Problem:
When trying to install the puppet agent on an Ubuntu 16.04 server the following error appeared
Command: curl -k https://puppet:8140/packages/current/install.bash | sudo bash
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 25756 100 25756 0 0 162k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 163k
The agent packages needed to support ubuntu-16.04-amd64 are not present on your master. To add them, apply the pe_repo::platform::ubuntu_1604_amd64 class to your master node and then run Puppet. The required agent packages should be retrieved when puppet runs on the master, after which you can run the install.bash script again.
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 25756 100 25756 0 0 162k 0 –:–:– –:–:– –:–:– 163k
The agent packages needed to support ubuntu-16.04-amd64 are not present on your master. To add them, apply the pe_repo::platform::ubuntu_1604_amd64 class to your master node and then run Puppet. The required agent packages should be retrieved when puppet runs on the master, after which you can run the install.bash script again.
Resolution
On the puppet enterprise server
cd /etc/puppetlabs/code/environments/production/manifests vi site.pp
Add the following code:
node puppet.jordansphere.co.uk {
include pe_repo::platform::ubuntu_1604_amd64
}