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Farhan
Asked: 2013-03-22 06:25:33 +0800 CST

Force to apply changes through puppet on a puppet agent, through master?

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Is it possible to issue a command from master puppet, to a node, to run agent and apply the latest configuration to it?

Like, I have lost password for a user and i am not able to login, but puppet agent is installed on the server and I can apply the changes on the server by running the puppet agent, but as its not running automatically and I cannot login to run it manually, how to run it and apply configuration through the puppet master? (if possible)

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2 Answers

  1. Try

    puppet kick --host <hostname>

    Reference: kick man page.

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  2. According to their Deprecated Command Line Features:

    [In Puppet 4.0] The puppet kick command is gone, and the agent daemon will no longer listen for incoming HTTPS connections.

    If you or your scripts use puppet kick, you’ll need to either install MCollective for a more robust and parallel task running system or use a parallel SSH tool to kick off Puppet runs. If you use Puppet Enterprise, you can already use its orchestration features to trigger Puppet runs.

    You’ll probably want to close port 8139, while you’re at it.

    (Emphasis mine on closing port 8139)

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