Installing
- Uninstall the Puppet Windows agent fails in Puppet Enterprise
- Installing Puppet agent using PE package management fails with Error parsing “proxy = ‘None’” for Puppet Enterprise
- When re-installing Puppet agent on a node you get a “does not match its private key” error in Puppet Enterprise
- Fix "error code 60" when installing a new agent in Puppet Enterprise
- Disable FIPS-enabled Puppet Enterprise on Ubuntu
- After installing the Puppet Enterprise primary server, you are unable to reach agent installation packages
Configuring
- Resolve an “uninitialized constant error” when using Puppet Development Kit
- A value set in the console as a JSON hash in the console is saved as a string in Puppet Enterprise
- Resolve an “ERROR - [POST / deploys][404]” error message in Puppet Enterprise
- Resolve an “error: object directory’ error message in Puppet Enterprise
- Code deployment delay in Puppet Enterprise
- Resolve a “too many open files” error message in Puppet Enterprise
Managing nodes
- Puppet command fails with a “Could not parse” error in Puppet Enterprise
- Classify nodes without using the console in Puppet Enterprise
- Configure a setting in the “puppet.conf” file in Puppet Enterprise
- “cem_windows” module shows an unconfigured benchmark applied to an agent node in Puppet Enterprise
- Generate a list of node certnames that are not checking in (are unresponsive) in Puppet Enterprise
- Use cached catalogs with the orchestrator in Puppet Enterprise
Orchestrating runs, tasks, and plans
Upgrading
- Download the latest primary server and agent packages for Puppet Enterprise
- An upgrade to a major version operating system causes an outage in Puppet Enterprise
- Upgrading Puppet Enterprise agents fails with a Red Hat registration error
- Resolve an “ERROR: deadlock detected” error message in PuppetDB when upgrading to Puppet Enterprise 2019.8 or later from a previous version
- “Something unexpected occurred: An uncaught server error was thrown. Check the log for details” error after upgrading Puppet Enterprise from 2021.3 to 2021.7
- Run different but compatible versions of Puppet Enterprise and Puppet agent on your infrastructure and agent nodes
Managing access
Monitoring and reporting
- Automate preventative checks and tasks for Puppet infrastructure
- Recommended reading: Why a 35GB Java heap is smaller than a 32GB Java heap
- Use metrics and other resources to improve and optimize Puppet Enterprise performance
- Run “EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS)” on a PostgreSQL query with a long run time in Puppet Enterprise
- High swap usage on your primary server or replica in Puppet Enterprise
- Prevent code deployments from impacting performance in Puppet Enterprise
SSL and certificates
- Spring4Shell statement
- Puppet response to recent Log4j vulnerabilities FAQ
- Certificate authority key requirements, formatting, and security in Puppet Enterprise
- Get help with a self-signed CA certificate in Puppet Enterprise
- “44 - Different CRL scope” error when setting up an intermediate certificate authority
- Resolve intermittent SSL errors when agent runs fail in Puppet Enterprise