Hi Jimm, Thank you for your help. Following is the content of my puppet.conf, do you suggest a specific action on my behalf to solve this problem?
C:\Windows\System32>puppet config print agent_catalog_run_lockfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/agent_catalog_run.lock agent_disabled_lockfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/agent_disabled.lock allow_duplicate_certs = false always_retry_plugins = true autoflush = true autosign = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/autosign.conf basemodulepath = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/modules;C:/Program Files/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/modules binder_config = bucketdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/bucket ca_fingerprint = ca_name = Puppet CA: laptop-j2mk58hv ca_port = 8140 ca_server = puppet ca_ttl = 157680000 cacert = C:/Windows/System32/ca_crt.pem cacrl = C:/Windows/System32/ca_crl.pem cadir = C:/Windows/System32 cakey = C:/Windows/System32/ca_key.pem capub = C:/Windows/System32/ca_pub.pem catalog_cache_terminus = catalog_terminus = compiler cert_inventory = C:/Windows/System32/inventory.txt certdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/certs certificate_revocation = chain certname = laptop-j2mk58hv ciphers = ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256 classfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/classes.txt client_datadir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/client_data clientbucketdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/clientbucket clientyamldir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/client_yaml code = codedir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code color = ansi confdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc config = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/puppet.conf config_file_name = puppet.conf config_version = configprint = crl_refresh_interval = csr_attributes = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/csr_attributes.yaml csrdir = C:/Windows/System32/requests daemonize = false data_binding_terminus = hiera default_file_terminus = rest default_manifest = ./manifests default_schedules = true deviceconfdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/devices deviceconfig = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/device.conf devicedir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/devices diff = diff_args = -u digest_algorithm = sha256 disable_i18n = true disable_per_environment_manifest = false disable_warnings = [] dns_alt_names = document_all = false environment = production environment_data_provider = environment_timeout = 0 environmentpath = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/environments evaltrace = false external_nodes = none fact_name_length_soft_limit = 2560 fact_value_length_soft_limit = 4096 factpath = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/lib/facter;C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/facts facts_terminus = facter fileserverconfig = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/fileserver.conf filetimeout = 15 forge_authorization = freeze_main = false genconfig = false genmanifest = false graph = false graphdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/graphs group = puppet hiera_config = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/hiera.yaml hostcert = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/certs/laptop-j2mk58hv.pem hostcrl = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/crl.pem hostcsr = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/certificate_requests/laptop-j2mk58hv.pem hostprivkey = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/private_keys/laptop-j2mk58hv.pem hostpubkey = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/public_keys/laptop-j2mk58hv.pem http_connect_timeout = 120 http_debug = false http_extra_headers = [] http_keepalive_timeout = 4 http_proxy_host = none http_proxy_password = none http_proxy_port = 3128 http_proxy_user = none http_read_timeout = 600 http_user_agent = Puppet/7.20.0 Ruby/2.7.6-p219 (x64-mingw32) ignore_plugin_errors = false ignoremissingtypes = false ignoreschedules = false key_type = rsa keylength = 4096 lastrunfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/public/last_run_summary.yaml lastrunreport = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/last_run_report.yaml ldapattrs = all ldapbase = ldapclassattrs = puppetclass ldapparentattr = parentnode ldappassword = ldapport = 389 ldapserver = ldap ldapssl = false ldapstackedattrs = puppetvar ldapstring = (&(objectclass=puppetClient)(cn=%s)) ldaptls = false ldapuser = libdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/lib localcacert = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem localedest = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/locales localesource = puppet:///locales location_trusted = false log_level = notice logdest = logdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/var/log manage_internal_file_permissions = false manifest = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/environments/production/manifests masterport = 8140 max_deprecations = 10 max_errors = 10 max_warnings = 10 maximum_uid = 4294967290 maxwaitforcert = unlimited maxwaitforlock = 60 merge_dependency_warnings = false mkusers = false module_groups = module_repository = https://forgeapi.puppet.com module_working_dir = C:/Users/steph/AppData/Local/Temp modulepath = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/environments/production/modules;C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/modules;C:/Program Files/Puppet Labs/Puppet/puppet/modules name = config named_curve = prime256v1 no_proxy = localhost, 127.0.0.1 node_cache_terminus = node_name_fact = node_name_value = laptop-j2mk58hv node_terminus = plain noop = false number_of_facts_soft_limit = 2048 onetime = false passfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/private/password path = none payload_soft_limit = 16777216 pidfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/var/run/main.pid plugindest = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/lib pluginfactdest = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/facts.d pluginfactsource = puppet:///pluginfacts pluginsignore = .svn CVS .git .hg pluginsource = puppet:///plugins pluginsync = true postrun_command = preferred_serialization_format = json preprocess_deferred = true prerun_command = preview_outputdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/preview priority = privatedir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/private privatekeydir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/private_keys profile = false publicdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/public publickeydir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/public_keys puppet_trace = false puppetdlog = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/var/log/puppetd.log report = true report_include_system_store = false report_port = 8140 report_server = puppet reportdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/reports reports = store reporturl = http://localhost:3000/reports/upload requestdir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/certificate_requests resourcefile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/resources.txt resubmit_facts = false rich_data = true route_file = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/routes.yaml rundir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/var/run runinterval = 1800 runtimeout = 3600 serial = C:/Windows/System32/serial server = puppet server_datadir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/server_data server_list = serverport = 8140 settings_catalog = true show_diff = false signeddir = C:/Windows/System32/signed skip_tags = sourceaddress = splay = false splaylimit = 1800 srv_domain = ssl_client_header = HTTP_X_CLIENT_DN ssl_client_verify_header = HTTP_X_CLIENT_VERIFY ssl_lockfile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl/ssl.lock ssl_trust_store = ssldir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/ssl statedir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state statefile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/state.yaml statettl = 2764800 static_catalogs = true storeconfigs = false storeconfigs_backend = puppetdb strict = warning strict_environment_mode = false strict_variables = false summarize = false supported_checksum_types = ["sha256", "sha384", "sha512", "sha224", "md5"] syslogfacility = daemon tags = tasks = false top_level_facts_soft_limit = 512 trace = false transactionstorefile = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/state/transactionstore.yaml trusted_external_command = trusted_oid_mapping_file = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/etc/custom_trusted_oid_mapping.yaml use_cached_catalog = false use_last_environment = true use_srv_records = false usecacheonfailure = true user = puppet vardir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache vendormoduledir = C:\Program Files\Puppet Labs\Puppet\puppet\vendor_modules versioned_environment_dirs = false waitforcert = 120 waitforlock = 0 write_catalog_summary = true yamldir = C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/puppet/cache/yaml Thank you in advance for your time, Best, Stephanos On Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 6:24:08 PM UTC+2 jimm...@gmail.com wrote: > What does the contents of your puppet.conf look like on the host. It > appears that the agent is trying to reach the hostname puppet but cannot > resolve the name in DNS or on the local host file. You should have entries > in the puppet.conf that looks something like this > > [main] > server=myserver.mydomain.com > > [agent] > certname=mynode.mydomain.com > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2022, 12:05 PM Stephanos Economides <noveltym...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Puppet Users, >> >> I am a new user of the puppet software and I ask your help to tackle the >> following problem: >> >> I have installed the puppet agent 7.20.0 as a standalone node that won't >> connect to a master, on my notebook (Windows 11 Home). >> >> I tried to run the puppet agent and I received an error (screenshot: >> puppet_agent_error_1). >> >> Then I used the "puppet agent --test" command from cmd (run it as >> administrator) and I received an error (screenshot: puppet_agent_error_2). >> >> Then I used the "puppet resource service puppetserver ensure=running" >> command from cmd (run it as administrator) and I received the error "Error: >> Will not start disabled service puppetserver without managing enable. >> Specify 'enable => false' to override.". I tried to override by using the >> command "puppet resource service puppetserver enable=false" and then I used >> again the "puppet resource service puppetserver ensure=running" command but >> in vain (screenshot: puppet_agent_error_3). >> >> Then I created an inbound rule on Windows firewall for port 8140 but >> again I received the same error "Error: Connection to >> https://puppet:8140/puppet-ca/v1 failed, trying next route: Request to >> https://puppet:8140/puppet-ca/v1 failed after 2.698 seconds: Failed to >> open TCP connection to puppet:8140 (getaddrinfo: No such host is known. )". >> >> Lastly, I deactivated temporarily my Avast software but again connection >> to puppet:8140 failed. >> >> Could you please help me to resolve this issue? >> >> Thank you in advance for your time. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Stephanos >> >> -- >> > 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/4918e75e-85ed-48cc-b650-617f0280c505n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/4918e75e-85ed-48cc-b650-617f0280c505n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. 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