'Puppet: disable echo of notify commands

I would like to print some messages and variable values while my configuration is applied. I would also like to separate the output of different configuration blocks visually. so I use

notify {"\n\nINSTALL TOMCAT TO $target_folder":}

as described in puppet tutorials and documentation.

Unfortunately the output does not really add readability to the whole log:

notice: 

INSTALL TOMCAT TO /opt/example/uiserver
notice: /Stage[main]//Node[dev-xyz.example.com]/Tomcat[uiserver_tomcat]/Notify[

INSTALL TOMCAT TO /opt/example/uiserver]

INSTALL TOMCAT TO /opt/example/uiserver'

Problem - instead of just printing the message, puppet also outputs an annoying echo /message: defined 'message' as '. Is there any way to eliminate it?

Using withpath => false did not help.

Puppet 2.7.17.

puppet


Solution 1:[1]

Set --logdest to syslog. It's console by default.

--logdest:
  Where to send messages. Choose between syslog, the console, and a log
  file. Defaults to sending messages to the console.

Solution 2:[2]

Maybe try using the notice() function instead of the notify type as per http://www.puppetcookbook.com/posts/simple-debug-messages.html

With the notice() function mesagee will be written to the puppetmaster's log instead of the client, but there won't be an echo line echo'd back.

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Solution 1 Michael Field
Solution 2 pwan

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