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The puppet agent is a service that runs on the servers. Once the service is started, The agent will be triggered on background every 30 min (by default). The agent have 2 main usages: Send server`s facts to the puppet master Receive catalog from the puppet master ans apply it
By default the agent is triggered every 30 minutes. This interval value can be changed from the puppet.conf file. Linux- /etc/puppet/puppet.conf Windows - %PROGRAMDATA%\PuppetLabs\puppet\etc\puppet.conf Set the runinterval to the wanted interval. runinterval=xxx The agent can be trigge...
Sometimes it is helpful to get more output on puppet agent run. It is very useful for debugging. Run puppet agent with verbose and debug parameters: debug - Enable full debugging. verbose - Turn on verbose reporting. puppet agent -t --verbose --debug
Puppet agnet logs messages. You can view this logs here: Linux - /var/log/puppet/puppet.log Windows - view the Event Viewer (Control Panel → System and Security → Administrative Tools → Event Viewer)

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