Puppet users - Sep 2010 - Undefined method 'closed?' for nil:NilClass

Hi all

I started researching on puppet and decided I''ll try it out on Vmware
Workstation using Ubuntu 10.04. So I''m trying to do the simplest
puppet install pattern as outlined in
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Simplest_Puppet_Install_Pattern.
For now, I''m trying to test puppetd and puppetmasterd on the same
machine. I start puppetmaster and everything works fine. Then I start
puppetd and I end up with following error:

err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional
resources using ''eval_generate'': undefined method
''closed?'' for
nil:NilClass
err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to retrieve current state of
resource: undefined method ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass Could
not
retrieve file metadata for puppet://puppet/plugins: undefined method
''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: undefined method
''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

I''ve been trying to figure this out over last couple of days but
I''m
completely stumped. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Kikanny wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I started researching on puppet and decided I''ll try it out on
Vmware
> Workstation using Ubuntu 10.04. So I''m trying to do the simplest
> puppet install pattern as outlined in
>
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Simplest_Puppet_Install_Pattern.
> For now, I''m trying to test puppetd and puppetmasterd on the same
> machine. I start puppetmaster and everything works fine. Then I start
> puppetd and I end up with following error:
> 
> err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional
> resources using ''eval_generate'': undefined method
''closed?'' for
> nil:NilClass
> err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to retrieve current state of
> resource: undefined method ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
Could not
> retrieve file metadata for puppet://puppet/plugins: undefined method
> ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: undefined method
> ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
> 
> I''ve been trying to figure this out over last couple of days but
I''m
> completely stumped. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
> 
This a well known Ruby error which masks the actual error.  It''s fixed
in 0.25.5.  See:

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/3101

Regards

James Turnbull

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On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Kikanny wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I started researching on puppet and decided I''ll try it out on
Vmware
> Workstation using Ubuntu 10.04. So I''m trying to do the simplest
> puppet install pattern as outlined in
>
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Simplest_Puppet_Install_Pattern.
> For now, I''m trying to test puppetd and puppetmasterd on the same
> machine. I start puppetmaster and everything works fine. Then I start
> puppetd and I end up with following error:
> 
> err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to generate additional
> resources using ''eval_generate'': undefined method
''closed?'' for
> nil:NilClass
> err: /File[/var/lib/puppet/lib]: Failed to retrieve current state of
> resource: undefined method ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
Could not
> retrieve file metadata for puppet://puppet/plugins: undefined method
> ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: undefined method
> ''closed?'' for nil:NilClass
> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
> 
> I''ve been trying to figure this out over last couple of days but
I''m
> completely stumped. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

James Turnbull mostly answered this one, but didn''t mention the
"plugin sync".  It can be error can be safely ignored, but is
distracting when debugging.  Add "pluginsync = false" to the client to
bypass it.  If you want to fix it, add a directory called "lib" to one
of your modules.  The directory can be empty.

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Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now when I try to
run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the following
error message:

err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo: Name
or service not known
err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run

I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem with my hostname or
dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!

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On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Kikanny wrote:
> Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now when I try to
> run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the following
> error message:
> 
> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo: Name
> or service not known
> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
> 
> I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem with my
hostname or
> dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!
Just to clarify, 0.25.4 wasn''t working either right?

What happens if you run "ping puppet" on that computer?  

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Yup. I get the following when I say ping puppet
ping: unknown host puppet

So I haven''t defined puppet as a hostname somewhere or something?

On Sep 24, 12:38 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>
> > Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now when I try to
> > run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the following
> > error message:
>
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo: Name
> > or service not known
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
>
> > I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem with my
hostname or
> > dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Just to clarify, 0.25.4 wasn''t working either right?
>
> What happens if you run "ping puppet" on that computer?  
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Try putting puppet as an alias to your server in /etc/hosts (DNS is a better
long term solution, but /etc/hosts is usually easier).  The test it again.  If
that doesn''t work, test it with ping to make sure "ping
puppet" works.

On Sep 24, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Kikanny wrote:
> Yup. I get the following when I say ping puppet
> ping: unknown host puppet
> 
> So I haven''t defined puppet as a hostname somewhere or something?
> 
> On Sep 24, 12:38 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now when I try
to
>>> run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the
following
>>> error message:
>> 
>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: getaddrinfo:
Name
>>> or service not known
>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
>> 
>>> I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem with my
hostname or
>>> dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!
>> 
>> Just to clarify, 0.25.4 wasn''t working either right?
>> 
>> What happens if you run "ping puppet" on that computer?  
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Holy crap! That fixed it! Thank you so much for your help!

On Sep 24, 12:55 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Try putting puppet as an alias to your server in /etc/hosts (DNS is a
better long term solution, but /etc/hosts is usually easier).  The test it
again.  If that doesn''t work, test it with ping to make sure "ping
puppet" works.  
>
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>
> > Yup. I get the following when I say ping puppet
> > ping: unknown host puppet
>
> > So I haven''t defined puppet as a hostname somewhere or
something?
>
> > On Sep 24, 12:38 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>
> >>> Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now when
I try to
> >>> run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the
following
> >>> error message:
>
> >>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server:
getaddrinfo: Name
> >>> or service not known
> >>> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
>
> >>> I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem
with my hostname or
> >>> dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!
>
> >> Just to clarify, 0.25.4 wasn''t working either right?
>
> >> What happens if you run "ping puppet" on that computer?
 
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By default, puppet looks for the hostname "puppet" for the server. 
You can change that in puppet.conf, but it''s usually better to just use
DNS to always point the the right box.

On Sep 24, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Kikanny wrote:
> Holy crap! That fixed it! Thank you so much for your help!
> 
> On Sep 24, 12:55 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try putting puppet as an alias to your server in /etc/hosts (DNS is a
better long term solution, but /etc/hosts is usually easier).  The test it
again.  If that doesn''t work, test it with ping to make sure "ping
puppet" works.
>> 
>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>> 
>>> Yup. I get the following when I say ping puppet
>>> ping: unknown host puppet
>> 
>>> So I haven''t defined puppet as a hostname somewhere or
something?
>> 
>>> On Sep 24, 12:38 pm, Patrick <kc7...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sep 24, 2010, at 5:34 AM, Kikanny wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Thanks guys! I upgraded puppet from 0.25.4 to 2.6.1. Now
when I try to
>>>>> run puppetd on the same machine as puppemasterd, I get the
following
>>>>> error message:
>> 
>>>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server:
getaddrinfo: Name
>>>>> or service not known
>>>>> err: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
>> 
>>>>> I''m not really sure what that means. Is it problem
with my hostname or
>>>>> dns or something? Any help would be appreciated!
>> 
>>>> Just to clarify, 0.25.4 wasn''t working either right?
>> 
>>>> What happens if you run "ping puppet" on that
computer?
>> 
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Yep -- thumbs up on this answer.
 
Simple and sweet.
 

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