2023-11-15T11:34:53.0300457Z [00;00m[00;33m Error: Systemd start for puppetserver failed!
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0301333Z journalctl log for puppetserver:
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0302520Z -- Logs begin at Wed 2023-11-15 11:28:34 UTC, end at Wed 2023-11-15 11:34:53 UTC. --
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0304368Z Nov 15 11:29:55 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0308220Z Nov 15 11:29:55 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: Illegal reflective access by dynapath.defaults$fn__15805$fn__15806 (file:/opt/puppetlabs/server/apps/puppetserver/puppet-server-release.jar) to method java.net.URLClassLoader.addURL(java.net.URL)
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0312032Z Nov 15 11:29:55 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of dynapath.defaults$fn__15805$fn__15806
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0314905Z Nov 15 11:29:55 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0317564Z Nov 15 11:29:55 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0319498Z Nov 15 11:29:56 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: WARNING: abs already refers to: #'clojure.core/abs in namespace: medley.core, being replaced by: #'medley.core/abs
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0321638Z Nov 15 11:30:02 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/vendored-jruby-gems/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.1.5/lib/concurrent/executor/java_thread_pool_executor.rb:13: warning: method redefined; discarding old to_int
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0324192Z Nov 15 11:30:02 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com puppetserver[1531]: /opt/puppetlabs/server/data/puppetserver/vendored-jruby-gems/gems/concurrent-ruby-1.1.5/lib/concurrent/executor/java_thread_pool_executor.rb:13: warning: method redefined; discarding old to_f
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0326143Z Nov 15 11:30:09 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: New main PID 1584 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0327522Z Nov 15 11:30:09 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: New main PID 1584 does not belong to service, and PID file is not owned by root. Refusing.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0328763Z Nov 15 11:34:53 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: puppetserver.service start operation timed out. Terminating.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0329797Z Nov 15 11:34:53 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: Failed to start puppetserver Service.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0330782Z Nov 15 11:34:53 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: Unit puppetserver.service entered failed state.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0331741Z Nov 15 11:34:53 oracle7-64-puppet8.example.com systemd[1]: puppetserver.service failed.
2023-11-15T11:34:53.0333513Z [00;00m[00;33m Error: /Stage[main]/Puppet::Server::Service/Service[puppetserver]/ensure: change from 'stopped' to 'running' failed: Systemd start for puppetserver failed!
this looks like the pidfile bug. :disappointed: