Issue #12202 has been updated by Banio Carpenter.
I happened again. /var/log/messages:
Jan 31 12:42:42 ip-10-196-147-4 puppet-agent[22728]: Could not run Puppet
configuration client: Could not retrieve local facts: Cannot allocate memory -
which lsdev 2>/dev/null
Jan 31 13:12:42 ip-10-196-147-4 puppet-agent[22728]: Could not run Puppet
configuration client: Could not retrieve local facts: Cannot allocate memory -
which lsdev 2>/dev/null
Jan 31 13:42:43 ip-10-196-147-4 puppet-agent[22728]: Could not run Puppet
configuration client: Could not retrieve local facts: Cannot allocate memory -
which lsdev 2>/dev/null
Jan 31 14:12:43 ip-10-196-147-4 puppet-agent[22728]: Could not run Puppet
configuration client: Could not retrieve local facts: Cannot allocate memory -
which lsdev 2>/dev/null
The server started swapping again, and it appears that it's puppet using all
the memory (1.2GB of memory?):
# ps afux | grep puppet
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
root 22728 2.4 70.7 1279716 1259932 ? Ssl Jan23 285:52 /usr/bin/ruby
/usr/sbin/puppetd
# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1740 1680 59 0 17 267
-/+ buffers/cache: 1396 344
Swap: 895 448 447
----------------------------------------
Bug #12202: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not retrieve local
facts: Cannot allocate memory - which lsdev 2>/dev/null
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12202
Author: Banio Carpenter
Status: Needs More Information
Priority: High
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Puppet agent functioning on multiple clients with this error in
/var/log/messages:
puppet-agent[602]: Could not run Puppet configuration client: Could not
retrieve local facts: Cannot allocate memory - which lsdev 2>/dev/null
service puppet status returns:
puppetd (pid xxxx) is running...
But no updates were being applied.
After restarting the puppet service it works again.
centos 5.7
puppet 2.7.5
facter 1.6.2
Let me know if you need more info.
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