Question about directory environment setting.

[Hiu]

hi all,

I am pretty new to puppet, and installed puppet 3.7.4 and centos66. I have read some documentations about the directory environment setting. but i can't figure out how to make it work. My aim is create another environment e.g. development. May be it should a simple mistake but, please by all means point me out of a way. thanks!

here is my master puppet.conf

[main]

    environmentpath = /etc/puppet/environments

    certificate_expire_warning = 5184000

    hostprivkey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/centos66-pm.localhost.pem

    httplog = /var/log/puppet/http.log

    publickeydir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys

    plugindest = /var/lib/puppet/lib

    catalog_terminus = compiler

    route_file = /etc/puppet/routes.yaml

    localcacert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem

    privatekeydir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys

    pluginfactdest = /var/lib/puppet/facts.d

    facts_terminus = yaml

    node_cache_terminus = write_only_yaml

    immutable_node_data = false

    confdir = /etc/puppet

    passfile = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private/password

    csr_attributes = /etc/puppet/csr_attributes.yaml

    hiera_config = /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml

    hostcert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/centos66-pm.localhost.pem

    factpath = /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter:/var/lib/puppet/facts

    default_file_terminus = rest

    ssldir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl

    libdir = /var/lib/puppet/lib

    rundir = /var/run/puppet

    hostpubkey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/centos66-pm.localhost.pem

    requestdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests

    pluginsource = puppet://puppet/plugins

    node_terminus = plain

    statedir = /var/lib/puppet/state

    logdir = /var/log/puppet

    environment_timeout = 180

    privatedir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private

    pluginfactsource = puppet://puppet/pluginfacts

    data_binding_terminus = hiera

    vardir = /var/lib/puppet

    hostcrl = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem

    http_keepalive_timeout = 4

    hostcsr = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/csr_centos66-pm.localhost.pem

    inventory_terminus = yaml

    name = master

    certdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs

    filetimeout = 15

    splaylimit = 1800

    agent_catalog_run_lockfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/agent_catalog_run.lock

    classfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/classes.txt

    lastrunreport = /var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_report.yaml

    clientbucketdir = /var/lib/puppet/clientbucket

    ca_server = puppet

    graphdir = /var/lib/puppet/state/graphs

    report_server = puppet

    waitforcert = 120

    statefile = /var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml

    inventory_server = puppet

    puppetdlog = /var/log/puppet/puppetd.log

    client_datadir = /var/lib/puppet/client_data

    lastrunfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml

    agent_disabled_lockfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/agent_disabled.lock

    runinterval = 1800

    resourcefile = /var/lib/puppet/state/resources.txt

    node_name_value = centos66-pm.localhost

    configtimeout = 120

    ca_port = 8140

    localconfig = /var/lib/puppet/state/localconfig

    report_port = 8140

    clientyamldir = /var/lib/puppet/client_yaml

    inventory_port = 8140

    reportdir = /var/lib/puppet/reports

    storeconfigs_backend = active_record

    bucketdir = /var/lib/puppet/bucket

    fileserverconfig = /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf

    yamldir = /var/lib/puppet/yaml

    #masterlog = /var/log/puppet/puppetmaster.log

    default_manifest = /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp

    disable_per_environment_manifest = false

    #modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules

    rest_authconfig = /etc/puppet/auth.conf

    basemodulepath = /etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules

    server_datadir = /var/lib/puppet/server_data

    masterhttplog = /var/log/puppet/masterhttp.log

    #manifestdir = /etc/puppet/manifests

    pidfile = /var/run/puppet/master.pid

    config = /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

    autosign = /etc/puppet/autosign.conf

    cert_inventory = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/inventory.txt

    csrdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/requests

    ca_name = Puppet CA: centos66-pm.localhost

    capass = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/private/ca.pass

    cacert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_crt.pem

    ca_ttl = 157680000

    capub = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_pub.pem

    caprivatedir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/private

    serial = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/serial

    signeddir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/signed

    cadir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca

    cakey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_key.pem

    cacrl = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_crl.pem

    module_skeleton_dir = /var/lib/puppet/puppet-module/skeleton

    module_working_dir = /var/lib/puppet/puppet-module

    #templatedir = /var/lib/puppet/templates

    railslog = /var/log/puppet/rails.log

    dblocation = /var/lib/puppet/state/clientconfigs.sqlite3

    deviceconfig = /etc/puppet/device.conf

    devicedir = /var/lib/puppet/devices

    tagmap = /etc/puppet/tagmail.conf

    rrdinterval = 1800

    rrddir = /var/lib/puppet/rrd

    archive_file_server = puppet

and puppet agent puppet.conf

[agent]

    certificate_expire_warning = 5184000

    hostprivkey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/centos66-pa.localhost.pem

    httplog = /var/log/puppet/http.log

    publickeydir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys

    plugindest = /var/lib/puppet/lib

    catalog_terminus = rest

    route_file = /etc/puppet/routes.yaml

    localcacert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem

    privatekeydir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys

    pluginfactdest = /var/lib/puppet/facts.d

    facts_terminus = facter

    immutable_node_data = false

    confdir = /etc/puppet

    passfile = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private/password

    csr_attributes = /etc/puppet/csr_attributes.yaml

    hiera_config = /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml

    hostcert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/centos66-pa.localhost.pem

    factpath = /var/lib/puppet/lib/facter:/var/lib/puppet/facts

    default_file_terminus = rest

    ssldir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl

    libdir = /var/lib/puppet/lib

    rundir = /var/run/puppet

    hostpubkey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/public_keys/centos66-pa.localhost.pem

    requestdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests

    pluginsource = puppet://puppet/plugins

    pluginsync = false

    catalog_cache_terminus = json

    node_terminus = rest

    statedir = /var/lib/puppet/state

    logdir = /var/log/puppet

    environment_timeout = 180

    privatedir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private

    pluginfactsource = puppet://puppet/pluginfacts

    data_binding_terminus = hiera

    vardir = /var/lib/puppet

    hostcrl = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/crl.pem

    http_keepalive_timeout = 4

    hostcsr = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/csr_centos66-pa.localhost.pem

    inventory_terminus = facter

    name = agent

    certdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs

    filetimeout = 15

    splaylimit = 1800

    agent_catalog_run_lockfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/agent_catalog_run.lock

    classfile = /var/lib/puppet/classes.txt

    lastrunreport = /var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_report.yaml

    clientbucketdir = /var/lib/puppet/clientbucket

    ca_server = puppet

    graphdir = /var/lib/puppet/state/graphs

    report_server = puppet

    waitforcert = 120

    statefile = /var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml

    inventory_server = puppet

    puppetdlog = /var/log/puppet/puppetd.log

    client_datadir = /var/lib/puppet/client_data

    lastrunfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml

    agent_disabled_lockfile = /var/lib/puppet/state/agent_disabled.lock

    runinterval = 1800

    resourcefile = /var/lib/puppet/state/resources.txt

    node_name_value = centos66-pa.localhost

    configtimeout = 120

    ca_port = 8140

    localconfig = /var/lib/puppet/localconfig

    report_port = 8140

    clientyamldir = /var/lib/puppet/client_yaml

    inventory_port = 8140

    reportdir = /var/lib/puppet/reports

    storeconfigs_backend = active_record

    bucketdir = /var/lib/puppet/bucket

    fileserverconfig = /etc/puppet/fileserver.conf

    yamldir = /var/lib/puppet/yaml

    #masterlog = /var/log/puppet/puppetmaster.log

    #manifest = /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp

    #modulepath = /etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules

    rest_authconfig = /etc/puppet/auth.conf

    basemodulepath = /etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules

    server_datadir = /var/lib/puppet/server_data

    masterhttplog = /var/log/puppet/masterhttp.log

    #manifestdir = /etc/puppet/manifests

    pidfile = /var/run/puppet/agent.pid

    config = /etc/puppet/puppet.conf

    autosign = /etc/puppet/autosign.conf

    cert_inventory = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/inventory.txt

    csrdir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/requests

    ca_name = Puppet CA: centos66-pa.localhost

    capass = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/private/ca.pass

    cacert = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_crt.pem

    ca_ttl = 157680000

    capub = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_pub.pem

    caprivatedir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/private

    serial = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/serial

    signeddir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/signed

    cadir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca

    cakey = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_key.pem

    cacrl = /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca/ca_crl.pem

    module_skeleton_dir = /var/lib/puppet/puppet-module/skeleton

    module_working_dir = /var/lib/puppet/puppet-module

    #templatedir = /var/lib/puppet/templates

    railslog = /var/log/puppet/rails.log

    dblocation = /var/lib/puppet/state/clientconfigs.sqlite3

    deviceconfig = /etc/puppet/device.conf

    devicedir = /var/lib/puppet/devices

    tagmap = /etc/puppet/tagmail.conf

    rrdinterval = 1800

    rrddir = /var/lib/puppet/rrd

    archive_file_server = puppet

    environment = development

here i have directories setting up..

[root@centos66-pm environments]# ls -alR

.:

total 16

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 08:03 .

drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 17 19:09 ..

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:45 development

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 08:06 production

./development:

total 20

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:45 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 08:03 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  171 Mar 17 18:45 environment.conf

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:19 manifests

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 07:15 modules

./development/manifests:

total 12

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:19 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:45 ..

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  100 Mar 17 08:34 site.pp

./development/modules:

total 8

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 07:15 .

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 17 18:45 ..

and this is my environment.conf file

[root@centos66-pm environments]# cat development/environment.conf

[development]

        modulepath = /etc/puppet/environments/development/modules:$basemodulepath

        manifest = /etc/puppet/environments/development/manifests/site.pp

Here is the error that I am having when I launched my puppet master.

[root@centos66-pm environments]# puppet master --no-daemonize --verbose

Notice: Starting Puppet master version 3.7.4

Warning: Sections other than main, master, agent, user are deprecated in puppet.conf. Please use the directory environments feature to specify environments. (See http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments.html)

   (at /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/settings/config_file.rb:82:in `unique_sections_in')

Warning: Invalid sections in environment.conf at '/etc/puppet/environments/development/environment.conf'. Environment conf may not have sections. The following sections are being ignored: 'development'

Warning: Invalid sections in environment.conf at '/etc/puppet/environments/development/environment.conf'. Environment conf may not have sections. The following sections are being ignored: 'development'

[root@centos66-pa ~]# puppet agent -t --verbose --server=centos66-pm.localhost --environment=development

Info: Loading facts

Info: Caching catalog for centos66-pa.localhost

Info: Applying configuration version '1426645709'

Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.02 seconds

basically, I have a simple site.pp that put at the development/manifests/site.pp that isn't run. I am wondering my setup and config. Please point out. thanks!  

[Alex Harvey]

I don't have a PE3.7 handy to try it but it looks like you simply don't need a section in your environment.conf file, as the error message says.  I think you need to look at this page:

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/config_file_environment.html

[Hiu]

hi Alex,

thanks for getting it works. But, what is the reasons having environment.conf? Under which type of circumstance that we need this configuration file? Thanks Again! 

[Alex Harvey]

On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 11:50:08 AM UTC+11, Hiu wrote:

hi Alex,

thanks for getting it works. But, what is the reasons having environment.conf? Under which type of circumstance that we need this configuration file? Thanks Again! 

As you can see from the documentation, environments "may" contain an environment.conf, which allows you to override any or all of these four config file settings:

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/config_file_environment.html#allowed-settings

If you don't already have a requirement to use this feature, you can presumably just not use the environment.conf file, and configure your directory environment by following this:

http://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/latest/reference/environments_configuring.html

I have only ever used the legacy config file environments, and I don't know what motivated the change to directory environments.