Every time a client checks in with the puppetmaster, I receive the following error in the client logs:
Wed Aug 24 19:55:27 +0000 2011 Puppet (notice): Starting Puppet client version 0.25.5 Wed Aug 24 19:56:05 +0000 2011 Puppet (err): Could not prefetch package provider 'yum': Execution of '/usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ruby/ site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package/yumhelper.py' returned 1: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os error was 12: Timeout on http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os: (28, '') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package/ yumhelper.py", line 115, in <module> ypl = pkg_lists(my) File "/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/provider/package/ yumhelper.py", line 40, in pkg_lists my.doTsSetup() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 84, in doTsSetup return self._getTs() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 99, in _getTs self._getTsInfo(remove_only) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 110, in _getTsInfo pkgSack = self.pkgSack File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 774, in <lambda> pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(), File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 564, in _getSacks self.repos.populateSack(which=repos) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 279, in populateSack sack.populate(repo, mdtype, callback, cacheonly) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 164, in populate if self._check_db_version(repo, mydbtype): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 223, in _check_db_version return repo._check_db_version(mdtype) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1227, in _check_db_version repoXML = self.repoXML File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1417, in <lambda> repoXML = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepoXML(), File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 1413, in _getRepoXML raise Errors.RepoError, msg yum.Errors.RepoError: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: base. Please verify its path and try again Here is the relevant package version information: # ruby --version ruby 1.8.7 (2010-06-23 patchlevel 299) [x86_64-linux] # puppet --version 0.25.5 # python --version Python 2.6.5 # yum --version 3.2.27 Installed: rpm-4.8.0-12.el6.x86_64 at 2011-08-24 20:13 Built : CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org> at 2010-11-12 00:29 Committed: Panu Matilainen <pmati...@redhat.com> at 2010-07-09 Installed: yum-3.2.27-14.el6.centos.noarch at 2011-08-24 20:13 Built : CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org> at 2011-04-29 12:19 Committed: Karanbir Singh <kbsi...@centos.org> at 2011-07-22 Installed: yum-plugin-fastestmirror-1.1.26-11.el6.noarch at 2011-08-24 20:13 Built : CentOS BuildSystem <http://bugs.centos.org> at 2010-11-12 00:37 Committed: James Antill <james.ant...@redhat.com> at 2010-07-14 I searched this group and could not find a direct reference to this issue. Any ideas out there? -- 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.