environment.conf

The environment.conf file is an optional file in a control repository that allows you to override some settings in your Puppet environment. As of version 5.5, five settings are available for environment.conf, as follows:

  • modulepath: Where to search for Puppet modules.
  • manifest: Where to search for site.pp, or a directory of node manifest files, parsed alphabetically.
  • config_version: A user-defined script to generate the version produced by running the Puppet agent.
  • environment_timeout: How long the Puppet environment caches data about an environment.
  • static_catalogs: An advanced configuration that internally versions files served from the Puppet Master. It is on, by default.

Additionally, environment.conf is able to use ...

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