Jira (PUP-7153) Puppet fails with inscrutable errors when logging large messages on Windows

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Charlie Sharpsteen created an issue

PUP-7153

The Windows event log has limits on the amount of data it will accept when logging a message:

These limits can be exceeded by exec resources which log a large volume of data. For example, a recursive copy of a deep directory tree.

Reproduction Case

1. Install the Puppet agent on Windows Server 2012 or newer.

2. Install the Powershell module:

puppet module install puppetlabs/powershell

3. Create a manifest with the following content:

# large_output.pp

exec{'log large output':

  # Repeat a character 32,000 times. Should trigger the event log limit

  command => 'Write-Output ("x" * 32000)',

  provider => powershell,

  logoutput => true,

4. Apply the manifest and send output to the event log:

puppet apply large_output.pp --logdest=eventlog --logdest=console

The command fails with a terse, cryptic message like:

Error: The parameter is incorrect. - ReportEvent

Or:

Error: Too many links. - ReportEvent

The Puppet Agent should split, truncate or drop large messages and log a better error explaining what happened.

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