puppet-master - The puppet master daemon
The central puppet server. Functions as a certificate authority by
default.
puppet master [-D|--daemonize|--no-daemonize] [-d|--debug]
[-h|--help] [-l|--logdest syslog|FILE|console] [-v|--verbose]
[-V|--version] [--compile NODE-NAME]
This command starts an instance of puppet master, running as a
daemon and using Ruby's built-in Webrick webserver. Puppet master can also
be managed by other application servers; when this is the case, this
executable is not used.
Note that any Puppet setting that's valid in the configuration
file is also a valid long argument. For example, 'server' is a valid
setting, so you can specify '--server servername' as an argument.
Boolean settings translate into '--setting' and '--no-setting' pairs.
See the configuration file documentation at
https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html for the full list
of acceptable settings. A commented list of all settings can also be
generated by running puppet master with '--genconfig'.
- --daemonize
- Send the process into the background. This is the default. (This is a
Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-' prefix
for boolean settings on the command line.)
- --no-daemonize
- Do not send the process into the background. (This is a Puppet setting,
and can go in puppet.conf. Note the special 'no-' prefix for boolean
settings on the command line.)
- --debug
- Enable full debugging.
- --help
- Print this help message.
- --logdest
- Where to send log messages. Choose between 'syslog' (the POSIX syslog
service), 'console', or the path to a log file. If debugging or verbosity
is enabled, this defaults to 'console'. Otherwise, it defaults to
'syslog'.
- A path ending with '.json' will receive structured output in JSON format.
The log file will not have an ending ']' automatically written to it due
to the appending nature of logging. It must be appended manually to make
the content valid JSON.
- --masterport
- The port on which to listen for traffic. The default port is 8140. (This
is a Puppet setting, and can go in puppet.conf.)
- --verbose
- Enable verbosity.
- --version
- Print the puppet version number and exit.
- --compile
- Compile a catalogue and output it in JSON from the puppet master. Uses
facts contained in the $vardir/yaml/ directory to compile the
catalog.
When running as a standalone daemon, puppet master accepts the
following signals:
- SIGHUP
- Restart the puppet master server.
- SIGINT and
SIGTERM
- Shut down the puppet master server.
- SIGUSR2
- Close file descriptors for log files and reopen them. Used with
logrotate.
Copyright (c) 2012 Puppet Inc., LLC Licensed under the Apache 2.0
License