puppet-graph-petems

Puppet-graph

Trivially generate dependency graphs for any arbitrary bit of Puppet code (like classes or defined types).

Requirements

• Graphviz for PNG generation (if which dot returns a path, you're good).

Installation

Install it as a standalone gem

gem install puppet-graph

Or as part of a bundler managed repo

group :development do
  gem 'puppet-graph'
end

Usage

Usage: puppet-graph [options]
    -c, --code CODE                  Code to generate a graph of
    -f, --fact FACT=VALUE            Override a Facter fact
    -m, --modulepath PATH            The path to your Puppet modules. Defaults to modules/
    -o, --output FILE                The file to save the graph to
    -r, --format FORMAT              Output format (png or dot). Optional if your output file ends in .dot or .png
    -h, --help                       Show this help output
    -v, --version                    Show the version

Building a graph of a class

$ puppet-graph -c 'include foo' -o foo.png

Building a graph of a defined type

$ puppet-graph -c "foo { 'bar': baz => 'gronk' }" -o foo.png

Overriding the value of a fact

$ puppet-graph -c 'include foo' -f 'operatingsystem=Solaris' -o foo.png