I too would like some insight into this problem. I'm following the same instructions. Here's my result.
root@pmaster3:/usr/share/puppet-dashboard# sudo -u puppet-dashboard rake cert:request NOTE: Gem.source_index is deprecated, use Specification. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem.source_index called from /usr/share/puppet-dashboard/config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/gem_dependency.rb:21. config.gem: Unpacked gem rdoc-3.6.1 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem json_pure-1.7.7 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem rspec-rails-1.3.4 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem mocha-0.9.7 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem factory_girl-1.3.3 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem daemons-1.0.10 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem haml-3.1.2 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem rspec-1.3.2 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem thoughtbot-shoulda-2.10.2 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem will_paginate-2.3.15 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem rack-1.1.6 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. config.gem: Unpacked gem sass-3.1.2 in vendor/gems has no specification file. Run 'rake gems:refresh_specs' to fix this. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#initialize is deprecated with no replacement. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#initialize called from /usr/share/puppet-dashboard/config/../vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails/vendor_gem_source_index.rb:100. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. NOTE: Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec is deprecated, use Specification.add_spec. It will be removed on or after 2011-11-01. Gem::SourceIndex#add_spec called from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/1.8/rubygems/source_index.rb:91. DEPRECATION WARNING: Rake tasks in vendor/plugins/delayed_job/tasks are deprecated. Use lib/tasks instead. (called from /usr/share/puppet-dashboard/vendor/rails/railties/lib/tasks/rails.rb:10) rake aborted! SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=unknown state: unknown protocol Tasks: TOP => cert:request (See full trace by running task with --trace) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f152e1f8-89a7-4e33-8801-2760708dfad1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.