Error Could not find node statement with name default or puppetserver example com puppetserver example puppetserver localhost on node puppetserver example com

Question

i'm getting the above error when trying to apply site.pp on server.

my site.pp is as below:

node 'windows.example.com' {
$iis_features = ['Web-WebServer','Web-Scripting-Tools']
iis_feature { $iis_features:
  ensure => 'present',
}
}

the below snippet is puppet.conf

[master]
vardir = /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver
logdir = /var/log/puppetlabs/puppetserver
rundir = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver
pidfile = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver/puppetserver.pid
icodedir = /etc/puppetlabs/code
dns_alt_names=puppetserver.example.com,puppetmaster,puppet
#environmenpath = /etc/puppet/environments
#basemodulepath = /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules:/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/modules
[main]
certname = puppetserver.example.com
server = puppetserver.example.com
environment = production
runinterval = 5s

Answer 1

When you apply a catalog or a main manifest, a node definition that matches the client certificate is required. In this case, matching node definitions for your Puppet Master would be:

puppetserver.example.com, puppetserver.example, pupetserver, localhost

neither of these come in your node definition.

To resolve this, you can simply add a node definition for your Puppet Server. Since you are executing puppet apply on the server, the manifest is being applied locally.