Puppet Server 4.x requires manual installation of `puppetserver_gem`

[sjenriquez]

The Datadog module requires the dogapi ruby package. On Puppet Server 4.x, if puppetserver_gem is not already installed, the dogapi package will not install and cause reporting to fail with the error:

You need the `dogapi` gem to use the Datadog report (run puppet with puppet_run_reports on your master)

To install puppetserver_gem run:

puppet module install puppetlabs-puppetserver_gem

Older versions of Puppet use gem instead of puppetserver_gem to install packages. The gem provider can be configured on this line:
https://github.com/DataDog/puppet-datadog-agent/blob/master/manifests/init.pp#L187

[truthbk]

As discussed this is a problem, but getting around it and still supporting older puppets is a bit of an issue. Still working on this one....

[bittner]

Please drop support for Puppet < 4 and fix this issue.

[bittner]

getting around it and still supporting older puppets is a bit of an issue

@truthbk, can you explain the problem a bit more in detail? Maybe the community can help.

[bittner]

I install puppetserver_gem v1.0.0 with my control repo on my Foreman host. When my clients try to perform an installation I get the following error:

Package[dogapi]: Provider puppetserver_gem is not functional on this host

What does this mean? The puppetserver_gem module is regularly deployed and available on the host along with all other modules r10k has deployed.

[bittner]

I fixed the puppetserver_gem issue by installing and configuring system_gem in init.pp (line 197). Not sure why puppetserver_gem isn't installed correctly when specified in the module dependencies.

[truthbk]

puppetserver_gem is now a real dependency after the 2.x release, not a soft-one as it used to be with the legacy module. The module will be installed, and dogapi-rb will be installed automatically, however to be picked up I have had to restart the puppetserver.

Closing this as it no longer holds true for the newer puppet module releases.