VERSION 3.8.0 *in this release*
✨ *new features* - The puppet_agent::facts_diff task has a new exclude parameter which can be used to exclude specific facts from the diff. For more information about this task, see the module documentation <https://forge.puppet.com/modules/puppetlabs/puppet_agent/tasks> on the Puppet Forge. - You can now look up values in Hiera from the Bolt command line using the new bolt lookup shell command and Invoke-BoltLookup Powershell cmdlet. Lookups are performed in the context of a target, and Bolt automatically collects a target's facts before looking up a value. For more information about using this command, see the documentation <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/hiera.html#look-up-data-from-the-command-line> . - Bolt now supports loading files and scripts using their fully qualified names. This behavior is opt-in only and is the first phase in a multi-phase process of moving Bolt towards using fully qualified names for files and scripts. For more information about this change, how it will be phased in over time, and how to opt-in to the new behavior, see the developer update <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/developer_updates.html#how-bolt-loads-scripts> . 🚨 *removals* - The puppet5 collection is no longer available to the puppet_agent::install task, as Puppet 5 has reached end of life. VIEW FULL RELEASE NOTES <https://github.com/puppetlabs/bolt/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#bolt-380-2021-05-03> *nuts and bolts* Each month, we'll highlight a different Bolt feature and cover the details on what it is, why you might want to use it, and how it can be used in your workflows. May's highlighted feature is: *scripts*! *What is a script?* A script is a list of commands that are executed by a certain program or scripting engine. Scripts may be used to automate processes. Script files are usually just text documents that contain instructions written in a certain scripting language. When opened by the appropriate scripting engine, the commands within the script are executed. Bolt can execute scripts either on the command line or from a Bolt plan using the run_script() function. *How is a script different from a task?* Bolt tasks are similar to scripts, but they are kept in modules and optionally have a defined API for input into the task and output from the task. This allows you to reuse and share them, and interact with them programmatically more easily. Using the API capabilities of tasks requires adding a JSON metadata file next to the task, which oftentimes is unnecessary work for users who simply want to run a script. VIEW THE DOCUMENTATION <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/running_bolt_commands.html#run-a-script> [image: Tw] <https://twitter.com/puppetize> [image: Yt] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPfMWIY-qNbLhIrbZm2BFMQ> [image: In] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/puppet/> *Bolt Documentation <https://puppet.com/docs/bolt/latest/bolt.html>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-dev/CAGdD-pXsSGzBWNmFcCqg%3D-Z%3DgQ-p0VbMiKxsxqb83eN7d1x%2Bxg%40mail.gmail.com.
