Remove devices and agentless nodes from the inventory
You can remove a device or agentless node from the Puppet Enterprise (PE) inventory by going to the Connections tab on the Node details page. This can also be referred to as disconnecting the node or device.
Before you begin:
Make sure your user account has this permission: Nodes: Add and delete connection information from inventory service
Make sure your user account has this permission: Nodes: Add and delete connection information from inventory service
- In the Puppet Enterprise (PE) console, click Status or Nodes, find the node or device you want to remove, and click its name to open the Node details page.
- Switch to the Connections tab.
- Click Remove connection. This link's name depends on the connection type, such as Remove SSH Connection, Remove WinRM connection, and so on.
- Confirm that you want to remove the connection.
Results
When you remove a node or device from the inventory, PuppetDB marks the node or device as expired after the standard node time-to-live period (
When you remove a node or device from the inventory, PuppetDB marks the node or device as expired after the standard node time-to-live period (
node-ttl). Then PuppetDB purges the node or device when
it reaches the node-purge time-to-live limit
(node-purge-ttl). Once purged, the node or device
no longer appears in the PE console, and the
node's license is available to reassign to another node.For
more information about the
node-ttl and
node-purge-ttl settings, refer to the PuppetDB[database] settings in the Puppet
documentation.
