---
name: "puppet-facts"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "openvox"
version: "8.28.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/puppet-facts"
---

# puppet-facts(8)

Retrieve and store facts.

## NAME

**puppet-facts** - Retrieve and store facts.

## SYNOPSIS

puppet facts *action* \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\]

## DESCRIPTION

This subcommand manages facts, which are collections of normalized system information used by OpenVox. It can read facts directly from the local system (with the default **facter** terminus).

## 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.

- \--terminus \_TERMINUS

  Indirector faces expose indirected subsystems of Puppet. These subsystems are each able to retrieve and alter a specific type of data (with the familiar actions of **find**, **search**, **save**, and **destroy**) from an arbitrary number of pluggable backends. In Puppet parlance, these backends are called terminuses.

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  Almost all indirected subsystems have a **rest** terminus that interacts with the puppet master's data. Most of them have additional terminuses for various local data models, which are in turn used by the indirected subsystem on the puppet master whenever it receives a remote request.

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  The terminus for an action is often determined by context, but occasionally needs to be set explicitly. See the "Notes" section of this face's manpage for more details.

## ACTIONS

- **find** - Retrieve a node's facts.

  **SYNOPSIS**

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  puppet facts find \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\] \[*node\_certname*\]

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  **DESCRIPTION**

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  Retrieve a node's facts.

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  **RETURNS**

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  A hash containing some metadata and (under the "values" key) the set of facts for the requested node. When used from the Ruby API: A Puppet::Node::Facts object.

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  RENDERING ISSUES: Facts cannot currently be rendered as a string; use yaml or json.

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  **NOTES**

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  When using the **facter** terminus, the host argument is ignored.

- **info** - Print the default terminus class for this face.

  **SYNOPSIS**

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  puppet facts info \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\]

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  **DESCRIPTION**

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  Prints the default terminus class for this subcommand. Note that different run modes may have different default termini; when in doubt, specify the run mode with the '--run\_mode' option.

- **save** - API only: create or overwrite an object.

  **SYNOPSIS**

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  puppet facts save \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\] *key*

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  **DESCRIPTION**

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  API only: create or overwrite an object. As the Faces framework does not currently accept data from STDIN, save actions cannot currently be invoked from the command line.

- **show** - Retrieve current node's facts.

  **SYNOPSIS**

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  puppet facts \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\] \[--config-file *path*\] \[--custom-dir *path*\] \[--external-dir *path*\] \[--no-block\] \[--no-cache\] \[--show-legacy\] \[--value-only\] \[--timing\] \[*facts*\]

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  **DESCRIPTION**

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  Reads facts from the local system using **facter** terminus. A query can be provided to retrieve just a specific fact or a set of facts.

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  **OPTIONS** *--config-file \<path*\> - The location of the config file for Facter.

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  *--custom-dir \<path*\> - The path to a directory that contains custom facts.

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  *--external-dir \<path*\> - The path to a directory that contains external facts.

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  *--no-block* - Disable fact blocking mechanism.

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  *--no-cache* - Disable fact caching mechanism.

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  *--show-legacy* - Show legacy facts when querying all facts.

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  *--timing* - Show how much time it took to resolve each fact.

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  *--value-only* - Show only the value when the action is called with a single query

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  **RETURNS**

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  The output of facter with added puppet specific facts.

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  **NOTES**

- **upload** - Upload local facts to the puppet master.

  **SYNOPSIS**

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  puppet facts upload \[--terminus \_TERMINUS\]

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  **DESCRIPTION**

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  Reads facts from the local system using the **facter** terminus, then saves the returned facts using the rest terminus.

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  **RETURNS**

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  Nothing.

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  **NOTES**

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  This action requires that the Puppet Server's **auth.conf** file allow **PUT** or **save** access to the **/puppet/v3/facts** API endpoint.

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  For details on configuring Puppet Server's **auth.conf**, see:

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  *https://puppet.com/docs/puppetserver/latest/config\_file\_auth.html*

## EXAMPLES

**find**

Get facts from the local system:

$ puppet facts find

**show**

retrieve facts:

$ puppet facts show os

**upload**

Upload facts:

$ puppet facts upload

## NOTES

This subcommand is an indirector face, which exposes **find**, **search**, **save**, and **destroy** actions for an indirected subsystem of Puppet. Valid termini for this face include:

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  **facter**

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  **json**

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  **memory**

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  **network\_device**

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  **rest**

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  **store\_configs**

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  **yaml**

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  ## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2011 by Puppet Inc., Vox Pupuli Apache 2 license; see COPYING