On Feb 21, 2012, at 12:59 PM, paulS wrote: > This is a heads up. I didn't see this particular root cause to the > 'connection refused' error upon google search, so thought I'd pass it > on. I tried to make a bug report, but couldn't figure out how to do > that. I may not have permission. Arguably it's a 'sensitivity,' though > an undocumented one. > > ### Error seen > > root@puppet-client-1:~# puppet agent --no-daemonize --verbose -- > onetime # returned the error: > > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Connection > refused - connect(2) > > ### Troubleshooting > > # Cleaned certificates and keys from the puppetmaster and certificates > from the agent. > # Restarted the puppetmaster to re-create certificates and keys on the > puppetmaster. > > # to request a new signed certificate from the puppetmaster. > root@puppet-client-1:~# puppet agent --no-daemonize --verbose -- > onetime # Returned the error: > > err: Could not request certificate: Connection refused - connect(2) > > # Also getting the following errors upon puppetmaster restart. > > root@puppetmaster # puppet master --no-daemonize --verbose > notice: Starting Puppet master version 2.7.9 > err: Removing mount files: /etc/puppet/files does not exist > info: mount[stacks]: allowing * access > Could not run: Invalid pattern * at /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf:5 > > ### Root cause > > Traced the problem to an extra space after [files] mountpoint path > statement in in fileservers.conf > I did in fact edit that file to add a custom mountpoint. I don’t think > I got the connect error right away, however, because I used the custom > mountpoint successfully in a connect from the agent to install the > configuration package. Perhaps it occurs after restart of the > puppetmaster. > > The error is reproducible. I can take the space in and out and > reproduce and repair the error. ':set list' will show the extra space. > Note the extra space between 'path /etc/puppet/files' and '$' in the > files mountpoint, and between 'allow *' and '$' in the custom > mountpoint. The first one cased the problem. > > user@puppetmaster:/etc/puppet# vi fileserver.conf > :set list > > -- snip --- > [files]$ > path /etc/puppet/files $ > # allow *.example.com > # deny *.evil.example.com > # allow 192.168.0.0/24 > > [stacks] > path /opt/stacks > allow * $ > -- snip -- ---- not sure what you are trying to accomplish here but if you don't have something specific in mind at this point just comment everything out in /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf
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