Puppet

Server

How to check for errors in all puppet templates

find /etc/puppet -name '*.erb' | xargs -n 1 -t erb -x -T '-' | ruby -c

How to check all puppet facts for templates

find /etc/puppet -name '*.rb' | xargs -n 1 -t erb -x -T '-' | ruby -c

How to list all active puppet clients

puppet cert list --all

Important Global variables cannot longer be called directly Reference: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/scope_and_puppet.html

Client

How to register the puppet client and do initial run

puppet agent --server=puppet.bashlinux.com --test

Troubleshooting

How to fix Error 414 on server

• Edit the file /usr/share/ruby/webrick/httprequest.rb
• Change the default value of MAX_URI_LENGTH to 4096