# Puppet Client

The Puppet Agent updates the configuration on the node. It automatically runs regulary, for configuration details check the [configuration guide](../configuration/puppet_agent).

## Manually Retrieve Node Information From Puppet Server

To manually check the node information on the Puppet server for given host, do
```
FQDN=$(hostname --fqdn)
curl \
    --cacert /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem \
    --cert   /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/$FQDN.pem \
    --key    /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/private_keys/$FQDN.pem \
    "https://puppet01.psi.ch:8140/puppet/v3/node/$FQDN?environment=prod&configured_en" \
    | jq .
```