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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-7206

Change to puppet agent renders ::fqdn no longer valid for vhost name in hiera file for puppetlabs-apache module

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Normal
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • PUP 4.9.0, PUP 4.9.1, PUP 4.9.2
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      A clean puppet agent run with %{::fqdn} as the name of the vhost.

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      A clean puppet agent run with %{::fqdn} as the name of the vhost.
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      Until today, the hiera .yaml file for our CentOS 7.3-based apache server hosts were able to use "%{::fqdn}: to name a vhost (see below). However, after upgrading from

         puppet-agent-1.8.2-1.el7.x86_64
      

      to

         puppet-agent-1.9.0-1.el7.x86_64
      

      I found I had to hard-code the vhost name. All other uses of variables like ::fqdn and ::hostname continue to work. (I note that puppetserver has been 2.7.2 since 22 DEC, 2016.)

      After the error started I updated the puppetlabs-apache module from 1.8.1 to 1.11.0 just in case that was the problem. It did not resolve the error.

      (All references to 'redacted' below equate to the fully qualified hostname of the host in question.)

      Runs with the vhost defined with the variable result in:

      > Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Invalid tag '25-%{__fqdn}.conf' at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/development/modules/concat/manifests/init.pp:123 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/development/modules/apache/manifests/vhost.pp:623 on node redacted
      

      The difference between the old and new .yaml file:

          diff -c redacted.yaml redacted.yaml.old 
          *** redacted.yaml	2017-02-10 09:36:22.540150497 -0800
          --- redacted.yaml.old	2017-02-10 09:55:48.127742173 -0800
          ***************
          *** 12,24 ****
            #
            ## configure apache for vhost
            apache::vhosts:
          !   "redacted":
                docroot: "/var/www/%{::hostname}"
                port: "80"
                redirect_dest: https://%{::fqdn}
                redirect_status: 'permanent'
                vhost_name: "%{::fqdn}"
          !   "redacted":
                docroot: "/var/www/%{::hostname}"
                port: "443"
                vhost_name: "%{::fqdn}"
          --- 12,24 ----
            #
            ## configure apache for vhost
            apache::vhosts:
          !   "%{::fqdn}":
                docroot: "/var/www/%{::hostname}"
                port: "80"
                redirect_dest: https://%{::fqdn}
                redirect_status: 'permanent'
                vhost_name: "%{::fqdn}"
          !   "%{::fqdn}_ssl":
                docroot: "/var/www/%{::hostname}"
                port: "443"
                vhost_name: "%{::fqdn}"
      

      Any hints on how I can once-again make these files generic enough that I don't have to edit the vhost stanzas for new hosts that are created?

      Edit:
      I just obtained and installed puppet-agent-1.9.1-1.el7.x86_64 on a test host. This problem is still present.

           ; rpm -qa puppet-agent
          puppet-agent-1.9.1-1.el7.x86_64
          ; bin/run_puppet 
          Info: Using configured environment 'development'
          Info: Retrieving pluginfacts
          Info: Retrieving plugin
          Info: Loading facts
          Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Invalid tag '25-%{__fqdn}.conf' at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/development/modules/concat/manifests/init.pp:123 at /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/development/modules/apache/manifests/vhost.pp:623 on node redacted
          Warning: Not using cache on failed catalog
          Error: Could not retrieve catalog; skipping run
      

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