Puppet Error Cannot set modulepath settings in puppet conf

Question

I have added 2 directories to the default module path:

• /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/tools
• /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/core

# puppet config set modulepath "/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/tools:/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/core:`puppet config print modulepath`"

But i'm getting this error:

# puppet config print modulepath
Error: Could not initialize global default settings: Cannot set modulepath settings in puppet.conf

What should I do to resolve it?

Answer 1

These extra module paths are specific to your production directory environment, so they can be appended in your production directory environment's environment.conf

#/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/environment.conf /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/tools:/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/modules/core:$basemodulepath

Your $basemodulepath is specified in your puppet.conf, typically at /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf. 

It is the value for basemodulepath in the INI format. 

modulepath from the config file is not used in the directory environment according to the documentation.

More information about environment.conf: https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.10/config_file_environment.html 

More information about appending module paths in your directory environment: https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.10/config_file_environment.html#modulepath