RSA,
I ran a puppet agent -t on a packet concentrator and I see an agent_catalog_run.lock file that exists:
Notice: Run of Puppet configuration client already in progress; skipping (/var/lib/puppet/state/agent_catalog_run.lock exists)
Below are the following steps I have already done:
1. Stopped puppet: service puppet stop
2. Remove agent_catalog_run.lock file: rm /var/lib/puppet/state/agent_catalog_run.lock
3. Enter y to validate
4. Start puppet: service puppet start
5. Run puppet agent -t again
However, when I start puppet the agent_catalog_run.lock file re-appears. I have stopped, removed the file, and restarted puppet at least 10 times or more but I'm still getting the same results and each time I restart puppet and run another puppet agent -t it still displays this file:
[root@( ) state]# puppet agent -t
Notice: Run of Puppet configuration client already in progress; skipping (/var/lib/puppet/state/agent_catalog_run.lock exists)
[root@( ) state]# service puppet stop
Stopping puppet agent: [ OK ]
[root@( ) state]# ll
total 72
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4 Apr 24 12:00 agent_catalog_run.lock
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2016 graphs
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 1395 May 4 2018 last_run_report.yaml
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 83 Apr 24 11:50 last_run_summary.yaml
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 6966 Sep 23 2017 resources.txt
-rw-rw----. 1 root root 49077 Sep 23 2017 state.yaml
[root@( ) state]# rm agent_catalog_run.lock
rm: remove regular file `agent_catalog_run.lock'? y
[root@( ) state]# ll
total 68
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2016 graphs
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 1395 May 4 2018 last_run_report.yaml
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 83 Apr 24 11:50 last_run_summary.yaml
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 6966 Sep 23 2017 resources.txt
-rw-rw----. 1 root root 49077 Sep 23 2017 state.yaml
[root@( ) state]# service puppet start
Starting puppet agent: [ OK ]
[root@( ) state]# ll
total 72
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4 Apr 24 12:06 agent_catalog_run.lock
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 2016 graphs
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 1395 May 4 2018 last_run_report.yaml
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 83 Apr 24 11:50 last_run_summary.yaml
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 6966 Sep 23 2017 resources.txt
-rw-rw----. 1 root root 49077 Sep 23 2017 state.yaml
Why is this file still re-appearing and I cannot get it to remove? Thanks.
