Mark D. Nagel wrote: > We've been having a huge number of problems with puppetmaster seizing up > on CentOS 4. We started with 0.23.2 and it worked, but the clients were > leaking memory and we hoped upgrading to 0.24.5 would help. Since then > we've had far worse problems, primarily that puppetmaster gets into a > state where it simply stops doing anything and any already connected > client similarly freezes. Part of the troubleshooting involved > upgrading ruby, first to a hand-built RPM, then to the RubyWorks RPMs, > but nothing really improved. I finally decided to revert to 0.23.2 and > we're still seeing the lockups. I believe replacing ruby with the > original OS RPM might get us back, but I am also looking at building a > dedicated VM. Since I have the option to install any OS I want, I was > hoping folks might have some suggestions on which have been found to > work best for running puppetmaster in terms of just making sure all the > parts work properly together as well as simplifying implementation of > the scalability options (this was painful on CentOS 4). I'm leaning > toward Debian Etch, but I'm open to anything at this point -- > suggestions welcome!
Are you by any chance using storeconfigs and mysql? If so, make sure you're using the mysql gem connector, rather than the very simple one that ships with rails. http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/UsingStoredConfiguration#mysql -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Senior Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
