On May 2, 2011, at 7:43 AM, James Turnbull wrote:

> crosmuller wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> I am trying to get a puppet certificate on a new client but I get
>> error:
>> 
>> err: Could not request certificate: undefined method `closed?' for
>> nil:NilClass
>> 
>> I googled and found that it had something to do with reverse DNS
>> lookup, the client is behind a NAT firewall so I assume a reverse
>> lookup will fail. Can I bypass this somehow? Puppet version on master
>> and client is 0.25.4
>> 
> 
> This is a Ruby networking issue with 0.25.4 that is fixed in 0.25.5 and
> later.  I'd recommend upgrading.

To be a bit more clear.  This is a bug in the networking code that is hiding 
the real (useful) error message.  Until you get the real error-message it will 
be almost impossible for us to give you help more clear than, "fix your 
network."

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