- Description
- Requirements
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
- Getting help - Some Helpful commands
This module provides the exec task. This task allows you to run an arbitary command with arguments.
This module is compatible with Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Bolt.
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To run tasks with Puppet Enterprise, PE 2017.3 or later must be installed on the machine from which you are running task commands. Machines receiving task requests must be Puppet agents.
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To run tasks with Puppet Bolt, Bolt 0.5 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.
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>
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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
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You can also run tasks in the PE console. See PE task documentation for complete information.
To view the available actions and parameters, on the command line, run puppet task show exec
or see the exec module page on the Forge.
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