Hello and thanks for your reply!! It looks like the hostname is set correctly
[root@mcollective ~]# hostname -f mcollective.acadaca.net [root@mcollective ~]# facter | grep fqdn fqdn => mcollective.acadaca.net And here is a more verbose run of puppetd --test [root@mcollective ~]# puppetd -t -d -v debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderDirectoryservice: file /usr/bin/dscl does not exist debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderPw: file pw does not exist debug: Failed to load library 'ldap' for feature 'ldap' debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderLdap: feature ldap is missing debug: Puppet::Type::User::ProviderUser_role_add: file rolemod does not exist debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state/graphs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/state] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/client_yaml]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]: Autorequiring File[/etc/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/facts]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/clientbucket]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: Finishing transaction 23456293293600 with 0 changes debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/state]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/private]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/facts]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/mcollective.acadaca.net.pem]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys] debug: /File[/var/lib/puppet/ssl]: Autorequiring File[/var/lib/puppet] debug: Finishing transaction 23456292743820 with 0 changes debug: Using cached certificate for ca debug: Using cached certificate for mcollective.acadaca.net debug: Finishing transaction 23456293690500 with 0 changes debug: Using cached certificate for ca debug: Using cached certificate for mcollective.acadaca.net debug: Using cached certificate_revocation_list for ca debug: catalog supports formats: b64_zlib_yaml marshal pson raw yaml; using pson err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known warning: Not using cache on failed catalog err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run Thanks again for your input! On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Rohan McGovern <rohan.mcgov...@nokia.com> wrote: > Tim Dunphy said: >> hello list >> >> I am attempting to setup a puppet server in the amazon cloud. When I >> try to hit the host from the test client using puppetd --test I get >> this response... >> >> >> >> >> [root@mclient ~]# puppetd --test >> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo: Name >> or service not known >> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog >> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run > > Hello, > > In my experience an error like this means that the hostname on your > machine may not be set correctly, check outputs of `facter fqdn' and > `hostname -f'. > -- > Rohan McGovern > Quality Engineer > Qt Development Frameworks, Nokia > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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