I am new to puppet. running puppet 2.7.19 didn't know that you couldn't install foreman and dashboard on the same system/puppet master. I've uninstalled both of them. puppet nodes are complaining about not being able to get their catalogs. puppet.conf has: snippet: [main] # The Puppet var directory. vardir = /var/lib/puppet # The Puppet log directory. # The default value is '$vardir/log'. logdir = /var/log/puppet # Where Puppet PID files are kept. # The default value is '$vardir/run'. rundir = /var/run/puppet # Where SSL certificates are kept. # The default value is '$confdir/ssl'. ssldir = $vardir/ssl # Allow services in the 'puppet' group to access key (Foreman + proxy) privatekeydir = $ssldir/private_keys { group = service } hostprivkey = $privatekeydir/$certname.pem { mode = 640 } # Puppet 3.0.x requires this in both [main] and [master] - harmless on agents autosign = $confdir/autosign.conf { mode = 664 } [master] autosign = $confdir/autosign.conf { mode = 664 } reports = store, http external_nodes = /etc/puppet/node.rb node_terminus = exec ca = true [development] modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules/development:/etc/puppet/modules/common:/usr/share/puppet/modules [production] modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules/production:/etc/puppet/modules/common:/usr/share/puppet/modules /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp includes: import "classes/*" import "roles/*.pp" import "nodes/*.pp" import "users/*.pp" -----------end snippet------------- and yes /etc/puppet/manifests/nodes does contain node_$agent(fqdn).pp ls /var/lib/puppet/yaml/facts shows: $agent_hosts.yaml in /var/log/messages, I find the following types of errors: puppet puppet-master[16517]: Could not find node '$agent_hosts(fqdn)'; cannot compile # note: $agent_hosts(fqdn) = a list of hosts that should be managed by puppet. they all look like an fqdn. my question: where would the configuration be to tell where these machines are for compiling catalogs? -- This email is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify BroadSoft, Inc. immediately by replying to this message, and destroy all copies of this message, along with any attachment, prior to reading, distributing or copying it. -- 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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/f07723f1-f06f-4861-b87f-e368ea275e32%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.