Puppet users - Sep 2006 - "undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass" when attempting to run puppetmasterd

I posted this earlier on IRC, but it didn''t seem anyone was active:

<mozillaman>Hey all!
<mozillaman>Quick question for you :)
<mozillaman>I installed puppet according to the directions on the site and
got this:
sudo /usr/bin/puppetmasterd --nonodes
undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass
<mozillaman>Anyone have any ideas?


Any help would be appreciated,
Robin

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On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
> I posted this earlier on IRC, but it didn''t seem anyone was
active:
>
> <mozillaman>Hey all!
> <mozillaman>Quick question for you :)
> <mozillaman>I installed puppet according to the directions on the  
> site and got this:
> sudo /usr/bin/puppetmasterd --nonodes
> undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass
> <mozillaman>Anyone have any ideas?
You''ve created your site.pp manifest and everything?

If you run it in debug mode, it should print a stack trace.  Can you  
send that stack trace along?

I might not respond again until later today or tomorrow, since today  
is a travel day for me, but hopefully someone else can help figure it  
out, too.

-- 
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Whoops, and the rest of the list.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robin Monks <robin@civicspacelabs.org>
Date: Sep 12, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Puppet-users] "undefined method `retrieve'' for
nil:NilClass"
when attempting to run puppetmasterd
To: Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com>

Attached :o)

Robin


On 9/12/06, Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
>
> > I posted this earlier on IRC, but it didn''t seem anyone was
active:
> >
> > <mozillaman>Hey all!
> > <mozillaman>Quick question for you :)
> > <mozillaman>I installed puppet according to the directions on
the
> > site and got this:
> > sudo /usr/bin/puppetmasterd --nonodes
> > undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass
> > <mozillaman>Anyone have any ideas?
>
> You''ve created your site.pp manifest and everything?
>
> If you run it in debug mode, it should print a stack trace.  Can you
> send that stack trace along?
>
> I might not respond again until later today or tomorrow, since today
> is a travel day for me, but hopefully someone else can help figure it
> out, too.
>
> --
> Luke Kanies
> http://madstop.com | http://reductivelabs.com | 615-594-8199
>
>
>

-- 
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CivicSpace Release Engineer - http://civicspacelabs.com
Drupal Marketing Coordinator - http://drupal.org
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I tried installing on another server with yum, and get this:

Could not match ''}'' in file /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp at
line 1
>
The contents of the site.pp file:

file { "/home/mozillaman/worldread.able":
>     owner => root, group => root, mode => 777
> }
>
Thoughts?

Robin

On 9/12/06, Robin Monks <robin@civicspacelabs.org>
wrote:
>
> Whoops, and the rest of the list.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robin Monks <robin@civicspacelabs.org >
> Date: Sep 12, 2006 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Puppet-users] "undefined method `retrieve'' for
nil:NilClass"
> when attempting to run puppetmasterd
> To: Luke Kanies < luke@madstop.com>
>
> Attached :o)
>
> Robin
>
>
> On 9/12/06, Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
> >
> > > I posted this earlier on IRC, but it didn''t seem anyone
was active:
> > >
> > > <mozillaman>Hey all!
> > > <mozillaman>Quick question for you :)
> > > <mozillaman>I installed puppet according to the directions
on the
> > > site and got this:
> > > sudo /usr/bin/puppetmasterd --nonodes
> > > undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass
> > > <mozillaman>Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > You''ve created your site.pp manifest and everything?
> >
> > If you run it in debug mode, it should print a stack trace.  Can you
> > send that stack trace along?
> >
> > I might not respond again until later today or tomorrow, since today
> > is a travel day for me, but hopefully someone else can help figure it
> > out, too.
> >
> > --
> > Luke Kanies
> > http://madstop.com | http://reductivelabs.com | 615-594-8199
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Robin Monks,
> CivicSpace Release Engineer - http://civicspacelabs.com
> Drupal Marketing Coordinator - http://drupal.org
> Encrypt! http://tinyurl.com/ffo3l - http://www.gpg4win.org/
>
>
>
> --
> Robin Monks,
> CivicSpace Release Engineer - http://civicspacelabs.com
> Drupal Marketing Coordinator - http://drupal.org
> Encrypt! http://tinyurl.com/ffo3l - http://www.gpg4win.org/
>
>

-- 
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On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
> Attached :o)
This stack trace indicates a problem with a provider.  Can you list  
your platform, and the code you''re trying to run?

I''m guessing that Puppet can''t find a default provider and is
behaving poorly at having failed to find one.  It looks like it''s the  
user or group provider, but I''m not positive.

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On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
> I tried installing on another server with yum, and get this:
>
> Could not match ''}'' in file /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp
at line 1
>
> The contents of the site.pp file:
>
> file { "/home/mozillaman/worldread.able":
>     owner => root, group => root, mode => 777
> }
>
> Thoughts?
That parses just fine for me.  That''s your entire file?  Strange.

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Yes, that''s also the file (exactly, it''s revision controled)
that I used on
the first server with the error.  There are both Fedora Core 5.  Ruby from
yum [ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-linux] on the first server, and ruby
1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [x86_64-linux] on this one]  both have ruby on rails
installed via gem.  The first server also has puppet installed via gem per
site instructions, the second via yum (puppet-server, puppet and
dependencies (factor or something)).

Also, on this, the second server with the "Could not match
''}'' in file
/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp at line 1" error, if I comment out all lines
of the site.pp file, I get the exact same error as on the first server
"undefined method `retrieve'' for nil:NilClass".

Eep!

Robin

On 9/12/06, Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Robin Monks wrote:
>
> > I tried installing on another server with yum, and get this:
> >
> > Could not match ''}'' in file
/etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp at line 1
> >
> > The contents of the site.pp file:
> >
> > file { "/home/mozillaman/worldread.able":
> >     owner => root, group => root, mode => 777
> > }
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> That parses just fine for me.  That''s your entire file?  Strange.
>
> --
> Luke Kanies
> http://madstop.com | http://reductivelabs.com | 615-594-8199
>
>
>

-- 
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CivicSpace Release Engineer - http://civicspacelabs.com
Drupal Marketing Coordinator - http://drupal.org
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On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 16:58 -0300, Robin Monks wrote:
> Yes, that''s also the file (exactly, it''s revision
controled) that I
> used on the first server with the error.  There are both Fedora Core
> 5.  Ruby from yum [ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-linux] on the first
> server, and ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [x86_64-linux] on this one]  both
> have ruby on rails installed via gem.  The first server also has
> puppet installed via gem per site instructions, the second via yum
> (puppet-server, puppet and dependencies (factor or something)). 
Where did the puppet RPM''s come from ? The latest puppet RPM''s
from
Fedora Extras and my yum repo should not install with that ruby version.
Can you update ruby on those boxes to the latest for FC5
(ruby-1.8.4-8.fc5) on the second server ? I am a little surprised that
you are not seeing any other problems ... I would expect other failures,
too.

David

On Sep 12, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Robin Monks wrote:
> Yes, that''s also the file (exactly, it''s revision
controled) that I
> used on the first server with the error.  There are both Fedora  
> Core 5.  Ruby from yum [ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-linux] on the  
> first server, and ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [x86_64-linux] on this  
> one]  both have ruby on rails installed via gem.  The first server  
> also has puppet installed via gem per site instructions, the second  
> via yum (puppet-server, puppet and dependencies (factor or  
> something)).
>
> Also, on this, the second server with the "Could not match
''}'' in
> file /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp at line 1" error, if I comment  
> out all lines of the site.pp file, I get the exact same error as on  
> the first server "undefined method `retrieve'' for
nil:NilClass".
How does the stand-alone ''puppet'' executable react to this
manifest?

At this point, I''m at a loss; the only thing I can think of is to try  
upgrading ruby like David Lutterkort recommends.  I can''t reproduce  
the problems you''re having on any of my patforms.

Manifest-handling is pretty fundamental to Puppet, so I expect I''d  
have heard about it if others were having similar problems.

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