Same question at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37497390/puppetlabs-java-oracle-failed-to-apply-catalog-no-title-provided-and-file-is-n

Objective

Find possible cause/solution for the issue of Failed to apply catalog: No title provided with https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-java.

Environment

Virtualization: vmware Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core) CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7 Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 Architecture: x86-64 puppet --version 4.5.0

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Issue

Error: Failed to apply catalog: No title provided and :file is not a valid resource reference Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Info: Loading facts Notice: Scope(Java::Oracle[jdk8]): Destination is /tmp/jdk-8u51-linux-x64.rpm Notice: Compiled catalog for puppet.demo.local in environment production in 0.29 seconds Info: Applying configuration version '1464564285' Error: Failed to apply catalog: No title provided and :file is not a valid resource reference java.pp java::oracle { 'jdk8' : ensure => 'present', version => '8', java_se => 'jdk', }

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Action Taken

git clone https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-archive archive in modules/ directory as suggested in stackoverflow. However the issue persists.