Puppet claims to be unable to resolve domains even if domain properly resolves

Question

I have a fairly simple puppet setup, one master and one node, both running Debian Squeeze 6.0.4. I have DNS entries for the two machines, client and master respectively. Both client and master's DNS entries resolve correctly on both machines to the right IPs.

On my client, I have this configuration:

[main]
server = master.example.org

logdir=/var/log/puppet
vardir=/var/lib/puppet
ssldir=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
rundir=/var/run/puppet
factpath=$vardir/lib/facter
pluginsync=true
templatedir=/var/lib/puppet/templates

Key exchange seems to fail, according to this messages in /var/log/syslog:

localhost puppet-agent[11364]: Could not request certificate: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known

Why is resolution not working only for puppet?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '12 at 16:59

5

You'll need a forward and reverse DNS entry for the client. You could also add an /etc/hosts entry for the client on the puppetmaster.

answered Apr 03 '12 at 16:59

ewwhite

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Brilliant. I will need to file in a support ticket for the PTR, but I will mark your answer as accepted if it works. (or if I test it with the hosts file beforehand) – gparent Apr 03 '12 at 17:00
Test with the `/etc/hosts` entry in the meantime. – ewwhite Apr 03 '12 at 17:00
Yep, ninja edited my comment to mention it. – gparent Apr 03 '12 at 17:00

Puppet claims to be unable to resolve domains even if domain properly resolves

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