It probably died (either ps -ef | grep puppetmaster | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9) or otherwise. Just remove the pid file and continue. You can examine the pid file to see if a process with that PID and named puppetmasterd exists. More than likely not.
On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:56:59 AM UTC-4, Spriya wrote: > > Hi John > > This is the way i am doing: > > > > > > > > > > *service puppetmaster stopStopping > puppetmaster: [FAILED][root@cluster2 > puppet]# service puppetmaster startStarting > puppetmaster: [ OK ][root@cluster2 > puppet]# service puppetmaster statuspuppet dead but pid file existsLet me > know* > > > On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 7:50:12 AM UTC-7, JohnK wrote: >> >> How are you stopping Puppetmaster? If you are not gracefully shutting >> puppetmaster down then the PID file will not be deleted. >> >> >> John Kennedy (_8(|) >> I have a yellow dog: >> http://www.theyellowdogproject.com/The_Yellow_Dog_Project/About.html >> >> Why would anyone foster a dog/cat? >> I would rather cry watching them leave our home to live a life of >> happiness and joy in a loving home than cry because no one stepped up to >> help them and they died alone, frightened, and sad in a shelter. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Spriya <supriya.u...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am having an issue when restarting puppetmaster. >>> *$service puppetmaster status* >>> *puppet dead but pid file exists* >>> >>> >>> Let me know what might be the issue. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Puppet Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to puppet-users...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/667caddf-93a3-4f3e-97bb-87c42996b727%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/667caddf-93a3-4f3e-97bb-87c42996b727%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/b9e4f4fd-eb18-45f0-b936-0e012c9920ed%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.