Replacing file errors: getaddrinfo: No such host is known

[pskov...@gmail.com]

Hi guys,

I am new to Puppet and have a very strange error that I cannot seem to solve. I am using Puppet Master 3.4.1 with Apache/Passenger config in CentOS and my Puppet Agent in Windows. 

When I try to create a file that doesn't exist using Puppet, it works fine. In this case, I am simply creating C:\test.txt file.

C:\>puppet agent -t

Info: Retrieving plugin

Info: Caching catalog for sstm-mntr01.colo.svg.local

Info: Applying configuration version '1389894672'

Notice: /Stage[main]/Createfile/File[testfile]/ensure: defined content as '{md5} 803d1a275b8c8c4cc084d54c78c2ed61'

Notice: Finished catalog run in 2.39 seconds

All is well. Now, if I edit the file and save it, and rerun the above command, I get this:

C:\>puppet agent -t

Info: Retrieving plugin

Info: Caching catalog for sstm-mntr01.colo.svg.local

Info: Applying configuration version '1389894672'

Notice: /Stage[main]/Createfile/File[testfile]/content:

Error: Could not back up C:/test.txt: getaddrinfo: No such host is known.

Error: Could not back up C:/test.txt: getaddrinfo: No such host is known.

Error: /Stage[main]/Createfile/File[testfile]/content: change from {md5}fb4bb40e

a8ac9631aa3ad463e41e239e to {md5}803d1a275b8c8c4cc084d54c78c2ed61 failed: Could

not back up C:/test.txt: getaddrinfo: No such host is known.

Notice: Finished catalog run in 1.77 seconds

The module is very simple:

# pwd

/etc/puppet/modules/createfile/manifests

# cat init.pp

 class createfile ($file_arg = undef, $content_arg = undef) {

      case $operatingsystem {

        windows: {

          $default_filename = [ "C:\\test.txt" ]

          $default_content = $fqdn

        }

      }

      if $file_arg == undef {

        $file_real = $default_filename

        }

      else {

        $file_real = $file_arg

      }

      if $content_arg == undef {

        $content_real = $default_content

        }

      else {

        $content_real = $content_arg

      }

      file { 'testfile':

        path    => $file_real,

        ensure  => file,

        content => $content_real

      }

   }

Any ideas what this could be? I can resolve all hosts, master and agent from all servers. I don't even know what it's doing trying to do a getaddrinfo?!

Thanks

Alex

[Jose Luis Ledesma]

Could be something about filebucket? Perhaps launching the agent with debug gives some hint

[pskov...@gmail.com]

What's filebucket? Don't think I've been introduced to that yet....

Debug or verbose isn't giving anything useful :(

[pskov...@gmail.com]

I am an idiot. The issue was indeed with filebucket configuration in site.pp, which was copied over from another server. As soon as I changed it, it started working!

Thanks Jose!