How puppet.conf file contents are altered?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Running below command on the puppet agent shows the output like below:
# puppet agent -t
Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
Info: Retrieving plugin
Info: Loading facts
Info: Caching catalog for client.example.com
Info: Applying configuration version '1558653706'
Notice: /Stage[main]/Satellite_tools/File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/content: 
--- /etc/puppet/puppet.conf     2019-05-23 16:21:32.950783066 -0700
+++ /tmp/puppet-file20190523-116099-q4tl03      2019-05-23 16:21:48.936338597 -0700
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [main]
-    # The default value is /var/lib/puppet.
-    vardir = /var/lib/puppet
-
+    # The Puppet log directory.
     # The default value is '$vardir/log'.
     logdir = /var/log/puppet

@@ -26,12 +24,5 @@
     # The default value is '$confdir/localconfig'.
     localconfig = $vardir/localconfig

-    pluginsync      = true
-    report          = true
-    ignoreschedules = true
-    daemon          = false
-    ca_server       = satellite.example.com
-    certname        = satellite.example.com
-    environment     = KT_First_cv_puppet_16
-    server          = satellite.example.com
+    server = satellite.example.com


Info: Computing checksum on file /etc/puppet/puppet.conf
Info: FileBucket got a duplicate file {md5}450e0f4b85d234460304fb60ac9d6e3a
Info: /Stage[main]/Satellite_tools/File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]: Filebucketed /etc/puppet/puppet.conf to puppet with sum 450e0f4b85d234460304fb60ac9d6e3a
Notice: /Stage[main]/Satellite_tools/File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]/content: content changed '{md5}450e0f4b85d234460304fb60ac9d6e3a' to '{md5}1d75466c09bb1a39eaa995a7577f4657'
Info: /Stage[main]/Satellite_tools/File[/etc/puppet/puppet.conf]: Scheduling refresh of Service[puppet]
Notice: /Stage[main]/Satellite_tools/Service[puppet]: Triggered 'refresh' from 1 events
Notice: Finished catalog run in 4.12 seconds

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6.
  • Puppet agent.

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