---
name: "puppet-plugin"
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-plugin"
---

# puppet-plugin(8)

Interact with the OpenVox plugin system.

## NAME

**puppet-plugin** - Interact with the OpenVox plugin system.

## SYNOPSIS

puppet plugin *action*

## DESCRIPTION

This subcommand provides network access to the OpenVox server's store of plugins.

The OpenVox server serves Ruby code collected from the **lib** directories of its modules. These plugins can be used on agent nodes to extend Facter and implement custom types and providers. Plugins are normally downloaded by the OpenVox agent during the course of a run.

## 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

- **download** - Download plugins from the puppet master.

  **SYNOPSIS**

-

  puppet plugin download

-

  **DESCRIPTION**

-

  Downloads plugins from the configured OpenVox server. Any plugins downloaded in this way will be used in all subsequent OpenVox activity. This action modifies files on disk.

-

  **RETURNS**

-

  A list of the files downloaded, or a confirmation that no files were downloaded. When used from the Ruby API, this action returns an array of the files downloaded, which will be empty if none were retrieved.

## EXAMPLES

**download**

Retrieve plugins from the puppet master:

$ puppet plugin download

Retrieve plugins from the puppet master (API example):

$ Puppet::Face\[:plugin, '0.0.1'\].download

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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