does puppet have api to run and apply catalogs

[rahav jv]

Hi,

I'm evaluating puppet and salt.

salt has an api that helps us runs command and apply salt states (like catalogs) on the endpoints.

is there any such alternative in puppet, an api that can help apply a catalog or a manifest on the agent via the puppet master.

Thanks,

Rahav

[jcbollinger]

Open source Puppet's model is strictly a pull model.  It does not do remote control.  If you want remote control (such as to remotely trigger a Puppet catalog run) then Puppet, Inc. tends to recommend MCollective, a general purpose, multi-node remote-control system under Puppet, Inc's control.  MCollective has good Puppet integration.

John