aggregation plugin error: The plugin either only expects "simple" configuration statements or wasn't loaded using `LoadPlugin'.

[prosegay]

Affected Puppet, Ruby, OS and module versions/distributions

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
root@v0:/etc/puppet# puppet --version
3.7.5
root@v0:/etc/puppet# ruby --version
ruby 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux]
root@v0:/etc/puppet# puppet module list
/etc/puppet/modules
├── aco-oracle_java (v2.4.1)
├── bind (???)
├── camptocamp-augeas (v1.0.3)
├── ceritsc-tmpreaper (v0.9.2)
├── dhoppe-postfix (v0.0.9)
├── dhoppe-puppet (v0.0.5)
├── domcleal-augeasproviders (v1.1.0)
├── garethr-docker (v5.3.0)
├── maestrodev-ant (v1.0.5)
├── maestrodev-wget (v1.5.6)
├── nanliu-archive (v0.3.0)
├── nanliu-staging (v1.0.3)
├── pdxcat-nrpe (v2.0.0)
├── puppet-collectd (v5.1.0)
├── puppetlabs-apt (v1.8.0)
├── puppetlabs-concat (v1.2.4)
├── puppetlabs-pe_gem (v0.1.1)
├── puppetlabs-postgresql (v4.8.0)
├── puppetlabs-stdlib (v4.17.0)
├── rtyler-groovy (v1.0.3)
├── stahnma-epel (v1.0.2)
└── thias-libvirt (v1.0.0)

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How to reproduce (e.g Puppet code you use)

class { '::collectd':
  purge           => true,
  recurse         => true,
  purge_config    => true,
  minimum_version => '5.4',
}
collectd::plugin::network::server{'localhost':
  port => 25826,
}
collectd::plugin::aggregation::aggregator {
  cpu:
    plugin           => 'cpu',
    agg_type         => 'cpu',
    groupby          => ["Host", "TypeInstance",],
    calculateaverage => true,
    calculatesum => true,
}

What are you seeing

There is a `Aggregation' block within the configuration for the aggregation plugin. The plugin either only expects "simple" configuration statements or wasn't loaded using 'LoadPlugin'. Please check your configuration.

root@v0:/etc/puppet# cat /etc/collectd/conf.d/10-aggregation.conf
# Generated by Puppet
<LoadPlugin aggregation>
  Globals false
</LoadPlugin>

root@v0:/etc/puppet# cat /etc/collectd/conf.d/aggregator-cpu.conf
<Plugin "aggregation">
  <Aggregation>
    Plugin "cpu"
    Type "Rack Mount Chassis"


    GroupBy "Host"
    GroupBy "TypeInstance"

    CalculateSum true
    CalculateAverage true
  </Aggregation>
</Plugin>

What behaviour did you expect instead

no error

Output log

Any additional information you'd like to impart

[prosegay]

I believe the cause of this was old version of collectd installed on the host. It was a U12.04 platform and that installed collectd 4x even tho a 5x version was asked for? Idk, but I'm not going to use the puppet module, I'm just going to push a config file and manage the packages separately. Most of these modules are just too much trouble to get working for the mixed environments that I have, that has been my experience, although I have tried many of them. I don't have the time to put into it to debug the modules or work around their limitations. Usually what I need to do is pretty straightforward such as push a known configuration.