NAME

       puppet-parser - Interact directly with the parser.

SYNOPSIS

       puppet parser action

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 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.

ACTIONS

       •   dump - Outputs a dump of the internal parse tree for debugging: SYNOPSIS

           puppet  parser  dump  [--e source] [--[no-]validate] [--format old, pn, or json] [--pretty] [--format
           old\|pn\|json] [--pretty] { -e source | [templates ...] }

           DESCRIPTION

           This action parses and validates the Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a  catalog  or  syncing  any
           resources.

           The output format can be controlled using the --format old|pn|json where:

       •   'old' is the default, but now deprecated format which is not API.

       •   'pn' is the Puppet Extended S-Expression Notation.

       •   'json' outputs the same graph as 'pn' but with JSON syntax.

       The  output  will  be  "pretty  printed" when the option --pretty is given together with --format 'pn' or
       'json'. This option has no effect on the 'old' format.

       The command accepts one or more manifests (.pp) files, or an -e followed by the puppet source text. If no
       arguments are given, the stdin is read (unless it is attached to a terminal)

       The output format of the dumped tree is intended for debugging purposes and is not  API,  it  may  change
       from time to time.

       OPTIONS --e <source> - dump one source expression given on the command line.

       --format  <old, pn, or json> - Get result in 'old' (deprecated format), 'pn' (new format), or 'json' (new
       format in JSON).

       --pretty - Pretty print output. Only applicable together with --format pn or json

       --[no-]validate - Whether or not to validate the parsed result, if no-validate  only  syntax  errors  are
       reported

       RETURNS

       A dump of the resulting AST model unless there are syntax or validation errors.

       •   validate - Validate the syntax of one or more Puppet manifests.: SYNOPSIS

           puppet parser validate [manifest] [manifest ...]

           DESCRIPTION

           This  action  validates Puppet DSL syntax without compiling a catalog or syncing any resources. If no
           manifest files are provided, it will validate the default site manifest.

           When validating multiple issues  per  file  are  reported  up  to  the  settings  of  max_error,  and
           max_warnings.  The  processing stops after having reported issues for the first encountered file with
           errors.

           RETURNS

           Nothing, or the first syntax error encountered.

EXAMPLES

       validate

       Validate the default site manifest at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/manifests/site.pp:

       $ puppet parser validate

       Validate two arbitrary manifest files:

       $ puppet parser validate init.pp vhost.pp

       Validate from STDIN:

       $ cat init.pp | puppet parser validate

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2014 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING

Puppet, Inc.                                      November 2024                                 PUPPET-PARSER(8)