How to change the run interval in puppet

Question

The puppet agent polls the puppet master for changes in every half an hour (30 mins). Can i change this run interval? How can i change the run interval such that my puppet agent polls the puppet master every minute to check for any config updates? Please Help.

Answer 1

• To check the run interval run the following command as a root user:

puppet agent --configprint runinterval

• In order to change the run interval you need to make the following changes in the puppet agent:

• Just add to /etc/puppet/puppet.conf:

[agent]
runinterval=1800 //whatever run interval you need to specify