PUPPET-HELP(8) Puppet manual PUPPET-HELP(8) NAME puppet-help - Display Puppet help. SYNOPSIS puppet help 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 , or --run_mode 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 help - Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions. SYNOPSIS puppet help [--version VERSION] [--ronn] [subcommand] [action] DESCRIPTION Display help about Puppet subcommands and their actions. OPTIONS --ronn - Whether to render the help text in ronn format. --version VERSION - The version of the subcommand for which to show help. RETURNS Short help text for the specified subcommand or action. EXAMPLES help Get help for an action: $ puppet help COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2011 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING Puppet, Inc. October 2023 PUPPET-HELP(8)