references/man/generate.md
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puppet-generate - Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions.
puppet generate action
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.
types - Generates Puppet code for custom types
: SYNOPSIS
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.
types
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the current environment:
$ puppet generate types
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the specified environment:
$ puppet generate types --environment development
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