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NAME
       puppet-facts - Retrieve and store facts.

SYNOPSIS
       puppet facts action [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

DESCRIPTION
       This subcommand manages facts, which are collections of normalized
       system information used by Puppet. It can read facts directly from the
       local system (with the default facter terminus).

OPTIONS
       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
       http://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/stable/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.

       --extra HASH
              A terminus can take additional arguments to refine the
              operation, which are passed as an arbitrary hash to the
              back-end. Anything passed as the extra value is just send direct
              to the back-end.

       --terminus TERMINUS
              Indirector faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These
              subsystems are each able to retrieve and alter a specific type
              of data (with the familiar actions of find, search, save, and
              destroy) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In
              Puppet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.

              Almost all indirected subsystems have a rest terminus that
              interacts with the puppet master's data. Most of them have
              additional terminuses for various local data models, which are
              in turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master
              whenever it receives a remote request.

              The terminus for an action is often determined by context, but
              occasionally needs to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section
              of this face's manpage for more details.

ACTIONS
       find - Retrieve a node's facts.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet facts [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]
              [node_certname]

              DESCRIPTION

              Retrieve a node's facts.

              RETURNS

              A hash containing some metadata and (under the "values" key) the
              set of facts for the requested node. When used from the Ruby
              API: A Puppet::Node::Facts object.

              RENDERING ISSUES: Facts cannot currently be rendered as a
              string; use yaml or json.

              NOTES

              When using the facter terminus, the host argument is ignored.

       info - Print the default terminus class for this face.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet facts info [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH]

              DESCRIPTION

              Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that
              different run modes may have different default termini; when in
              doubt, specify the run mode with the '--run_mode' option.

       save - API only: create or overwrite an object.
              SYNOPSIS

              puppet facts save [--terminus TERMINUS] [--extra HASH] key

              DESCRIPTION

              API only: create or overwrite an object. As the Faces framework
              does not currently accept data from STDIN, save actions cannot
              currently be invoked from the command line.

EXAMPLES
       find

       Get facts from the local system:

       $ puppet facts find

NOTES
       This subcommand is an indirector face, which exposes find, search,
       save, and destroy actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid
       termini for this face include:

       o   facter

       o   memory

       o   network_device

       o   store_configs

       o   yaml

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       Copyright 2011 by Puppet Labs Apache 2 license; see COPYING

Puppet Labs, LLC                   May 2015                    PUPPET-FACTS(8)