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---
layout: default
built_from_commit: 70303b65ae864066c583e1436011ff135847f6ad
title: 'Man Page: puppet generate'
canonical: "/puppet/latest/man/generate.html"
---
# Man Page: puppet generate
> **NOTE:** This page was generated from the Puppet source code on 2024-08-29 17:41:46 -0700
## NAME
**puppet-generate** - Generates Puppet code from Ruby definitions.
## SYNOPSIS
puppet generate *action*
## OPTIONS
Note that any setting that\'s valid in the configuration file is also a
valid long argument, although it may or may not be relevant to the
present action. For example, **server** and **run_mode** are valid
settings, so you can specify **\--server \<servername\>**, or
**\--run_mode \<runmode\>** as an argument.
See the configuration file documentation at
*https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/configuration.html* for the full
list of acceptable parameters. A commented list of all configuration
options can also be generated by running puppet with **\--genconfig**.
\--render-as FORMAT
: The format in which to render output. The most common formats are
**json**, **s** (string), **yaml**, and **console**, but other
options such as **dot** are sometimes available.
\--verbose
: Whether to log verbosely.
\--debug
: Whether to log debug information.
## ACTIONS
**types** - Generates Puppet code for custom types
: **SYNOPSIS**
puppet generate types \[\--format *format*\] \[\--force\]
**DESCRIPTION**
Generates definitions for custom resource types using Puppet code.
Types defined in Puppet code can be used to isolate custom type
definitions between different environments.
**OPTIONS** *\--force* - Forces the generation of output files
(skips up-to-date checks).
*\--format \<format*\> - The generation output format to use.
Supported formats: pcore.
## EXAMPLES
**types**
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the
current environment:
$ puppet generate types
Generate Puppet type definitions for all custom resource types in the
specified environment:
$ puppet generate types --environment development
## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2016 by Puppet Inc. Apache 2 license; see COPYING
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