Handling module paths

• List the base module path:

  root$ puppet config print basemodulepath

• Change the base module path: change the corresponding setting in /etc/puppet/puppet.conf. The Puppet master daemon has to be restarted to pick up a change.
• List the module path of an environment:

  root$ puppet config print modulepath --environment <environment_name>

  Without --environment argument, it will print the path of the default one. The module path typically combines an environment specific path with the base module path.

Create a playground file for Puppet

It's often convenient to test Puppet code interactively without having to apply a full configuration. Example applications are testing the execution of a complex command, or testing a complex processing of Facter facts. This can be achieved with a simple Puppet file with the following content:

node default {
  <Puppet code to test>
  notice("Some message")
}

Assuming the file is called /tmp/test.pp, it can be applied with Puppet using

puppet apply /tmp/test.pp