Puppet users - Apr 2009 - Puppet debugging tricks of the trade

I''m stuck. All of my puppet clients in my dev environment are reporting
this
when I do a manual run:

# /usr/sbin/puppetd --server=03.admin.demo.nym1 --test
err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
compile
warning: Not using cache on failed catalog

Is there a good document that describes tricks of the trade in order to
figure out what the problem is?

I''ve added a debug flag to the puppetd call, and don''t see any
additional
useful info (or at least to *my* eyes):

debug: Loaded state in 0.01 seconds
debug: Retrieved facts in 0.13 seconds
debug: Retrieving catalog
debug: Calling puppetmaster.getconfig
err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
compile
warning: Not using cache on failed catalog

What are the tools / commands that people use to debug and figure out what
to my eyes are cryptic error messages?

Thanks,
Pete

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Sorry but can you ping the 01.web.test from the server 03.admin.demo.nym1?

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Pete Emerson <pemerson@gmail.com> wrote:
> I''m stuck. All of my puppet clients in my dev environment are
reporting
> this when I do a manual run:
>
> # /usr/sbin/puppetd --server=03.admin.demo.nym1 --test
> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
> compile
> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
>
> Is there a good document that describes tricks of the trade in order to
> figure out what the problem is?
>
> I''ve added a debug flag to the puppetd call, and don''t
see any additional
> useful info (or at least to *my* eyes):
>
> debug: Loaded state in 0.01 seconds
> debug: Retrieved facts in 0.13 seconds
> debug: Retrieving catalog
> debug: Calling puppetmaster.getconfig
> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
> compile
> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
>
> What are the tools / commands that people use to debug and figure out what
> to my eyes are cryptic error messages?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
>
> >
>
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Hi
> I''m stuck. All of my puppet clients in my dev environment are
reporting this
> when I do a manual run:
> 
> # /usr/sbin/puppetd --server=03.admin.demo.nym1 --test
> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
> compile
> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
> 
> Is there a good document that describes tricks of the trade in order to
> figure out what the problem is?
> 
> I''ve added a debug flag to the puppetd call, and don''t
see any additional
> useful info (or at least to *my* eyes):
> 
> debug: Loaded state in 0.01 seconds
> debug: Retrieved facts in 0.13 seconds
> debug: Retrieving catalog
> debug: Calling puppetmaster.getconfig
> err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test''; cannot
> compile
> warning: Not using cache on failed catalog

puppet takes either the catalog for the node or the one for the default
node. And this error tells me that no catalog could be found for the
node 01.web.test nor the default.
So you have to define at least one of these. Every nodes get an error
with ''01.web.test''? could you check the fqdn of facter etc. on
the host?

Regarding the error message and if it really was a problem of a not yet
declared node, I agree that this message could be improved.
Would you have thought about this possibility if the error message was
like: "Could not find a catalog for node ''01.web.test'';
cannot compile"
or what would be a an appropriate message?
Please file a ticket, if you find a better one, so it can be imroved.
> What are the tools / commands that people use to debug and figure out what
> to my eyes are cryptic error messages?
logs of the puppetmaster might give you as well some hints. maybe run it
as well with --debug.

cheers pete

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I overlooked the puppetmasterd syslog (*headslap*) which gave me the key
piece of information I needed: the classifier did not have permissions to
read my SQLite database.

It would have been useful to have this error message passed on to puppetd:

Apr 15 16:39:23 newinstance puppetmasterd[7949]: Could not retrieve external
node information for 01.web.test: Execution of
''/usr/local/etc/puppet/bin/puppet_node_classifier 01.web.test''
returned 255:
DBI connect(

I''ll submit a ticket but will also understand the logic if it gets
rejected.

Thanks once again for your reply, the key for me was running puppetmasterd
in --debug --no-daemonize mode, and then I retroactively went and looked at
logs for the message I figured must be there, and it was.

Pete

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Peter Meier <peter.meier@immerda.ch>
wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> > I''m stuck. All of my puppet clients in my dev environment are
reporting
> this
> > when I do a manual run:
> >
> > # /usr/sbin/puppetd --server=03.admin.demo.nym1 --test
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test'';
> cannot
> > compile
> > warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
> >
> > Is there a good document that describes tricks of the trade in order
to
> > figure out what the problem is?
> >
> > I''ve added a debug flag to the puppetd call, and
don''t see any additional
> > useful info (or at least to *my* eyes):
> >
> > debug: Loaded state in 0.01 seconds
> > debug: Retrieved facts in 0.13 seconds
> > debug: Retrieving catalog
> > debug: Calling puppetmaster.getconfig
> > err: Could not retrieve catalog: Could not find node
''01.web.test'';
> cannot
> > compile
> > warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
>
>
> puppet takes either the catalog for the node or the one for the default
> node. And this error tells me that no catalog could be found for the
> node 01.web.test nor the default.
> So you have to define at least one of these. Every nodes get an error
> with ''01.web.test''? could you check the fqdn of facter
etc. on the host?
>
> Regarding the error message and if it really was a problem of a not yet
> declared node, I agree that this message could be improved.
> Would you have thought about this possibility if the error message was
> like: "Could not find a catalog for node
''01.web.test''; cannot compile"
> or what would be a an appropriate message?
> Please file a ticket, if you find a better one, so it can be imroved.
>
> > What are the tools / commands that people use to debug and figure out
> what
> > to my eyes are cryptic error messages?
>
> logs of the puppetmaster might give you as well some hints. maybe run it
> as well with --debug.
>
> cheers pete
>
> >
>
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