http://docs.puppetlabs.com/man/apply.html does not mention a --noop
parameter, but it works:
capmon@peter:~> puppet apply --noop -e 'file { "/tmp/foo": ensure => present }'
notice: /Stage[main]//File[/tmp/foo]/ensure: is absent, should be present (noop)
Can I rely on this in future versions? If so, attached is a patch.
This is very handy for us, so I hope we can rely on it, but if not, why not?
Peter
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From da0cea73be49fbfb35eb6a51717188433f6be44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: peter <pe...@morch.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:29:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for puppet apply --noop
---
lib/puppet/application/apply.rb | 7 ++++++-
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/application/apply.rb b/lib/puppet/application/apply.rb
index f661734..7711ac4 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application/apply.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application/apply.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Applies a standalone Puppet manifest to the local system.
USAGE
-----
puppet apply [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-d|--debug] [-v|--verbose]
- [-e|--execute] [--detailed-exitcodes] [-l|--logdest <file>]
+ [-e|--execute] [--detailed-exitcodes] [-l|--logdest <file>] [--noop]
[--apply <catalog>] [--catalog <catalog>] <file>
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ configuration options can also be generated by running puppet with
Where to send messages. Choose between syslog, the console, and a log
file. Defaults to sending messages to the console.
+* --noop:
+ Use 'noop' mode where Puppet runs in a no-op or dry-run mode. This
+ is useful for seeing what changes Puppet will make without actually
+ executing the changes.
+
* --execute:
Execute a specific piece of Puppet code
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