No that's not normal - you shouldn't have to manually start the start the master like that.. it sounds like your setup is goofy - can you provide logs from the actual server? The portion you provided us is simple the result of the web server saying there is no backend / the backend crashed / the backend isn't responding.
There should be more useful logs in the web servers error logs or the masters error logs. If everything works when you startup the master manually via rack it seems like the issue lies in your passenger / apache setup. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
