I think the problem happens when you configure agents to send reports. In this case when you run the agent in the console the output is not cached just showed and the log is empty so the report is also empty.
# puppet agent --verbose --trace --no-daemonize My output is... notice: Starting Puppet client version 2.6.2 info: Retrieving plugin info: Caching catalog for ccsdtfdempup01.dem.int info: Applying configuration version '1330364775' notice: /Stage[main]/Clamav/Service[clamav-freshclam]/ensure: ensure changed 'stopped' to 'running' notice: Detected operating system major version: 6 notice: /Stage[main]/Local-repository/Notify[Detected operating system major version: 6]/message: defined 'message' as 'Detected operating system major version: 6' notice: /Stage[main]/Zabbix-agent/Service[zabbix-agent]/ensure: ensure changed 'stopped' to 'running' notice: /Stage[main]/Grub/Exec[/root/puppet.grub.sh]/returns: executed successfully notice: No custom file, applying default files/etc/security/limits.conf notice: /Stage[main]/Limites/Notify[No custom file, applying default files/etc/security/limits.conf]/message: defined 'message' as 'No custom file, applying default files/etc/security/limits.conf' notice: /Stage[main]/Tape-backup/Package[sendEmail]/ensure: ensure changed 'purged' to 'present' notice: Finished catalog run in 4.15 seconds /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `sysread' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:135:in `rbuf_fill' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:67:in `timeout' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:101:in `timeout' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:134:in `rbuf_fill' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2028:in `read_status_line' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2017:in `read_new' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1051:in `request' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1037:in `request' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:543:in `start' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1035:in `request' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:857:in `put' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/rest.rb:90:in `save' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector/indirection.rb:253:in `save' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/indirector.rb:64:in `save' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:178:in `send_report' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/configurer.rb:172:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:39:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent/locker.rb:21:in `lock' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:39:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/sync.rb:230:in `synchronize' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:39:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:103:in `with_client' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:37:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:171:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:171:in `controlled_run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:35:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:78:in `start' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/external/event-loop/signal-system.rb:95:in `call' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/external/event-loop/signal-system.rb:95:in `__signal__' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/external/event-loop/signal-system.rb:95:in `each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/external/event-loop/signal-system.rb:95:in `__signal__' (eval):2:in `signal' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/external/event-loop/event-loop.rb:317:in `sound_alarm' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/agent.rb:82:in `start' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/daemon.rb:125:in `start' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:132:in `main' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application/agent.rb:89:in `run_command' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:287:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:393:in `exit_on_fail' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/application.rb:287:in `run' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/puppet/util/command_line.rb:55:in `execute' /usr/bin/puppet:4 err: Could not send report: end of file reached -- 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/-/qVZNPtNfGeQJ. 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.
