PUPPETSERVER(1) General Commands Manual PUPPETSERVER(1)

puppetserver - Puppetserver main command

puppetserver (--help | --version)
puppetserver [command] <args>

puppetserver implements Puppet's server-side components for managing Puppet agents in a distributed, service-oriented architecture.

Show the help message and exit. At top level it only lists the commands. To display the help of a specific subcommand, add the --help flag after the said command name
Show the version number and exit

puppetserver has eight different commands:

Manage the Private Key Infrastructure for Puppet Server's built-in Certificate Authority
Install and manage gems that are isolated from system Ruby and are accessible only to Puppet Server.
Run code in Puppet Server's JRuby interpreter.
Start an interactive REPL for the JRuby that Puppet Server uses.
Start the Puppet Server as a foreground process.
Start the Puppet Server as a background process.
Stop the Puppet Server process.
Reload the Puppet Server process.

For more details on the commands, see their respective manual pages.

Bugs can be reported to your distribution's bug tracker or upstream at https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/SERVER

puppetserver-ca(1), puppetserver-gem(1), puppetserver-ruby(1), puppetserver-irb(1), puppetserver-foreground(1),

Louis-Philippe Véronneau

2023