The Dependency Graph

[Keith Edmunds]

The recent discussion of resource ordering has me wondering. Like, I
suspect, many others, I've been caught out by Puppet dependencies being
incorrectly specified. I'm not looking to change Puppet's behaviour - I
happen to think it is correct - but is there a way to output the
dependency graph? I'm not looking for anything fancy: a raw text output is
fine.

Thanks,
Keith

[Peter Meier]

Hi

You can generate dot files for your catalog, which will show your
dependecy cycle in an easy way to spot:

http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ConfigurationReference#graph
http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#how-do-i-use-puppet-s-graphing-support

cheers pete

[James Turnbull]

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See http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/ConfigurationReference.

The graph and graphdir options.

Regards

James Turnbull

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