This tool was created because a google search for CLI report reader returned: nada. reportreader.rb is useful for creating crontabs that i report on changes made in a certain time period. I have mine set to report hourly on changes. Eventually, I may come to rely on something like Dashboard or Foreman, but for now, this meets my requirements.
Usage: ./reportreader.rb [options]
-f, --reportdir PARAM Identify reports directory (default: /var/lib/puppet/reports)
-t, --time PARAM Time scope by hours from now
-D, --deleteolder Delete files older than "-t" time
-s, --hostname PARAM Identify hostname to check
-T, --tags PARAM Identify tags to filter by. Verbose output includes matched tags. Wrap in single parens. Pretend the parens are the equivalent of / /. For example, '[a-z]{6}' matches tags > 5 alpha characters.
-X, --reverse-tags PARAM Identify tags to filter by. Matches are excluded.
-R, --custom-method PARAM send custom method to filter Puppet::Resource::Status. ex: -R "change_count > 0,failed". Refer to http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Report_Format_3 for Puppet::Resource::Status attributes.
-c, --changes Print changed resources. equivalent to -R 'change_count > 0,failed'
-l, --logs Print logs from changed resources
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity
--breakout Breakout into interactive mode after main completes
-h, --help Display this screen
reportreader.rb -t 4 -c -s all -X '(trunk|augeas)'
report changes in the last 4 hours to all nodes excluding resources with tags trunk or augueas (which is chatty in noop mode).
reportreader.rb -t 1 -c -s all -T 'trunk'
report changed or failed resources that have the tag “trunk” within the last hour on all nodes.
reportreader.rb -t 1 -s all -R 'resource == "Service[samba]"'
report all Puppet::Resource::Status where instance.resource == “Service”