puppet: could not retrieve fact fqdn

On a recent new server deployment, I ran across the error that puppet could not find the fqdn fact:


Warning: Could not retrieve fact fqdn
Warning: Host is missing hostname and/or domain: $short_hostname

This was on an ubuntu 14.04 host running puppet 3.4.3 (ancient).

The fix was to ensure that the FQDN was in the hosts file before the short name, ie:


10.5.6.44 $fqdn $short_hostname

No more errors.


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