What's the purpose of $puppet::agent::env?

[bschonec]

I don't see that $::env has any value at all. It's not a facter fact and puppet 'environment' is actually:

[root@ltstd001 puppet]# puppet config print | grep environment
environment = production
[root@ltstd001 puppet]#

I don't see that $::env works at all for my environment.

[ghoneycutt]

It is a variable used by the puppet module. This is a work around when you run puppet initially you are in a given environment though you may bootstrap into another environment. I add the following to hiera

puppet::agent::env: production

Or you could create a custom fact, $::env, that is set to 'production'