Usage: sudo ./kill_node_in_storeconfigs_db.rb 
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'puppet/rails'

Puppet[:config] = "/etc/puppet/puppet.conf"
Puppet.parse_config
# This should work but Puppet[:dbadapter] is the default sqlite3 no matter what.
Puppet::Rails.connect  

if @host = Puppet::Rails::Host.find_by_name(ARGV[0].strip)
  print "Killing #{ARGV[0]}..." 
  $stdout.flush
  @host.destroy 
  puts "done."
else
  puts "Can't find host #{ARGV[0]}."
end