Most voted questions in Puppet

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Where should the testing files be located to run puppet-parser-validate/puppet-lint against *.pp in a Jenkins+Puppet setup?

Rake is sophisticated test runner written in ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet DSL : String concatenation.

Method 1: One way is Keyword variable ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Utlizing puppet manifests to install puppet modules

You could use librarian-puppet to sync all ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Can't fetch git repositories in puppet using ssh

Try adding a section to the user's ~/.ssh/config file ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error: Could not find class ::mysql::server for example.com on node example.com

This might be because you might not ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: couldn't run a cron job

You should use the cron type that is ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Environment variables

*.sh scripts in /etc/profile.d are read at user-login time (as ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error: Could not request certificate: getaddrinfo: Temporary failure in name resolution

You are getting this error because your ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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How can i know the time as to when exactly did a node join puppet?

Puppet does not itself keep any timestamp ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Jenkins with puppet.

For anyone interested in how to pull ...READ MORE

Aug 8, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: How can i check for syntax errors on my puppet code? Is there any tool to do this?

At the lowest level of checking, you ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet v/s Ansible

Here are few major contrasts among Puppet ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error when trying to use many manifests

Your kp::testfile is a defined type, not ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Can i automatically generate puppet manifests from a puppet server?

Yes, here is how you can do ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: How do i disable the default pull configuration so i can only push from my Puppet server when required?

In order to stop the Puppet service,you ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error: Cannot set modulepath settings in puppet.conf

These extra module paths are specific to ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Would i be able to utilize same module that i have in puppet master in my puppet agent?

Yes, you can do this. The issue that ...READ MORE

Aug 7, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Is there a provision of on failure ability in puppet?

Not a built-in one, no.  They do log failures, of ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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How can i execute a single class from my puppet manifest file?

You can execute a subset of resources ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Can i install puppet master and puppet agent on the same centos machine? How will that work?

Yes, It's now possible to install both ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet Error: Unable to locate package PuppetDB

You will have to enable the puppet ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: an additional repository is added on ubuntu by apt package

Passing in an empty string for the ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet server fails to start after a new installation

Try this: Remove the existing apt repository by ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: error on running sudo puppet agent -t

The puppetmaster process is the one attempting ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppetfile to configure/install a module

The Puppetfile is like a Ruby Gemfile, ...READ MORE

Aug 6, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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err: Could not send report: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

This error occurs when Windows agents' time isn't synced.  Windows agents ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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“dpkg: error: dpkg frontend is locked by another process”

First, find out the id of the ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Windows agent doesn't request any certificates from puppet master?

Exiting; no certificate found and waitforcert is ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet module path is not updating.

The puppet confdir depends on user that executes puppet ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Error: Could not find declared class firewall at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp

The modules that you install on master need ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: certificate verify failed: [self signed certificate in certificate chain for /CN=Puppet CA: master-b]

Make new clean master b, and duplicate ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: error “Job for puppetserver.service failed because the control process exited with error code”

I noticed once when I started Puppet ...READ MORE

Aug 5, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Error while configuring Hiera for puppet

In order for changes to your hiera configuration to ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Configure a node to connect to a PuppetDB

Step 1: Configure SSL: PuppetDB requires client authentication ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error while trying to execute shell commands in Exec resource type

The default exec provider on *nix OSes ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet agent log shows error "could not back up"

If agents log errors like "could not ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: How can i connect the puppet server to an external node classifier?

You need to configure two settings to ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: managing firewall rules

You can easily manage the firewall rules ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: puppet agent --configprint server doesn't return a valid DNS name.

Agents trust the master only if they ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: err: getaddrinfo: The storage control blocks were destroyed.

This error occurs when the agent can't ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet : PuppetDB upgrade

PuppetDB can be upgraded independently of your master ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Upgrading a Puppet server

Upgrading the puppetserver package effectively upgrades Puppet Server.  The puppetserver package, in turn, ...READ MORE

Aug 2, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: error "Name or service not known."

You get this error usually if agents ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Error: Could not parse for environment production: Syntax error at '='; expected '}'

This error occurs if puppet apply -e is used ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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Puppet: Enable a replica as a part of configuring high availability

Enabling a replica activates most of its ...READ MORE

Aug 1, 2019 in Puppet by Sirajul
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