Puppetserver service failed because the control process exited with error code

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On Red Hat Satellite server, puppet service failed with following error.
 Job for puppetserver.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status puppetserver.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

# journalctl -xfa -u puppetserver.service 
-- Logs begin at Wed 2020-04-01 05:18:11 EDT. --
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: puppetserver.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: Failed to start puppetserver Service.
-- Subject: Unit puppetserver.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit puppetserver.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: Unit puppetserver.service entered failed state.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: puppetserver.service failed.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: puppetserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: Stopped puppetserver Service.
-- Subject: Unit puppetserver.service has finished shutting down
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit puppetserver.service has finished shutting down.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for puppetserver.service
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: Failed to start puppetserver Service.
-- Subject: Unit puppetserver.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit puppetserver.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: Unit puppetserver.service entered failed state.
Apr 02 12:55:13 satellite systemd[1]: puppetserver.service failed.
^C

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 6

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