OK, I tried again with the latest MSI (http://downloads.puppetlabs.com/windows/puppet-2.7.12.msi) and puppet and facter both work just fine. Very cool!
I should note that I'm running puppet in standalone mode, and not trying to connect to a master. On Monday, November 21, 2011 7:31:53 PM UTC-6, Jacob Helwig wrote: > > On 2011-11-21 12:50 , Jeff Sussna wrote: > > Trying to get Puppet 2.7.6/Facter 1.6.2 running on Windows XP SP3. > > Followed the install instructions carefully, got no errors. facter and > > puppet both hang no matter what I try. The only things that don't hang > > are: > > > > facter operatingsystem (or any other individual facter query) > > facter --version > > > > facter --debug hangs, as does puppet --version or any other puppet > > command, including 'puppet config print all'. > > > > Anyone have success getting puppet running on XP? > > > > Right now, Puppet & Facter are only supported on Server 2003 & Server > 2008, since those are the only platforms we tested against when working > on the Windows support. If come up with patches to get past the hangs > on XP we'd love to see them. > > Which install instructions were you following? If it didn't clearly > call out which platforms are currently supported, we'll need to update > the instructions. > > -- > Jacob Helwig > http://about.me/jhelwig > > -- 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/-/r8nCZFu-qU0J. 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.