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I'm looking for a short document that set out a list of the different types of resource defined by puppet with maybe a line or two of description for each. A similar layout for attributes would also be of interest.

BTW, I've found these docs and am looking for something more concise.

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    The puppet type reference is basically the best document for this. Yes, it's long, and somewhat overwhelming at first. You probably won't find something much shorter which is also complete. I approach the document differently: I decide what I want to do, then look for the puppet type which will deal with it.
    – Avleen
    Jan 26, 2011 at 4:26
  • @Avleen: I'm looking for more of an "at a glance" kind of reference rather than a complete reference. I want something I can use to quickly find the name of the thing I'm looking for, so I can then go and do a more in depth search for.
    – BCS
    Jan 26, 2011 at 15:59

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You can make one yourself on the fly (2.6.x syntax)

puppet doc -r type -- generates type reference

puppet doc -r function -- generates function reference

etc.

That way it's easily grep-able and accurately reflects the version you have installed.

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    OTOH, it's kind of hard to pin on a wall.
    – BCS
    Jan 31, 2011 at 17:22
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There isn't one. But there's going to be soon!

A draft of the text is at http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Core_Types_Cheat_Sheet; is there anything missing from there that you'd like to see added? (Keeping in mind that there'll likely be a second cheat sheet with a rough guide to the language syntax; this is only about the core resource types.)

(Also, there's a proof-of-concept double-sided PDF available over at the issue ticket about this.)

Yes, there is!

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  • Looks good. Btu just the type name and the first bit of each description is the kind of things I was thinking of. As a web page it could work to have that, and then hide the rest of the text as a collapsed section.
    – BCS
    Feb 14, 2011 at 6:23
  • Sounds like you could get some mileage out of puppet describe -s file. The -s switch makes it spit out a naked list of the attributes for that type, if all you need is a memory jog.
    – nfagerlund
    Feb 14, 2011 at 17:45

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