Fix a “Could not find a directory environment” error when running “puppet resource package” in Puppet Enterprise

When you run puppet resource package on an agent that is in a non-production environment, you get a Could not find a directory environment error.

Error messages

C:/Program Files/Puppet Labs/Puppet/sys/ruby/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/puppet/environments.rb:38
:in `get!': Could not find a directory environment named 'development' anywhere 
in the path: C:/ProgramData/PuppetLabs/code/environments. Does the directory exist 
(Puppet::Environments::EnvironmentNotFound)

The puppet resource command is intended to be run on the primary server node, which is also the location for non-production environment configuration. There’s no environment configuration information on the agent, so you get an error.

Version and installation information

PE version: All supported versions

Solution

Although puppet resource is intended to be run only on the primary server, you can run it on an agent node. If the agent is in the production environment, run puppet resource package. If it is in any other environment, pass the production environment to the command: puppet resource package --environment=production