Try using the splay config option on the agents. It should help to distribute the agent runs. https://docs.puppetlabs.com/references/latest/configuration.html#splay
If that fails, you could try running the puppet agent from a cron job instead with randomised start times as per the below link. http://mycfg.net/articles/random-start-times-for-cron-jobs-with-puppet.html -- 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/82975c46-fe25-4561-aab5-855d2124daec%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.