Jira (PUP-1320) service puppet ensure stopped kills off cron-run puppet with "Caught TERM; calling stop"

[RMIT ISUNIX (JIRA)]

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RMIT ISUNIX commented on an issue   Re: service puppet ensure stopped kills off cron-run puppet with "Caught TERM; calling stop" Hello, I thought I'd share our workaround for this issue: # run puppet via cron instead of as a service case $::operatingsystem { redhat: { $svcname = "pe-puppet" # mco puppet invocations keep killing themselves: # http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/19153 $svcstatus = 'test -f /var/run/pe-puppet/agent.pid && cat /var/run/pe-puppet/agent.pid | xargs ps -oargs= -p | grep -v -- -daemon > /dev/null' } solaris: { $svcname = "svc:/network/pe-puppet:default" } 'default': { fail("Unrecognized operating system") } } # if you change this name, make sure you change puppet-agent-install.sh $cronname = "puppetagent" cron { "$cronname": command => "/bin/nice /opt/puppet/bin/puppet agent --onetime --no-daemonize > /dev/null 2>&1", user => 'root', minute => fqdn_rand(60), ensure => present, } service { "$svcname": enable => false, status => $svcstatus, ensure => 'stopped', require => Cron[$cronname], } David Wood RMIT Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-1320 service puppet ensure stopped kills off cron-run puppet with "Caught TERM; calling stop" We have recently switched from puppet agent in daemon mode (for kick) to cron-run puppet with mcollective agent. However, I started noticing that puppet policies were being inconsistently applied across the hosts. It turns out that this policy is the problem: {noformat} service { 'puppet':         ensure => stopped,         enable => false... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.