Jose - Ah, the puppet master itself is running as the "puppet" user.
*root@puppet:/etc/puppet# ps -ef | grep puppet* *root 1362 1 0 10:55 ? 00:00:02 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/puppet agent* *puppet 20719 1 0 11:31 ? 00:00:00 Passenger RackApp: /usr/share/puppet/rack/puppetmasterd* I tried the following and got an error: *root@puppet:/etc/puppet# sudo -u puppet ./bin/node_classifier * */usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/facter/util/directory_loader.rb:75:in `open': Permission denied - /root/.facter/facts.d (Errno::EACCES)* I'm not sure if this is really indicative of the actual problem or not. - Taylor On Saturday, July 12, 2014 4:54:22 AM UTC-7, Jose Luis Ledesma wrote: > > The node classifier command is launched by the same user the runs puppet > master, and normally it is the 'puppet' user. > > You should try running the node classifier command in the puppet master > with the same user it runs. > > Regards > El 12/07/2014 13:52, "Taylor Leese" <tlee...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > escribió: > >> I probably also should have mentioned I am using Ubuntu 14 and this is >> running locally via Vagrant and the Vagrant agent provisioner. I've tried >> running the puppet agent manually after the Vagrant provisioning fails and >> I receive the same error message. >> >> Jose - When you say "the command" what do you mean? The node classifier? >> My VM doesn't have a puppet user so I checked to see what user the agent >> was running under and it is root. >> >> root@nexus:/home/vagrant# ps -ef | grep puppet >> >> root 1480 1 0 11:01 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ >> *puppet* agent >> - Taylor >> >> On Saturday, July 12, 2014 4:41:16 AM UTC-7, Jose Luis Ledesma wrote: >>> >>> Have you tried to run the command with the same user the puppet master >>> is running? (Usually puppet) >>> >>> Regards, >>> El 12/07/2014 13:39, "Taylor Leese" <tlee...@gmail.com> escribió: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to setup an external node classifier and I'm running into an >>>> error that I haven't been able to resolve. >>>> >>>> *Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on >>>> SERVER: Failed when searching for node puppet.myhost.com >>>> <http://puppet.myhost.com>: Failed to find puppet.myhost.com >>>> <http://puppet.myhost.com> via exec: Execution of >>>> '/etc/puppet/bin/node_classifier puppet.myhost.com >>>> <http://puppet.myhost.com>' returned 1: * >>>> This is the relevant part of my puppet.conf: >>>> >>>> *node_terminus = exec* >>>> *external_nodes = /etc/puppet/bin/node_classifier* >>>> >>>> The interesting thing is that if I run the classifier manually I get >>>> what appears (to me) to be correct output. I'm using Puppet 3.4.3. Any >>>> idea >>>> what I might be doing wrong? >>>> >>>> *root@puppet:/etc/puppet# ./bin/node_classifier puppet.myhost.com >>>> <http://puppet.myhost.com>* >>>> >>>> *--- * >>>> >>>> * classes: * >>>> >>>> * - apt* >>>> >>>> * - common* >>>> >>>> * - ntp* >>>> >>>> * - puppet* >>>> >>>> * - sudo* >>>> >>>> * - users* >>>> >>>> * parameters: * >>>> >>>> * puppetserver: puppet.myhost.com <http://puppet.myhost.com>* >>>> >>>> * environment: production* >>>> >>>> *root@puppet:/etc/puppet# * >>>> - Taylor >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>> msgid/puppet-users/d5056060-42ad-4807-8b47-7c9b204bc94e% >>>> 40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/d5056060-42ad-4807-8b47-7c9b204bc94e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/31cd8d4d-54bc-44dd-9ef6-73fc2409829d%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/31cd8d4d-54bc-44dd-9ef6-73fc2409829d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- 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/ba0718b4-cd4c-48db-9697-3a6fdba3de2a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
