Repair Puppet Enterprise or Bolt by reinstalling packages

I have missing or corrupted files in Puppet Enterprise or Bolt that were originally provided by an installation package.

Version and installation information

Puppet Enterprise version: any
Installation type: any
Bolt version: any

Solution

Puppet software can stop functioning correctly if files are missing or corrupted. If the files were originally provided by an installation package, you can restore them by reinstalling the package. The commands vary based on your OS.

Note: This solution only applies to software that ships in packages. It does not apply to containerized products like Puppet Application Manager.

Linux

In the terminal, run the appropriate command.

• RedHat: yum reinstall <PACKAGE NAME>
• Debian: apt reinstall <PACKAGE NAME>
• SLES: zypper install –force <PACKAGE NAME>

Windows

To get the product code or package ID of the Puppet Agent package from the registry and instruct msiexec to run a repair option replacing missing files, run the following in Windows PowerShell:

$RegistryKeys = @( "HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*", "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*" )
$InstalledMSIs = Get-ItemProperty $RegistryKeys -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$PuppetAgent = $InstalledMSIs | Where { $_.DisplayName -Like "*Puppet Agent*" }

msiexec.exe /qn /fp $PuppetAgent.PSChildName

Add a progress bar

Reinstalling packages on Windows takes a few minutes. To add a progress bar, run the following:

msiexec.exe /fp $PuppetAgent.PSChildName