Just out of curiosity, is this from a 'apt-get install foreman-installer; 
foreman-installer', after you've added foreman's repos?Are you compiling 
from source? Also, which version of Foreman is this?

-Chris

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 3:47:29 PM UTC-5, Jonathan D wrote:
>
> Hello group, 
>
> I am at the point where I am going to tell my manager that its folly to 
> use this product in any way.  
>
> I have been working on this for weeks and have made very little progress 
> in getting errors cleared , certificates working, and controls in the 
> Foreman web gui working.   
>
> I work for the state of Arizona and we are thinking of using Foreman to 
> manage our Linux hosts. 
>
> From the install, there were pages of errors and I have bounced around 
> trying to use different flavors of O/S and finally was able to get Foreman 
> installed 
> using ubuntu 16.02.  I tried Centos, SUSE, and ubuntu 14.04.  
>
> I am at a point where if I try and run agent test commands, I get many 
> errors.  Here is a sample:
>
> Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: 
> Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource 
> Statement, Class[Ntp]:
>   parameter 'broadcastclient' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'config' expects a match for Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath = 
> Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/],
>  
> Stdlib::Unixpath = Pattern[/^\/([^\/\0]+(\/)?)+$/]], got ''
>   parameter 'config_dir' expects a match for Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath = 
> Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/],
>  
> Stdlib::Unixpath = Pattern[/^\/([^\/\0]+(\/)?)+$/]], got ''
>   parameter 'disable_auth' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'disable_dhclient' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'disable_kernel' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'disable_monitor' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'fudge' expects an Array value, got String
>   parameter 'driftfile' expects a match for Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath = 
> Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/],
>  
> Stdlib::Unixpath = Pattern[/^\/([^\/\0]+(\/)?)+$/]], got ''
>   parameter 'leapfile' expects a match for Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath = 
> Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/],
>  
> Stdlib::Unixpath = Pattern[/^\/([^\/\0]+(\/)?)+$/]], got ''
>   parameter 'logfile' expects a match for Variant[Stdlib::Windowspath = 
> Pattern[/^(([a-zA-Z]:[\\\/])|([\\\/][\\\/][^\\\/]+[\\\/][^\\\/]+)|([\\\/][\\\/]\?[\\\/][^\\\/]+))/],
>  
> Stdlib::Unixpath = Pattern[/^\/([^\/\0]+(\/)?)+$/]], got ''
>   parameter 'iburst_enable' expects a Boolean value, got String
>   parameter 'keys' expects an Array value, got String
>   parameter 'keys_enable' expects a Boolean value, got String
> ...
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed the ntp classes.   I have tried 
> clearing and re-signing the certificates.  I have had errors where remote 
> hosts (puppet) are refused, or don't connect at all.  Its getting to point 
> where this product is becoming a major waste of time to install and 
> configure.   
>
> I am installing this in a VMWare environment, and I have full network 
> access.  
>
> Is there a prefered O/S or environment where Foreman will install 
> correctly the first time?   I use the instructions on the Foreman site, and 
> it doesn't work.  Then I search to find solutions from other sites and I 
> will get a little further, but with not much further progress.  
>
> Is there a site, page/blog that actually works?  
>
> Any guidance would be appreciated.  
>

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