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:

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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

Puppet, Inc.                                        May 2022                                    PUPPET-PARSER(8)