migrate from puppetmaster 3.4.3 -> 4.8.2

[Anton Gorlov]

Hi all.
In old puppet master node with puppetmaster 3.4.3 i use mysql to
storу data.
In [master] section of puppet.conf configured data to access the database:

storeconfigs = true
dbadapter = mysql
dbname = puppetdb
dbuser = puppetdbu
dbpassword = *****
dbserver = localhost

it works fine.

On fresh install with puppetmaster 4.8.2 I get error on client node:

=======
Warning: Unable to fetch my node definition, but the agent run will
continue:
Warning: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Could not retrieve facts for
debian9-lab3: Could not find terminus active_record for indirection facts
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
Info: Retrieving plugin
Info: Loading facts
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on
SERVER: Server Error: Could not find terminus active_record for
indirection facts
Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
=====


Is it possible to use storeconfig in database without using puppetdb?

[Christopher Wood]

While I am not the authority on the matter, it looks like the answer is no, and the activerecord terminus is not part of puppet 4.

https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-4627
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.8/lang_exported.html
https://docs.puppet.com/puppet/4.8/configuration.html#storeconfigs

Try grepping for activerecord in the puppet 3.x software:

https://apt.puppetlabs.com/pool/wheezy/main/p/puppet/puppet-common_3.8.7-1puppetlabs1_all.deb
https://apt.puppetlabs.com/pool/wheezy/main/p/puppet/puppet-el_3.8.7-1puppetlabs1_all.deb

wget file
ar x file
tar xf data.tar.gz
(repeat)
grep -r ActiveRecord usr

By contrast, there is no similar set of ActiveRecord calls in the puppet-agent deb. (Obviously I don't have a great understanding of ruby coding!)

https://apt.puppetlabs.com/pool/jessie/PC1/p/puppet-agent/puppet-agent_1.10.1-1jessie_amd64.deb

Puppetdb is fairly easy to configure with the forge module, at least.

https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/puppetdb

As a postscript, you may consider upgrading to puppet 4.10.1 or ensuring you have some backported fixes out of this set:

https://docs.puppet.com/security/index.html

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