On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Scott Merrill <ski...@skippy.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Nan Liu <n...@puppetlabs.com> wrote:
>> A few other thing you can try is to run the web brick server and run
>> puppet master --debug --no-daemonize on the sub master and see if that
>> give any more info. You can also try enabling CA on the sub-master and
>> check what you get back from another test client and see what you
>> receive the right CA file on initial connection and what CA cert signs
>> that client's CSR. That's all I can think of.
>
> Trying to run `puppet master --debug --no-daemonize` failed. The
> process terminated with the same error:
> Could not prepare for execution: The certificate retrieved from the
> master  does not match the agent's private key.
>
> I revoked the subordinate master's key, and then executed `puppet
> agent --test -d` from that subordinate master. I noticed during the
> output that it was creating the /var/lib/puppet/ssl/ca directory,
> despite having "ca = false" in the puppet.conf file.
>
> I looked a little closer at the
> http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/scaling_multiple_masters.html
> instructions, and say to my chagrin that the location of the "ca =
> false" in my config file was _not_ in the stanza as directed there. I
> updated my puppet.conf to strictly follow those instructions:
>
> [main]
>    logdir = /var/log/puppet
>    rundir = /var/run/puppet
>    ssldir = $vardir/ssl
>    ca_server = top-level-master.domain
>    dns_alt_names = 'subordinate-master-1.domain,puppetmaster.domain'
>
> [agent]
>    classfile = $vardir/classes.txt
>    localconfig = $vardir/localconfig
>    server = top-level-master.domain
>
> [server]
>    # for Passenger
>    ssl_client_header = SSL_CLIENT_S_DN
>    ssl_client_verify_header = SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY
>
> [master]
>    ca = false
>
> On this subordinate master, I executed `sudo rm -rf
> /var/lib/puppet/ssl`; and on the top-level master I executed `puppet
> cert clean subordinate-master-1.domain`.
>
> On the subordinate master, I then executed `puppet agent --test --noop`:
> # puppet agent --test --noop
> info: Creating a new SSL key for subordinate-master-1.domain
> warning: peer certificate won't be verified in this SSL session
> info: Caching certificate for ca
> warning: peer certificate won't be verified in this SSL session
> warning: peer certificate won't be verified in this SSL session
> info: Creating a new SSL certificate request for subordinate-master-1.domain
> info: Certificate Request fingerprint (md5):
> 2D:F2:2A:A5:BD:56:D4:41:5A:B3:22:AA:A5:97:3D:66
> warning: peer certificate won't be verified in this SSL session
> err: Could not request certificate: Error 400 on SERVER: CSR
> 'subordinate-master-1.domain' contains subject alternative names
> (DNS:subordinate-master-1.domain, DNS:puppetmaster.domain), which are
> disallowed. Use `puppet cert --allow-dns-alt-names sign
> subordinate-master-1.domain` to sign this request.
> Exiting; failed to retrieve certificate and waitforcert is disabled
>
> On the top-level master, I executed `puppet cert --allow-dns-alt-names
> sign subordinate-master-1.domain`. On the subordinate master I re-ran
> `puppet agent --test --noop`. The certificate, private key, and CA
> cert were all installed properly.
>
> Now on the subordinate master I can run `puppet master --debug
> --no-daemonize` without errors. I restarted Apache, and from this
> subordinate master I ran `puppet agent --test --noop -d --server
> subordinate-master-1.domain --ca_server top-level-master.domain`.  No
> errors!
>
> I've repeated this on one of the other subordinate masters I'd
> previously -- and erroneously -- configured, and enjoyed the same
> success there.
>
> The client node with which I've been testing can now successfully
> connect to the subordinate master without error.
>
> Thank you very, very much for working through this with me.
>
> Cheers,
> Scott

That's awesome to hear, Scott :)  I'm glad you were able to get it setup!

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