Details
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Type:
Bug
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Status: Closed
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Priority:
Normal
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Resolution: Fixed
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Affects Version/s: PUP 4.2.2
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Fix Version/s: PUP 4.4.0
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Component/s: None
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Labels:
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Template:customfield_10700 99705
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Story Points:2
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Release Notes:Bug Fix
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Release Notes Summary:Fix "stream closed" problem with SSH transport to Cisco devices closing the session with the IO handles still open.
Description
There is a widely reported problem with SSH sessions failing. Looking into this, closing the session causes the IO handles to error out
- https://ask.puppetlabs.com/question/1389/puppet-device-fails-halfway-through-fact-discovery-on-cisco-catalyst-2960/
- http://gadgetsytecnologia.com/56775b756283c83d7/could-not-retrieve-local-facts-closed-stream.html
$ puppet device switch01.example.com --verbose
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Info: starting applying configuration to switch01.example.com at ssh://switch01.example.com/
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Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
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Info: Retrieving plugin
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Error: Could not retrieve local facts: closed stream
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Error: Failed to apply catalog: Could not retrieve local facts: closed stream
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Poking around in the author's own code, he's trapping IOError when closing things. This makes perfect sense, as the SSH transport has open IO handles when it closes the session.
