puppetserver8 packages for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat

[fhchstr]

Use Case

I asked a follow up question, specifically about puppetserver8, in #9539 after it got closed, but I fear that closed issues aren't monitored/answered.

So I created a new one to ensure the question gets answered. Sorry for the duplication, but I lack permissions to re-open issues.

Thank you!

Describe the Solution You Would Like

I would like to have a reliable and maintained repository to get up-to-date puppetserver version 8 packages.

Describe Alternatives You've Considered

• Get the out of date version from Ubuntu's repositories.
• Build the packages myself from source

Additional Context

#9539

[fhchstr]

Friendly ping. Thank you :)

[fhchstr]

I tried installing the puppetserver package from the Ubuntu repositories, but it looks like it doesn't vendor hiera-eyaml.

Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, Function Load Error for function 'eyaml_lookup_key': Lookup using eyaml lookup_key function is only supported when the hiera_eyaml library is present (file: <redacted>, line: 1, column: 1) on node <redacted>

My puppet server is running in an environment without internet connection, so I can't just run puppetserver gem install hiera-eyaml to install the missing gem. I have the hiera-eyaml .deb pacakge installed, but puppetserver doesn't see it.

• Is there a setting I should set to tell puppetserver to use the hiera-eyaml installed on the system?
• Should I build the gem and deploy it to my server through another channel?
• Any other ideas?

It would be so much easier if puppetlabs could provide a puppetserver 8 .deb package from apt.puppet.com.

Also, the Ubuntu repository only contains version 8.4.0-1, published almost 1 year ago (2024-03-28): https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/amd64/puppetserver. So this doesn't bring me great confidence, even if I manage to make it work...