puppet post install launchd osx

[Rudy McComb]

I'm having a an issue with running puppet as launchd. I'm using this http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/files/com.puppetlabs.puppet.plist and on some macs it will run and start at reboot and on others it doesnt.

According to the logs puppet is exiting with a code of 1.  What can i due to ensure that the puppet launchd mod runs uninhibited.

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=CX56cucf

I've also tried using a modified version of this 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
        <dict>
                <key>PATH</key>
                <string>/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin</string>
                <key>RUBYLIB</key>
                <string>/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/</string>
        </dict>
        <key>Label</key>
        <string>com.puppetlabs.puppet</string>
        <key>KeepAlive</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ProgramArguments</key>
        <array>
                <string>/usr/bin/puppet</string>
                <string>agent</string>
                <string>--verbose</string>
                <string>--no-daemonize</string>
                <string>--logdest</string>
                <string>console</string>
        </array>
        <key>RunAtLoad</key>
        <true/>
        <key>ServiceDescription</key>
        <string>Puppet Daemon</string>
        <key>ServiceIPC</key>
        <false/>
        <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
        <string>/var/log/puppet/puppet.err</string>
        <key>StandardOutPath</key>
        <string>/var/log/puppet/puppet.out</string>
</dict>

</plist> 

[Moses Mendoza]

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Hi Ryan,

Unfortunately the plist at that link is a little out of date. The
ServiceIPC and ServiceDescription keys aren't supported in recent
versions of OSX. You can just remove them, really. Also, how did you
install puppet, which version of puppet did you install, and on what
version of OSX? Puppet >= 3.4.0 installed via dmg lives in
/Library/Ruby/Site, to make it compatible with ruby 2 on Mavericks, so
you may want to update the plist to reflect this. Puppet < 3.4.0
installed via dmg is installed to the "RUBYLIB" in your plist.
Finally, if you're using mavericks and installing from dmg, you'll
need facter 1.7.5-rc1 or later (I believe we are shipping the final
version of facter 1.7.5 very soon).

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[Rudy McComb]

Hi Moses,

I'm on Puppet 3.4.2, Facter 1.7.4, Mavericks 10.9.1 and installed with the dmg. I also keep puppet updated 

using gem update puppet. 

ill install puppet and facter with the dmg and then gem install puppet so that it creates the nec users groups etc for puppet.

I have updated the plist to point to the newer version of ruby since upgraded macs keep both directories.

[Moses Mendoza]

Hi Rudy,

Installing puppet,facter via dmg and also via gem is almost certainly
a contributing factor to your issues. The dmg installs to ruby's
sitedir (in the load path) and the gem installs to rubygems' gem dir
(also in the load path). This means you have two installs of puppet at
separate versions in the same ruby load path. This will break things!
Charlie explains briefly why this won't work, here:
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19670. You should install from
gem or dmg, but not both:) Also, just to be clear, the dmg creates the
puppet user, but the gem does not. Finally, facter 1.7.5 was released
yesterday, which has mavericks compatibility when installed via dmg.
Also, my apologies for calling you 'Ryan'!

cheers
Moses

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[Rudy McComb]

Moses, 

can i rm puppet facter and hiera from the gem dir (usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby) w/o breaking puppet dmg installed in correct location?

or is there another remedy you propose?

thanks

[Moses Mendoza]

Hi Rudy,

To uninstall a gem, just do `gem uninstall <gem name(s)>`, e.g. `gem uninstall puppet.`.

Just to clarify, the directory you pointed out isn't the gem dir, it's the Mavericks system ruby site dir.

As you discovered, OSX, the path "/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby" is actually a symlink to the directory "/Library/Ruby/Site."  This directory is where the dmg's of puppet, hiera, and facter install to (as shown in your image). Prior to Puppet 3.4.0 and Facter 1.7.5, the dmgs would install in the ruby-version-specific subdirectory, "/Library/Ruby/Site/1.8", but we've moved away from that, as "/Library/Ruby/Site" is in the load path in OSX versions going awhile back and won't break when ruby versions change.

The gem dir is actually a separate location, where rubygems stores information about itself, including all of your installed gems. To see the system gem dir, do `/usr/bin/ruby -e 'puts Gem::dir'`. This should show you "/Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/", which contains a subdirectory ("gems") with all of your installed gems. Hope that helps.

Moses

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[Rudy McComb]

Hi Moses,

I was able to successfully uninstall the previous versions of gem installed 'puppet'.

i did reinstall with dmg but and still having puppetd exit with a code of 1.

what am i doing wrong?

here is my updated plist and manifest to start launchctl

http://pastebin.com/CX56cucf

http://pastebin.com/NuurLgvq

[Rudy McComb]

Hi Moses,

I was able to successfully uninstall the previous versions of gem installed 'puppet'.

i did reinstall with dmg but and still having puppetd exit with a code of 1.

what am i doing wrong?

here is my updated plist and manifest to start launchctl

http://pastebin.com/CX56cucf

http://pastebin.com/NuurLgvq

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[Matthaus Owens]

Rudy,

You also need to uninstall the facter and hiera gems, as they may be contributing to your issues. Aside from that, what happens if you run `puppet agent --no-daemonize --verbose --logdest console`? Does it also error out? If so, how?

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[Rudy McComb]

Matthaus,

Here is my output from that run

cabimd011032:~ madmin$ sudo puppet agent --no-daemonize --verbose --logdest console

Notice: Starting Puppet client version 3.4.3

Error: Could not run: Could not create PID file: /var/lib/puppet/run/agent.pid

cabimd011032:~ madmin$

[Rudy McComb]

Hi Moses,

I was able to successfully uninstall the previous versions of gem installed 'puppet'.

i did reinstall with dmg but and still having puppetd exit with a code of 1.

what am i doing wrong?

here is my updated plist and manifest to start launchctl

http://pastebin.com/CX56cucf

http://pastebin.com/NuurLgvq

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[Matthaus Owens]

Rudy,

So this error seems to be your trouble:

Error: Could not run: Could not create PID file: /var/lib/puppet/run/agent.pid

Does the directory /var/lib/puppet/run exist (or /var/lib/puppet)? What are the permissions, who owns it?

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