Puppet apply:Could not find node statement with name 'default' or 'puppetserver.example.com

Question

/etc/puppetlabs/puppet/puppet.conf:

[master]
vardir = /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver
logdir = /var/log/puppetlabs/puppetserver
rundir = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver
pidfile = /var/run/puppetlabs/puppetserver/puppetserver.pid
icodedir = /etc/puppetlabs/code
dns_alt_names=puppetserver.example.com,puppetmaster,puppet
#environmenpath = /etc/puppet/environments
#basemodulepath = /etc/puppet/environments/production/modules:/opt/puppetlabs/puppet/modules


[main]
certname = puppetserver.example.com
server = puppetserver.example.com
environment = production
runinterval = 5s

/etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests/site.pp:

node 'windows.example.com' {


$iis_features = ['Web-WebServer','Web-Scripting-Tools']

iis_feature { $iis_features:

   ensure => 'present',

}

}

I'm very new to Puppet, followed this guide:https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/centos-puppet-master-and-agent/

puppet agent --test works fine (IIS is installed)

but when trying to apply site.pp (on Puppet Server) i'm getting

Error: Could not find node statement with name 'default' or 'puppetserver.example.com, puppetserver.example, puppetserver, localhost' on node puppetserver.example.com

Can someone explain what's the problem ?

Matt Schuchard Matt Schuchard · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-30T14:17:03

When you apply a catalog or a main manifest, a node definition that matches the client certificate is required. In this case, matching node definitions for your Puppet Master would be:

puppetserver.example.com, puppetserver.example, puppetserver, localhost

and none of those are listed in your node definitions. Note that you can also place a node definition of default at the end of node definitions to "catch" any nodes that are not defined previously. Documentation for node definitions in the main manifest can be found here.

To resolve this, you can simply add a node definition for your Puppet Server. Since you are executing puppet apply on the server, the manifest is being applied locally.

node 'windows.example.com' {
  $iis_features = ['Web-WebServer','Web-Scripting-Tools']

  iis_feature { $iis_features:
    ensure => 'present',
  }
}

node 'puppetserver.example.com' {
  notify { 'this is the puppet master': }
}

node default {
  notify { 'this node did not match any of the listed definitions': }
}

Note you would also be observing the error you encountered if you execute puppet agent -t on the Puppet Master. This behavior is not exclusive to puppet apply.

Puppet apply:Could not find node statement with name 'default' or 'puppetserver.example.com

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