Foreman » Smart Proxy

On a Puppet 3.8.7 installation using directory environments (and environmentpath), the config file environment retriever is being selected instead of the API retriever.

D, [2016-05-23T07:21:38.659910 #10700] DEBUG -- : 'puppet' settings: 'enabled': https, 'puppet_version': 3.8.7, 'use_provider': [:puppet_proxy_legacy]
D, [2016-05-23T07:21:38.660065 #10700] DEBUG -- : Providers ['puppet_proxy_legacy'] are going to be configured for 'puppet'
D, [2016-05-23T07:21:39.046652 #10700] DEBUG -- : 'puppet_proxy_legacy' settings: 'classes_retriever': cached_legacy_parser, 'environments_retriever': config_file, 'puppet_conf': /etc/puppet/puppet.conf, 'puppet_ssl_ca': /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem, 'puppet_ssl_cert
': /var/lib/puppet/ssl/certs/foreman.example.com.pem, 'puppet_ssl_key': /var/lib/puppet/ssl/private_keys/foreman.example.com.pem, 'puppet_url': https://foreman.example.com:8140, 'puppet_version': 3.8.7, 'use_cache': true, 'use_provider': [:puppet_proxy_legacy]
...
W, [2016-05-23T07:20:37.269494 #8521]  WARN -- : No environments found - falling back to defaults (production - /etc/puppet/modules)
I, [2016-05-23T07:20:37.270246 #8521]  INFO -- : 127.0.0.1 - - [23/May/2016:07:20:37 +0000] "GET /puppet/environments HTTP/1.1" 200 14 0.0110

W, [2016-05-23T07:20:37.370079 #8521]  WARN -- : No environments found - falling back to defaults (production - /etc/puppet/modules)
I, [2016-05-23T07:20:37.370830 #8521]  INFO -- : 127.0.0.1 - - [23/May/2016:07:20:37 +0000] "GET /puppet/environments/production/classes HTTP/1.1" 200 2 0.0140

puppet.conf:

[main]
    # Where Puppet's general dynamic and/or growing data is kept
    vardir = /var/lib/puppet

    # The Puppet log directory.
    # The default value is '$vardir/log'.
    logdir = /var/log/puppet

    # Where Puppet PID files are kept.
    # The default value is '$vardir/run'.
    rundir = /var/run/puppet

    # Where SSL certificates are kept.
    # The default value is '$confdir/ssl'.
    ssldir = /var/lib/puppet/ssl

    # Allow services in the 'puppet' group to access key (Foreman + proxy)
    privatekeydir = $ssldir/private_keys { group = service }
    hostprivkey = $privatekeydir/$certname.pem { mode = 640 }

    show_diff     = false

## Server config

    reports          = foreman

    environmentpath  = /etc/puppet/environments
      basemodulepath   = /etc/puppet/environments/common:/etc/puppet/modules:/usr/share/puppet/modules

    hiera_config     = $confdir/hiera.yaml

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