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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== purely alphanumeric ==<br /> <br /> puppet agent --test <br /> Error: Could not request certificate: Error 400 on SERVER: The <br /> environment must be purely alphanumeric, not &#039;puppet-ca&#039; <br /> Exiting; failed to retrieve certificate and waitforcert is disabled <br /> <br /> Solution: Need to use a client equal to or older than server.<br /> <br /> == did not properly respond after a period of time ==<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> C:\Users\kenneth&gt;puppet agent -t<br /> Error: Could not request certificate: A connection attempt failed because the connected<br /> party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed<br /> because connected host has failed to respond. - connect(2)<br /> Exiting; failed to retrieve certificate and waitforcert is disabled<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> Most common answer is a firewall issue. My firewall was turned off though.<br /> <br /> Turned out I needed to run the command in an Elevated Administrator window.</div>

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