Ok, I solved the issue. It took some doing because apparently puppet doesn't work with the newest version of activerecord.
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/867 Here are the steps that ended up working: apt-get install rubygems gem install activerecord --version 3.0.11 apt-get install libmysqlclient15-dev gem install mysql I had to disable async_storeconfig because stomp gave an error and I had never used it before: err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Could not write a3.colo.wetpaint.com to queue: undefined method `publish' for #<Stomp::Client:0x7f86042f8280> Instance::#<Puppet::Resource::Catalog:0x7f8604546618> client : #<Puppet::Util::Queue::Stomp:0x7f860447b080> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/0gH07j9XCkEJ. 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.
