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Tasks that allows the execution of a command and parameters

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Version information

  • 3.0.0 (latest)
  • 2.2.1
  • 2.2.0
  • 2.1.0
  • 2.0.0
  • 1.0.0
  • 0.9.0
  • 0.8.0
  • 0.7.0
  • 0.6.0
  • 0.5.0
  • 0.4.0
  • 0.3.0
  • 0.2.0
  • 0.1.0
released Apr 4th 2023
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x
  • Puppet >= 7.0.0 < 9.0.0
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Tasks:
  • exec

Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'puppetlabs-exec', '3.0.0'
Learn more about managing modules with a Puppetfile

Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add puppetlabs-exec
Learn more about using this module with an existing project

Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install puppetlabs-exec --version 3.0.0

Direct download is not typically how you would use a Puppet module to manage your infrastructure, but you may want to download the module in order to inspect the code.

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Documentation

puppetlabs/exec — version 3.0.0 Apr 4th 2023

exec

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Requirements
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
  5. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
  6. Getting help - Some Helpful commands

Description

This module provides the exec task. This task allows you to run an arbitary command with arguments.

Requirements

This module is compatible with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Bolt.

  • To run tasks with Puppet Enterprise, PE 2018.1 or later must be installed on the machine from which you are running task commands. Machines receiving task requests must be Puppet agents.

  • To run tasks with Puppet Bolt, Bolt 1.0 or later must be installed on the machine from which you are running task commands. Machines receiving task requests must have SSH or WinRM services enabled.

Usage

To run an exec task, use the task command, specifying the command to be executed.

  • With PE on the command line, run puppet task run exec command=<COMMAND>.
  • With Bolt on the command line, run bolt task run exec command=<COMMAND>.

For example, to view the free disk space of a host, run:

  • With PE, run puppet task run exec command="df -h" --nodes neptune.
  • With Bolt, run bolt task run exec command="df -h" --nodes neptune --modulepath ~/modules.

This example is specifically for Windows using Powershell and returns a list of features installed on the server: puppet task run exec command='powershell -command "Get-WindowsFeature | Where Installed | Format-List -Property Name"' --nodes neptune

You can also run tasks in the PE console. See PE task documentation for complete information.

Reference

For detailed reference information, see the REFERENCE.md

Limitations

For an extensive list of supported operating systems, see metadata.json

Getting Help

To display help for the package task, run puppet task show package

To show help for the task CLI, run puppet task run --help or bolt task run --help

Development

Acceptance tests are ran usingpuppet_litmus. To run the acceptance tests follow the instructions here. You can also find a tutorial and walkthrough of using Litmus and the PDK on YouTube.

If you run into an issue with this module, or if you would like to request a feature, please file an issue on the repo.

If you have problems getting this module up and running, please contact Support.

If you submit a change to this module, be sure to regenerate the reference documentation as follows:

puppet strings generate --format markdown --out REFERENCE.md