Questions tagged [chef-client]
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Chef apt_repository started failing with SSL verification errors
From last 2 days we started seeing chef execution failures are happening related to apt_repository resource. Seen similar failures with chef-client execution too
Chef-solo version: 12.19.36
OS: Ubuntu v18 & Ubuntuv14
See below error from chef-solo…

Parepallykiran
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When I am bootstrapping a node, I'm getting this error:
When I am bootstrapping a node, I'm getting this error:
/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby; error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I executed below command
knife bootstrap 172.31.6.156…

Kartik Agrawal
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symbolic link not working with chef recipe
I want to create symbolic link only if its not present
I have written below recipe
link '/home/user1/veera' do
to '/usr/local/veera-10.0'
only_if {test -L /home/user1/veera}
end
I tried below condition in recipe
only_if {test -L…

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Unable to connect from chef-client to chef-server using packer chef-client provisioner
I have been trying to install chef-client using packer in azure vm windows 2016 datacenter image but after creating image i checked in chef workstation that the image with chef-client configuration machine is not connected to chef server.
Is it…

sushant chavan
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Local edits to recipes get overwritten by chef-client execution
I am a dev tasked with making some changes to the cookbooks owned by the devops team. We don't have access to knife or the chef server.
I tried to make some local changes to a recipe to try it out. But, when I run:
$ sudo chef-client --log_level…

user674669
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While running chef client command i am getting a warning - No config file found
While running chef client command chef-client -zr "recipe[test-cookbook::test-recipe]" I am getting the below warning.
[2023-08-27T10:00:19+00:00] WARN: No config file found or specified on command line. Using command line options instead.
Chef…
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when I am running my chef-client with the code : [root@ip-172-31-33-62 cookbook]# chef-client -zr "recipe[test-cookbook::test-recipe]"
Running handlers: [2023-07-09T03:24:31+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers Running handlers complete [2023-07-09T03:24:31+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete Infra Phase failed. 0 resources updated in 02 seconds…

Hitesh
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Automating chef-client
I am new to chef. I have created an AWS ec2 instance as a chef node. I bootstrapped it to the chef-server and the cookbook was uploaded to the chef server. The recipe is as under,
package 'httpd' do
action :install
end
file…
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/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
When I am bootstrapping a node, I'm getting this error:
error :The following error occurred on 172.31.2.207:
error :/opt/chef/embedded/bin/ruby: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or…
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command chef-client --version is giving older version of chef client which is not correct
I am new to chef. recently i face the issue on one node where I am receiving error like the installed current chef-client version need to be updated. to check the current client version in node, i ran the command" chef-client --version" i got…

jyoti singh
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How to Run Test Kitchen on Cookbooks Directly from Chef Infra Server
I need to run the Chef Kitchen test directly from Chef Infra server without maintaining the cookbook locally. Is there a way we can configure Kitchen test to get the cookbook directly from Chef Infra server and run?

Dinuka Kavinda
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Chef-client run is failing in Windows server
Am trying to set-up Chef Infra in this manner: Chef Server (Linux), Chef Workstation (Windows), Chef Node (Windows).
Chef server and chef workstation are working smooth.
However, chef-client is failing on chef node with the error:
'chef-client' is…

Happy
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Chef Client skip bundle install on air gapped server
I am trying to install chef recipes on air-gapped server
I bundled gems listed in all recipes and prepared vendor/cache archive. Copying it into the server and running /opt/chef/embedded/bin/bunlde install --local successfully installed 233 gems but…

Hassnain Alvi
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Passwordless chef client bootstrapping
I am bit familiar with Chef and its bootstrapping techniques. I am trying to bootstrap my new chef-client/node without passing password
I tried below by generating a ssh key but still failing
knife bootstrap MY_NODE_IP -x SERVER_ADMIN_USERNAME -i…

Sankareswar
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Chef Client failed without errors
I've run chef for existing cookbook, however I can't run it correctly.
I've got Chef Client failed without any error.

Irina
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