Error: Could not find certificate request for pe-internal-dashboard
Hi All, I've been trying to get PE installed on a Centos 6.4_64 VM running in the vCHS Cloud, with no success. Every time I go through the install process it errors out at the end as follows: Starting...
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Hi, we are using password protected certs. Every time the Puppet wants to restart the apache, it fails, and the service becomes unavailable. I have two questions: 1. how can we provide the ssl key...
View ArticleWhat is the difference between csrdir and requestdir?
There are two parameters that appear to be the same thing: `csrdir` and `requestdir`. The Puppet Labs documentation defines them this way: csrdir Where the CA stores certificate requests requestdir...
View ArticleRegenerating Certificates
I need to regenerate my security certificates between my master and agents. Approaching it from one agent at a time, I ran `puppet cert clean "puppetagent"` on the master. Then, on the agent, I removed...
View ArticleSigned certificate appearing for .mydomain.com?
Before I started my Puppet Master, I generated my Puppet certificate with the following command: puppet cert generate --dns_alt_names "puppet,puppet.mydomain.com,kungfumaster,kungfumaster.mydomain.com"...
View ArticlePuppet Master creates .$domain.pem certificate?
I generate my own certificates before starting my Puppet Master and Agent like so: puppet cert generate --path "$PATH" --dns_alt_names "hostname,hostname.domain.com,puppet,puppet.domain.com"...
View ArticleQuestion: Puppet client : certificate list not shown
On query on puppetmaster : puppet certificate list --ca-location local No list is displayed although the command for ceritficate generation is running on the client puppet agent --server puppet...
View ArticleSSL cert self signed error
Hello, I recently attended the puppet fundamentals class and looking to turn the existing master Vbox vm we configured and used in the lab as a local master to other Vbox nodes. Every time i run a...
View Articlegetting "error 2 at 1 depth: unable to get issuer certificate"
I'm trying to use an external CA to handle my SSL certificates for puppet 3.6, with that CA being InCommon. They have their self-signed CA and then a couple of intermediary levels. I've tweaked my...
View ArticleFailed to add certificate on module commands
When I run a module command i am getting the following information cmd> puppet module search apache Result Notice: Search https://forgeapi.puppetlabs.com ... Failed to add /DC=net /DC=/CN= Root CA...
View Articlehow to change puppet certname from fqdn to ip address of agent ?
Hostnames of puppet agent nodes are not consistent and some times there's need to change them, is there a way to configure puppet such that it registers the nodes with their ip address as certname...
View ArticleGot the following error "certificate is not yet valid for /CN=Puppet CA: "...
Hi everyone I have a puppet client node whose date/time is persistently set in the past for stress test purposes. Unfortunately this time precedes the "NOT BEFORE" time validity parameter of the CA...
View ArticleSSL certs have to be cleaned daily?
I manage several few locations, each with a puppet master and several clients. I am having trouble keeping the certs clean. Yesterday I had a working environment, but today after the clients' daily...
View Articlelog file shows intermittent success and failure
**5 (five) hours after i asked this question, it was still "waiting for moderation". I asked the same question on StackOverflow and got the answer in minutes. I'm leaving this site for good. Good luck...
View ArticleServer hostname did not match server certificate
I installed Puppet Enterprise on two virtual machines (one master and one node). When I try to run my agent manually with puppet agent -t i get the error Server hostname '192.168....' did not match...
View ArticleGetting Failure/Error: Puppet::SSL::CertificateAuthority.new
I built the puppet from source code ,on a solo architecture with both puppet master and agent on the same node , when i run the rspec test cases , i am getting a lot of SSL certs issues , and almost...
View ArticleHow to reuse agents FQDN
I have a virtual machine template with puppet preinstalled. The ssldir is empty. So, when the puppet agent runs for the first time, it generates a new certificate and a new csr. Also, I put the master...
View Articlecertificate gets revoked
I have done more than my fair share of googling for this. The forward and reverse DNS are working fine. The TZ and date are the same. puppet agent --waitforcert 5 --test the above command works the...
View ArticleCannot connect agent to puppet master
 Hello, when I run puppet on my windows 8 agent it returns me with the following error. I am able to ping both puppet master and agent from each...
View ArticleManage 1 certificate for all Puppet Nodes
We are using PE 2015.2 in a Masterless Configuration and we would like to manage 1 generic certificate per all our puppet nodes regardless of the platform. We followed these steps but it seems that...
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