Failed to start Puppet agent

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Puppet agent getting automatically in a failed state after a successful restart.

    [root@compute-node ~]# systemctl  status puppet
    ● puppet.service - Puppet agent
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/puppet.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
       Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Wed 2017-11-22 16:35:07 CET; 20h ago
      Process: 795029 ExecStart=/usr/bin/start-puppet-agent agent $PUPPET_EXTRA_OPTS --no-daemonize (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
     Main PID: 795029 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
    
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local start-puppet-agent[795029]: from /usr/share/ruby/monitor.rb:195:in `mon_exit'
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local start-puppet-agent[795029]: from /usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:143:in `ensure ...quire'
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local start-puppet-agent[795029]: from /usr/share/rubygems/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:143:in `require'
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local start-puppet-agent[795029]: from <internal:abrt_prelude>:2:in `<compiled>'
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: puppet.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: Unit puppet.service entered failed state.
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: puppet.service failed.
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for puppet.service
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: Failed to start Puppet agent.
    Nov 22 16:35:07 compute-node.openstack.local systemd[1]: puppet.service failed.
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Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0

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