Report format

Puppet 8.8.1 generates report format 12.

Puppet::Transaction::Report

Property Type Description
host string The host that generated this report.
time datetime When the Puppet run began.
logs array Zero or more Puppet::Util::Log objects.
metrics hash Maps from string (metric category) to Puppet::Util::Metric.
resource_statuses hash Maps from resource name to Puppet::Resource::Status
configuration_version string or integer The configuration version of the Puppet run. This is a string for user-specified versioning schemes. Otherwise it is an integer representing seconds since the Unix epoch.
transaction_uuid string A UUID covering the transaction. The query parameters for the catalog retrieval include the same UUID.
code_id string The ID of the code input to the compiler.
job_id string, or null The ID of the job in which this transaction occurred.
catalog_uuid string A primary server generated catalog UUID, useful for connecting a single catalog to multiple reports.
server_used string The name of the primary server used to compile the catalog. If failover occurred, this holds the first primary server successfully contacted. If this run had no primary server (for example, a puppet apply run), this field is blank.
report_format string or integer "12" or 12
puppet_version string The version of the Puppet agent.
status string The transaction status: failed, changed, or unchanged.
transaction_completed Boolean Whether the transaction completed. For instance, if the transaction had an unrescued exception, transaction_completed = false.
noop Boolean Whether the Puppet run was in no-operation mode when it ran.
noop_pending Boolean Whether there are changes that were not applied because of no-operation mode.
environment string The environment that was used for the Puppet run.
corrective_change Boolean True if a change or no-operation event in this report was caused by an unexpected change to the system between Puppet runs.
cached_catalog_status string The status of the cached catalog used in the run: not_used, explicitly_requested, or on_failure.

Puppet::Util::Log

Property Type Description
file string The path and filename of the manifest file that triggered the log message. This property is not always present.
line integer The manifest file's line number that triggered the log message. This property is not always present.
level symbol The severity level of the message :debug, :info, :notice, :warning, :err, :alert, :emerg, :crit.
message string The text of the message.
source string The origin of the log message. This could be a resource, a property of a resource, or the string "Puppet".
tags array Each array element is a string.
time datetime The time at which the message was sent.

Puppet::Util::Metric

A Puppet::Util::Metric object represents all the metrics in a single category.

Property Type Description
name string Specifies the name of the metric category. This is the same as the key associated with this metric in the metrics hash of the Puppet::Transaction::Report.
label string The name of the metric formatted as a title. Underscores are replaced with spaces and the first word is capitalized.
values array All the metric values within this category. Each value is in the form [name, label, value], where name is the particular metric as a string, label is the metric name formatted as a title, and value is the metric quantity as an integer or a float.
The metrics that appear in a report are part of a fixed set and arranged in the following categories:
time
Includes a metric for every resource type for which there is at least one resource in the catalog, plus two additional metrics: config_retrieval and total. Each value in the time category is a float.

In an inspect report, there is an additional inspect metric.

resources
Includes the metrics failed, out_of_sync, changed, and total. Each value in the resources category is an integer.
events
Includes up to five metrics: success, failure, audit, noop, and total. total is always present; the others are present when their values are non-zero. Each value in the events category is an integer.
changes
Includes one metric, total. Its value is an integer.
Note: Failed reports contain no metrics.

Puppet::Resource::Status

A Puppet::Resource::Status object represents the status of a single resource.

Property Type Description
resource_type string The resource type, capitalized.
title title The resource title.
resource string The resource name, in the form Type[title]. This is always the same as the key that corresponds to this Puppet::Resource::Status object in the resource_statuses hash. Deprecated.
provider_used string The name of the provider used by the resource.
file string The path and filename of the manifest file that declared the resource.
line integer The line number in the manifest file that declared the resource.
evaluation_time float The amount of time, in seconds, taken to evaluate the resource. Not present in inspect reports.
change_count integer The number of properties that changed. Always 0 in inspect reports.
out_of_sync_count integer The number of properties that were out of sync. Always 0 in inspect reports.
tags array The strings with which the resource is tagged.
time datetime The time at which the resource was evaluated.
events array The Puppet::Transaction::Event objects for the resource.
out_of_sync Boolean True when out_of_sync_count > 0, otherwise false. Deprecated.
changed Boolean True when change_count > 0, otherwise false. Deprecated.
skipped Boolean True when the resource was skipped, otherwise false.
failed Boolean True when Puppet experienced an error while evaluating this resource, otherwise false. Deprecated.
failed_to_restart Boolean True when Puppet experienced an error while trying to restart this resource, for example, when a Service resource has been notified from another resource.
containment_path array An array of strings; each element represents a container (type or class) that, together, make up the path of the resource in the catalog.

Puppet::Transaction::Event

A Puppet::Transaction::Event object represents a single event for a single resource.

Property Type Description
audited Boolean True when this property is being audited, otherwise false. True in inspect reports.
property string The property for which the event occurred. This value is missing if the provider errored out before it could be determined.
previous_value string, array, or hash The value of the property before the change (if any) was applied. This value is missing if the provider errored out before it could be determined.
desired_value string, array, or hash The value specified in the manifest. Absent in inspect reports. This value is missing if the provider errored out before it could be determined.
historical_value string, array, or hash The audited value from a previous run of Puppet, if known. Otherwise nil. Absent in inspect reports. This value is missing if the provider errored out before it could be determined.
message string The log message generated by this event.
name symbol The name of the event. Absent in inspect reports.
status string The event status:
  • success: Property was out of sync and was successfully changed to be in sync.
  • failure: Property was out of sync and couldn’t be changed to be in sync due to an error.
  • noop: Property was out of sync but wasn’t changed because the run was in no-operation mode.
  • audit: Property was in sync and was being audited. Inspect reports are always in audit status.
redacted Boolean Whether this event has been redacted.
time datetime The time at which the property was evaluated.
corrective_change Boolean True if this event was caused by an unexpected change to the system between Puppet runs.

Changes since report format 8

Most of report format 12 is backwards compatible with formats 9-11, but includes the following changes:

  • Version 8: transaction_completed was added to Puppet::Transaction::Report
  • Version 9: provider_used was added to Puppet::Resource::Status
  • Version 10: failed_to_restart was added to Puppet::Resource::Status
  • Version 11: server_used was added to Puppet::Transaction::Report
  • Version 12: master_used was removed from Puppet::Transaction::Report

Note that version 12 only exists in Puppet 7. For more information, see the report schema.