Failed to authenticate to the chef server (http 401)

Question

I have error on slave computers while setting up stratio manager.

Chef-client pid: 4846
Client key /etc/chef/client.pem is not present - registering
HTTP Request Returned 401 Unauthorized: error
Chef encountered an error attempting to create the client)
Failed to authenticate to the chef server (http 401)

I can't find solution

what is validation key and how can I find it? or check if it's present on the node? — Ana Tsitsagi, Nov 30 '15 at 20:57
Google? https://docs.chef.io/chef_private_keys.html#chef-validator. Yes, make sure it's present (or if you explicitly bootstrap the node, you can use [validatorless bootstrap](https://www.chef.io/blog/2015/04/16/validatorless-bootstraps/)). — StephenKing, Nov 30 '15 at 21:05
thanks for this link https://www.chef.io/blog/2015/04/16/validatorless-bootstraps/ — Ana Tsitsagi, Nov 30 '15 at 21:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '15 at 21:31

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Generally this means that the client or node object already exists on the server. It can also be related to incorrect permissions on the validator key, but use of validator keys is no longer recommended to start with.

answered Nov 30 '15 at 21:31

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Yes permissions were incorrect. That was the problem :) thanks – Ana Tsitsagi Dec 11 '15 at 14:59

Failed to authenticate to the chef server (http 401)

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