NAME

puppet-filebucket - Store and retrieve files in a filebucket

SYNOPSIS

A stand-alone Puppet filebucket client.

USAGE

Puppet filebucket can operate in three modes, with only one mode per call:

backup: Send one or more files to the specified file bucket. Each sent file is printed with its resulting sha256 sum.

get: Return the text associated with an sha256 sum. The text is printed to stdout, and only one file can be retrieved at a time.

restore: Given a file path and an sha256 sum, store the content associated with the sum into the specified file path. You can specify an entirely new path to this argument; you are not restricted to restoring the content to its original location.

diff: Print a diff in unified format between two checksums in the filebucket or between a checksum and its matching file.

list: List all files in the current local filebucket. Listing remote filebuckets is not allowed.

DESCRIPTION

This is a stand-alone filebucket client for sending files to a local or central filebucket.

Note that ´filebucket´ defaults to using a network-based filebucket available on the server named ´puppet´. To use this, you´ll have to be running as a user with valid Puppet certificates. Alternatively, you can use your local file bucket by specifying ´--local´, or by specifying ´--bucket´ with a local path.

  find /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/bucket -type f -mtime +45 -atime +45 -print0 | xargs -0 rm

•: Restrict the directory to a maximum size after which the oldest items are removed.

OPTIONS

Note that any setting that´s valid in the configuration file is also a valid long argument. For example, ´ssldir´ is a valid setting, so you can specify ´--ssldir directory´ 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´.

--bucket: Specify a local filebucket path. This overrides the default path set in ´$clientbucketdir´.
--debug: Enable full debugging.
--fromdate: (list only) Select bucket files from ´fromdate´.
--help: Print this help message.
--local: Use the local filebucket. This uses the default configuration information and the bucket located at the ´$clientbucketdir´ setting by default. If ´--bucket´ is set, puppet uses that path instead.
--remote: Use a remote filebucket. This uses the default configuration information and the bucket located at the ´$bucketdir´ setting by default.
--server_list: A list of comma separated servers; only the first entry is used for file storage. This setting takes precidence over server.
--server: The server to use for file storage. This setting is only used if server_list is not set.
--todate: (list only) Select bucket files until ´todate´.
--verbose: Print extra information.
--version: Print version information.

EXAMPLES

## Backup a file to the filebucket, then restore it to a temporary directory
$ puppet filebucket backup /etc/passwd
/etc/passwd: 429b225650b912a2ee067b0a4cf1e949
$ puppet filebucket restore /tmp/passwd 429b225650b912a2ee067b0a4cf1e949
## Diff between two files in the filebucket
$ puppet filebucket -l diff d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef
1a2
> again
## Diff between the file in the filebucket and a local file
$ puppet filebucket -l diff d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 /tmp/testFile
1a2
> again
## Backup a file to the filebucket and observe that it keeps each backup separate
$ puppet filebucket -l list
d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 2015-05-11 09:27:56 /tmp/TestFile
$ echo again >> /tmp/TestFile
$ puppet filebucket -l backup /tmp/TestFile
/tmp/TestFile: 7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef
$ puppet filebucket -l list
d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 2015-05-11 09:27:56 /tmp/TestFile
7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef 2015-05-11 09:52:15 /tmp/TestFile
## List files in a filebucket within date ranges
$ puppet filebucket -l -f 2015-01-01 -t 2015-01-11 list
<Empty Output>
$ puppet filebucket -l -f 2015-05-10 list
d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 2015-05-11 09:27:56 /tmp/TestFile
7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef 2015-05-11 09:52:15 /tmp/TestFile
$ puppet filebucket -l -f "2015-05-11 09:30:00" list
7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef 2015-05-11 09:52:15 /tmp/TestFile
$ puppet filebucket -l -t "2015-05-11 09:30:00" list
d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 2015-05-11 09:27:56 /tmp/TestFile
## Manage files in a specific local filebucket
$ puppet filebucket -b /tmp/TestBucket backup /tmp/TestFile2
/tmp/TestFile2: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e
$ puppet filebucket -b /tmp/TestBucket list
d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e 2015-05-11 09:33:22 /tmp/TestFile2
## From a Puppet Server, list files in the server bucketdir
$ puppet filebucket -b $(puppet config print bucketdir --section server) list
d43a6ecaa892a1962398ac9170ea9bf2 2015-05-11 09:27:56 /tmp/TestFile
7ae322f5791217e031dc60188f4521ef 2015-05-11 09:52:15 /tmp/TestFile

AUTHOR

Luke Kanies