Description of problem: On a fresh install of Fedora 23 and the package "puppet-server", "systemctl start puppetmaster" fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): puppet-server-4.2.1-2.fc23.noarch selinux-policy-targeted-3.13.1-152.fc23.noarch How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. (Uninstall puppet-server && rm -Rf /etc/puppet.) 2. "dnf install puppet-server" 3. "systemctl start puppetmaster" Actual results: Nov 6 00:48:41 passepartout systemd: Started Puppet master. Nov 6 00:48:41 passepartout audit: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=puppetmaster comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success' Nov 6 00:48:41 passepartout systemd: Starting Puppet master... Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout audit: AVC avc: denied { write } for pid=4301 comm="ruby-mri" name="puppet" dev="dm-1" ino=1316122 scontext=system_u:system_r:puppetmaster_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:puppet_etc_t:s0 tclass=dir permissive=0 Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;31mError: Could not set 'directory' on ensure: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /etc/puppet/ssl#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;31mError: Could not set 'directory' on ensure: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /etc/puppet/ssl Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: Wrapped exception: Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /etc/puppet/ssl#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;31mError: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl]/ensure: change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory' on ensure: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /etc/puppet/ssl#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[mNotice: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certs]: Dependency File[/etc/puppet/ssl] has failures: true#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;33mWarning: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certs]: Skipping because of failed dependencies#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[mNotice: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Dependency File[/etc/puppet/ssl] has failures: true#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;33mWarning: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/public_keys]: Skipping because of failed dependencies#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[mNotice: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Dependency File[/etc/puppet/ssl] has failures: true#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;33mWarning: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/certificate_requests]: Skipping because of failed dependencies#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[mNotice: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Dependency File[/etc/puppet/ssl] has failures: true#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;33mWarning: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys]: Skipping because of failed dependencies#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[mNotice: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private]: Dependency File[/etc/puppet/ssl] has failures: true#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;33mWarning: /File[/etc/puppet/ssl/private]: Skipping because of failed dependencies#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout start-puppet-master: #033[1;31mError: Could not prepare for execution: Got 1 failure(s) while initializing: File[/etc/puppet/ssl]: change from absent to directory failed: Could not set 'directory' on ensure: Permission denied @ dir_s_mkdir - /etc/puppet/ssl#033[0m Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout systemd: puppetmaster.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout audit: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=puppetmaster comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout systemd: puppetmaster.service: Unit entered failed state. Nov 6 00:48:43 passepartout systemd: puppetmaster.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Expected results: puppetmaster starts. Additional info: I'm unsure whether the better solution would be to amend the SELinux policy to let puppetmaster create those directories or ship them (empty) as part of the package and then only allow puppetmaster to create/modify/delete files underneath them.
Hello, if you create those, will it work? Maybe we can fix this in the package by creating those missing directories.
I tried creating those directories and setting their permissions, but came to an impasse when I then tried to run "puppet agent --noop" and it failed on trying to create /etc/puppet/ssl/private_keys/$hostname. I then tried "semanage fcontext -a -t puppet_var_lib_t /etc/puppet/ssl" to make that directory more "permissive", but (after "restorecon -Rv /etc/puppet/ssl") puppetmaster wanted to set the context first to system_u:object_r:puppet_etc_t:s0 and then to unconfined_u:object_r:puppet_var_lib_t:s0. I then set "ssldir" to "/var/lib/puppet/ssl" in an otherwise empty /etc/puppet/puppet.conf to "reverse" the effects of https://docs.puppetlabs.com/puppet/4.2/reference/whered_it_go.html and puppetmaster started successfully and "puppet agent --noop" seems to work (didn't actually test manifests). So I think the SELinux policy needs to be amended. (NB: I tested the above on my live system; for better diagnosis a VM is probably more appropriate :-).)
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