> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Jo Rhett <jrh...@netconsonance.com> wrote: > On Nov 25, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Peter Berghold wrote: >> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: >> Could not find class adminscripts::getvpsnodes for >> slccrepos0.slc.sharkrivertech.com at >> /etc/puppet/manifests/nodes/slccrepos0.pp:4 on node >> slccrepos0.slc.sharkrivertech.com >> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog >> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run >> >> I know it has to be me... what am I missing here? > > > It doesn't mean it's not there -- seems to often mean there's a problem in > the module. I've come to learn that this error means "there is something > wrong when parsing your module" and you have to go look blindly to figure it > out. This is somewhere that puppetlabs could improve things greatly.
On Nov 27, 2011, at 7:28 AM, Nigel Kersten wrote: > If there's a parse error in the manifests, that will be shown, but only each > time Puppet re-parses them. ... > If you're definitely seeing modules fail to parse, with no errors being > thrown, and then the class subsequently can't be found, please bug report, as > that's definitely a bug. You shouldn't be completely "blind" here. Assuming that what you say above is right, I would suggest that showing the error only once is only useful for single-digit puppet installations. The problem here is that I have 500+ nodes. So let's say I'm adjusting a module and testing the effect with "--test". I adjust the module code, then I run "puppet agent --test" on the node which should be affected, and I don't see the error message related to my changes -- only this complaint that the module isn't found. Perhaps some other node hit the server first (with about 10 nodes connected at any time, this is fairly likely) and you reported the error to it -- but how can I see this? Should I stumble around on 500 nodes and try to figure out which one contains the error? The current mechanism is not useful in any medium-size installation, nevermind the larger ones (10k+ nodes) which I've worked on before. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
