Just as an update, I found a workaround by setting certname to the IP, but I was still wondering if this is the best solution when there isn't a "real" hostname on the system(s)?
On Friday, July 6, 2012 2:22:51 PM UTC-5, llo...@oreillyauto.com wrote: > > I'm setting up a dev / test environment using a couple of Ubuntu 12.04 VMs. > > I have puppet installed on one of them, and am trying to get it to sync > against itself to get certain things in place to distribute with the nodes. > > However, I am having some issues. > > # puppet agent --test > info: Creating a new SSL key for puppet-local-master > err: Could not request certificate: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known > Exiting; failed to retrieve certificate and waitforcert is disabled > > I've tried a few things, default hostname, random ones, but I continually > have getaddrinfo related errors. > > What's the best way to get around this? Changes on my DNS server will not > be an option for me, but can do pretty much anything else as long as it can > be done locally. > -- 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/-/S2eYHih9MRQJ. 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.
