pat

pat (golang)

Puppet Agent Test tool.

This tool is a wrapper around puppet agent --test commands. It simplifies usage allowing you to do things such as:

• Enable puppet, do a run, and disable puppet all in one step
• When disabling puppet, silence Bosun for an appropriate period of time
• Easily apply different environments and noop's
• Easily test puppet runs against a different master

This is the Go re-implementation of the bash script by the same name, used internally at Stack Overflow. This version works on both Linux and Windows.

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NAME:
   pat - A wrapper for "puppet agent -t" (hence the name: P... A... T) that enforces rules about setting silences, disable messages, and so on

USAGE:
   C:\...\...\bin\pat.exe [flags] [additional puppet commands]

VERSION:
   x.y.z (abcdefg) built 2018-01-16T14:01:47Z

AUTHORS:
   Tom Limoncelli <tlimoncelli@stackoverflow.com>
   Mark Henderson <mhenderson@stackoverflow.com>

COMMANDS:
     help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --disable                                   Disable puppet runs
   --enable                                    Enable puppet runs
   --once                                      Run puppet. If puppet was disabled, re-disable when done
   --nosilence                                 Do not set a silence when disabling puppet
   --status                                    Report disable status
   --noop, -n                                  Pass --noop flag to puppet
   --debug                                     Pass --debug flag to puppet
   --timestamp, --ts                           Typically used with --debug. Outputs timestamps on all messages
   --verbose                                   Pass --verbose flag to puppet
   --server value                              Pass --server [value] flag to puppet
   --environment value, --env value, -e value  Pass --environment flag to puppet
   --facts                                     Run puppet facts instead of puppet agent
   -s value                                    Set the silence duration to [value] (default: "1h")
   --help, -h                                  show help
   --version, -v                               print the version

SAMPLE USAGE:
  pat
    Runs 'puppet agent -t'
  pat --noop
    Runs 'puppet agent -t --noop'
  pat -e envname
  pat --env envname
    Runs 'puppet agent -t --environment envname'

  pat --disable message
  pat --disable
  pat -s 3h --disable
    Runs 'puppet --disable' with message, or will prompt for one
    if left blank.
    Silences puppet.left.disabled for 1h or the value set by -s.

  pat --nosilence --disable
    Runs 'puppet --disable' but does not silence bosun.

  pat --enable
    Runs 'puppet --enable'

  pat --once
    Runs 'puppet agent -t' once.  If Puppet is disabled, it first enables
    it and the re-disables it (whether puppet ran successfully or not).
    Retains the old disable message.
    Silences puppet.left.disabled for 1h or the value set by -s.

  pat --status
    Reveals whether Puppet is enabled/disabled.

NOTES:
  * If not run as administrator, the run will fail immediately.
  * If you want to add regular "puppet agent" flags, add them after '--'.
  * No silence it set if --noop set.```