Exec[create-mcollective-metadata] in mcollective::server::config::factsource::yaml never runs for mcollective>=2.5.0. At least from the Puppetlabs repo. mcollective=2.0.0 from ubuntu (trusty) does not have this issue.

This is because the Exec uses$mcollective::yaml_fact_path_real to determine if it should run, via the creates attribute. The Puppetlabs MCollective packages automatically creates that file post-install, however, thus denying the Exec the chance to run. As a result, facts aren't available to MCollective until the next time the Cron[refresh-mcollective-metadata] is run.

Not sure how to tackle this issue, but I'd be OK with the Exec running only via a Refresh event from mcollective::server::setting{factsource}