow frequently puppet agent should try running when there is an already ongoing puppet agent instance.
This argument is by default disabled (value set to 0). In this case puppet agent will
immediately exit if it cannot run at that moment. When a value other than 0 is set, this
can also be used in combination with the maxwaitforlock argument.
This setting can be a time interval in seconds (30 or 30s), minutes (30m), hours (6h), days (2d), or years (5y).
0Whether to write the classfile and resourcefile after applying
the catalog. It is enabled by default, except when running puppet apply.
trueThe directory in which YAML data is stored, usually in a subdirectory.
$vardir/yaml