Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

On 13 July 2012 22:32, Kmbu wrote: > Ah! It works. Thanks a lot for your help. You are welcome. Happy to help. > On Friday, 13 July 2012 02:59:29 UTC+2, Pete wrote: >> >> You will need to generate the certificate with the name you want to >> use other wise it will use the fqdn. >> Try using --c

Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

Ah! It works. Thanks a lot for your help. On Friday, 13 July 2012 02:59:29 UTC+2, Pete wrote: > > You will need to generate the certificate with the name you want to > use other wise it will use the fqdn. > Try using --certname=name_you_want on the command line when you > request the certificat

Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

You will need to generate the certificate with the name you want to use other wise it will use the fqdn. Try using --certname=name_you_want on the command line when you request the certificate. On 12 July 2012 21:04, Kmbu wrote: > There was no current cert. It was a new host. The cert was generat

Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

I just did another test on another new agent. Same behaviour. The value of certname does not feature in the log at all. Here is the debug level agent log. I've replaced the actual FQDN with . There's no reference to the value set in certname. Seems that it's completely ignored. debug: Failed to

Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

There was no current cert. It was a new host. The cert was generated using the FQDN.. On Thursday, 12 July 2012 04:42:51 UTC+2, Pete wrote: > > Hi, > > Your config looks about right. > Did you drop the current cert and request and sign a new one? > > On 11 July 2012 19:14, Kmbu wrote: > > Hi

Re: [Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

Hi, Your config looks about right. Did you drop the current cert and request and sign a new one? On 11 July 2012 19:14, Kmbu wrote: > Hi guys, > > I have a box that needs to identify itself to the puppetmaster as something > different from the FQDN. I added certname to the agent configuration be

[Puppet Users] certname doesn't seem to work on the agent

Hi guys, I have a box that needs to identify itself to the puppetmaster as something different from the FQDN. I added certname to the agent configuration before the first run, but it doesn't seem to be sufficient. The certificate was generated for the FQDN, and the host appears in the dashboard