Error: Could not retrieve information from environment production source(s) puppet:///modules/

Issue

• When specifying the source attribute in a puppet path am getting the error:

# puppet apply name-motd/manifests/init.pp

Error: /Stage[main]/Main/File[/etc/motd]: Could not evaluate: Could not retrieve information from environment production source(s) puppet:///modules/name-motd/motdcontent.txt
Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.02 seconds


file { '/etc/motd' :
    ensure  =>  present,
    mode    =>  0755,
    owner   =>  'root',
#   content =>  "Unauthorized Activity !!!!\n",
    source  =>  "puppet:///modules/netperf/motdcontent.txt",
}