Hi Tim,
what is your puppet.conf? Have you specified a puppet server to use? If not, by 
default it will look for a host named puppet which is why its complaining about 
not being able to resolve.

Cheers,
Atha
On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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