Error: Could not parse for environment production: Is a directory - with vagrant and puphpet

Question

I'm sure I'm missing something simple but I have this error when running vagrant up.

==> default: Error: Could not parse for environment production: Is a directory - /tmp/vagrant-puppet/manifests-75f35e3bc7e32744860c4bb229c88812 on node local.company.com
==> default: Error: Could not parse for environment production: Is a directory - /tmp/vagrant-puppet/manifests-75f35e3bc7e32744860c4bb229c88812 on node local.company.com

When I vagrant ssh many of the packages aren't installed (php, mysql, apache). I tried on the ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04 boxes.

Here's my config.yaml

vagrantfile:
target: local
vm:
    box: puphpet/ubuntu1204-x64
    box_url: puphpet/ubuntu1204-x64
    hostname: local.company.com
    memory: '1024'
    cpus: '2'
    chosen_provider: virtualbox
    network:
        private_network: 192.168.56.101
        forwarded_port: {  }
    post_up_message: ''
    provider:
        virtualbox:
            modifyvm:
                natdnshostresolver1: 'on'
            showgui: '0'
        vmware:
            numvcpus: 1
        parallels:
            cpus: 1
    provision:
        puppet:
            manifests_path: puphpet/puppet/manifests
            module_path: puphpet/puppet/modules
            options:
                - '--verbose'
                - '--hiera_config /vagrant/puphpet/puppet/hiera.yaml'
    synced_folder:
        vflsf_wl9nzy0st9mc:
            source: ./
            target: /var/sites/devoffice
            sync_type: nfs
            smb:
                smb_host: ''
                smb_username: ''
                smb_password: ''
            rsync:
                args:
                    - '--verbose'
                    - '--archive'
                    - '-z'
                exclude:
                    - .vagrant/
                    - .git/
                auto: 'true'
            owner: www-data
            group: www-data
    usable_port_range:
        start: 10200
        stop: 10500
ssh:
    host: null
    port: null
    private_key_path: null
    username: vagrant
    guest_port: null
    keep_alive: true
    forward_agent: false
    forward_x11: false
    shell: 'bash -l'
    insert_key: false
vagrant:
    host: detect
server:
    install: '1'
    packages: {  }
users_groups:
    install: '1'
    groups: {  }
    users: {  }
locale:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        default_locale: ''
        locales: {  }
firewall:
    install: '1'
    rules: {  }
cron:
    install: '1'
    jobs: {  }
nginx:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        default_vhost: 1
        proxy_buffer_size: 128k
        proxy_buffers: '4 256k'
        proxy_connect_timeout: 600s
        proxy_send_timeout: 600s
        proxy_read_timeout: 600s
        names_hash_bucket_size: 128
    upstreams: {  }
    vhosts:
        nxv_1zz0kbyjvv69:
            server_name: local.company.com
            www_root: /var/www/admin-v1
            listen_port: '80'
            index_files:
                - index.php
            client_max_body_size: 1m
            ssl: '1'
            ssl_cert: ''
            ssl_key: ''
            ssl_port: '443'
            ssl_protocols: ''
            ssl_ciphers: ''
            rewrite_to_https: '1'
            spdy: '1'
            locations:
                nxvl_2665t25gmpuy:
                    location: /
                    autoindex: 'off'
                    internal: 'false'
                    try_files:
                        - $uri
                        - $uri/
                        - /index.php$is_args$args
                    fastcgi: ''
                    fastcgi_index: ''
                    fastcgi_split_path: ''
                    proxy: ''
                    proxy_redirect: ''
                nxvl_xmvfqqvh9doe:
                    location: '~ \.php$'
                    autoindex: 'off'
                    internal: 'false'
                    try_files:
                        - $uri
                        - $uri/
                        - /index.php$is_args$args
                    fastcgi: '127.0.0.1:9000'
                    fastcgi_index: index.php
                    fastcgi_split_path: '^(.+\.php)(/.*)$'
                    fast_cgi_params_extra:
                        - 'SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename'
                        - 'APP_ENV dev'
                    set:
                        - '$path_info $fastcgi_path_info'
                    proxy: ''
                    proxy_redirect: ''
    proxies: {  }
apache:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        user: www-data
        group: www-data
        default_vhost: true
        manage_user: false
        manage_group: false
        sendfile: 0
    modules:
        - proxy_fcgi
        - rewrite
    vhosts:
        av_iwuq9x9j83hm:
            servername: local.company.com
            docroot: /var/sites/devoffice/admin-v1
            port: '443'
            setenv:
                - 'APP_ENV dev'
            setenvif:
                - 'Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1'
            custom_fragment: ''
            ssl: '1'
            ssl_cert: ''
            ssl_key: ''
            ssl_chain: ''
            ssl_certs_dir: ''
            ssl_protocol: ''
            ssl_cipher: ''
php:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        version: '56'
    modules:
        php:
            - cli
            - intl
            - mcrypt
        pear: {  }
        pecl: {  }
    ini:
        display_errors: 'On'
        error_reporting: '-1'
        session.save_path: /var/lib/php/session
        date.timezone: UTC
    fpm_ini:
        error_log: /var/log/php-fpm.log
    fpm_pools:
        phpfp_vstyf2feqrjw:
            ini:
                prefix: www
                listen: '127.0.0.1:9000'
                security.limit_extensions: .php
                user: www-user
                group: www-data
    composer: '1'
    composer_home: ''
xdebug:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        xdebug.default_enable: '1'
        xdebug.remote_autostart: '0'
        xdebug.remote_connect_back: '1'
        xdebug.remote_enable: '1'
        xdebug.remote_handler: dbgp
        xdebug.remote_port: '9000'
blackfire:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        server_id: ''
        server_token: ''
        agent:
            http_proxy: ''
            https_proxy: ''
            log_file: stderr
            log_level: '1'
        php:
            agent_timeout: '0.25'
            log_file: ''
            log_level: '1'
xhprof:
    install: '0'
wpcli:
    install: '0'
    version: v0.19.0
drush:
    install: '0'
    version: 6.3.0
ruby:
    install: '1'
    versions: {  }
python:
    install: '1'
    packages: {  }
    versions: {  }
nodejs:
    install: '1'
    npm_packages: {  }
hhvm:
    install: '0'
    nightly: 0
    composer: '1'
    composer_home: ''
    settings: {  }
    server_ini:
        hhvm.server.host: 127.0.0.1
        hhvm.server.port: '9000'
        hhvm.log.use_log_file: '1'
        hhvm.log.file: /var/log/hhvm/error.log
    php_ini:
        display_errors: 'On'
        error_reporting: '-1'
        date.timezone: UTC
mariadb:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        version: '10.1'
        root_password: '123'
        override_options: {  }
    adminer: 0
    users:
        mariadbnu_k90oiyvvczk8:
            name: dbuser
            password: '123'
    databases:
        mariadbnd_65a8qo8f2pqr:
            name: dbname
            sql: ''
    grants:
        mariadbng_8r6dvf23am4e:
            user: dbuser
            table: '*.*'
            privileges:
                - ALL
mysql:
    install: '1'
    settings:
        version: '5.5'
        root_password: '123'
        override_options: {  }
    adminer: 0
    users:
        mysqlnu_zrpf1arlvuul:
            name: dbuser
            password: '123'
    databases:
        mysqlnd_u7r68nbams0v:
            name: zaycon_db
            sql: ''
    grants: {  }
postgresql:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        global:
            encoding: UTF8
            version: '9.4'
        server:
            postgres_password: '123'
    databases: {  }
    users: {  }
    grants: {  }
    adminer: 0
mongodb:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        auth: 1
        bind_ip: 127.0.0.1
        port: '27017'
    databases: {  }
redis:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        conf_port: '6379'
sqlite:
    install: '0'
    adminer: 0
    databases: {  }
mailhog:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        smtp_ip: 0.0.0.0
        smtp_port: 1025
        http_ip: 0.0.0.0
        http_port: '8025'
        path: /usr/local/bin/mailhog
beanstalkd:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        listenaddress: 0.0.0.0
        listenport: '11300'
        maxjobsize: '65535'
        maxconnections: '1024'
        binlogdir: /var/lib/beanstalkd/binlog
        binlogfsync: null
        binlogsize: '10485760'
    beanstalk_console: 0
rabbitmq:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        port: '5672'
    users: {  }
    vhosts: {  }
    plugins: {  }
elastic_search:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        version: 1.4.1
        java_install: true
solr:
    install: '0'
    settings:
        version: 4.10.2
        port: '8984'

Answer 1

So I spent a long time trying to update or reinstall puppet through apt-get. Turns out it was originally installed through ruby so this simple command fixes this issue.

vagrant ssh into server, sudo su then gem install puppet, exit server. run vagrant provision

UPDATE: This did turn out to be a problem of the box not being updated but the reason vagrant box update didn't work was because hashicorp hadn't released this box with the others when Puphpet updated their box.

Answer 2

Please update your boxes. Don't install Puppet, puphpet boxes already ship with 4.3.x.

Source: am puphpet