PuppetDB: [400 Bad Request] Missing required query parameter ‘payload’

After upgrading the packages on my puppet master server with puppetdb I was getting this error when running the agent: May 23 19:15:45 test puppet-agent[15207]: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Failed to submit ‘replace facts’ command for test.server.com to PuppetDB at puppet.server.com:8081: [400 Bad Request] Missing required query parameter […]

Nginx + Google Pagespeed Debian Package

The normal Debian mirrors do not carry the nginx package with the Google Pagespeed Module. These instructions will allow you to create your own package that includes Pagespeed. The nginx package is from wheezy-backports which has a newer copy of nginx than the normal wheezy repo, remove -backports from any commands you run if you […]