[chef] Re: chef-client issues: trying to connect to localhost

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

Most likely you haven't configured your proxy to set the correct
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST header.

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Kirk Richey 
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 wrote:
> The gist is here
> https://gist.github.com/771256
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> # Node:
> # Rackspace Cloud Server
> # Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> # Hosted Chef Server
> # Package install 10.04
> # 
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Package+Installation+on+Debian+and+Ubuntu
> # Using nginx for ssl
> # http://warwickp.com/2010/10/hosting-chef-server-behind-nginx-proxy
> ##
>
>
> # Bootstrap works with no problems
> $ knife bootstrap XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX -x root -P XXXXX -d ubuntu10.04-apt -l 
> debug
>
> # New node shows up
> $ knife node list
> [
>  "local-workstation.local",
>  "web-app"
> ]
>
>
> $ knife node run_list add web-app 'role[base]'
> {
>  "run_list": [
>   "role[base]"
>  ]
> }
>
> # Confirm run list
> knife node show web-app -r
> {
>  "run_list": [
>   "role[base]"
>  ]
> }
>
>
> # And the fuckary begins
>
> # Doesn't work
> web-app $ chef-client -l debug
>
> # It shits out this error
> retriable_rest_request: Connection refused - Connection refused connecting 
> to localhost:4000 for 
> /cookbooks/runit/0.14.1/files/ac87b692389b0d9d99e628a9f25fba19, giving up 
> (Errno::ECONNREFUSED)
>
> # I have no clue why the chef-run is trying to connect to localhost:4000 
> instead of my chef server.
> # I examined the debug output from the chef run. And I found this...
>
> X-Ops-UserId:web-app'
> Header hash: {"X-Ops-Content-Hash"=>"2jmj7l5rSw0yVb/vlWAYkK/YBwk=", 
> "X-Ops-Authorization-1"=>"4wnsQ+...", "X-Ops-Userid"=>"web-app", 
> "X-Ops-Sign"=>"version=1.0", "X-Ops-Authorization-2"=>"nfg...", 
> "X-Ops-Authorization-3"=>"cfHD...", "X-Ops-Authorization-4"=>"DxbX...", 
> "X-Ops-Authorization-5"=>"xie...", "X-Ops-Authorization-6"=>"lGdE...", 
> "X-Ops-Timestamp"=>"2011-01-08T18:39:41Z"}
> [Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:39:41 +0000] DEBUG: Sending HTTP Request via GET to 
> chef.my-chef-server.com:443/nodes/web-app/cookbooks
> [Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:39:42 +0000] DEBUG: Cookbooks to load: 
> {"runit"=>#<Chef::CookbookVersion:0x7fe831bc8b78 @file_vendor=nil, 
> @couchdb_rev=nil, @definition_filenames=["runit_service.rb"], 
> @manifest_records_by_path={"templates/gentoo/runit-start.sh.erb"=>{"name"=>"runit-start.sh.erb",
>  
> "url"=>"http://localhost:4000/cookbooks/runit/0.14.1/files/bd03533917da171167995131c075ea43";,
>  "checksum"=>"bd03533917da171167995131c075ea43", 
> "path"=>"templates/gentoo/runit-start.sh.erb", "specificity"=>"gentoo"}....
>
> # I'm clueless to why these cookbooks have 
> "url"=>"http://localhost:4000/..." instead of my chef server url
> # /etc/chef/client.rb contains the correct chef server url
>
> web-app $ chef-client -c /etc/chef/client.rb
> # Fails for the same localhost reasons
>
> # THIS WORKS
> web-app $ chef-client -S http://chef.my-chef-server.com:4000
> # The logs show the cookbooks have 
> "url"=>"http://chef.my-chef-server.com:4000" instead of localhost
>
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> # Nginx on my chef server is an apt-get install
> # And my chef server web ui works
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> # ANY HALP WUD BE GREATLY APPRECIATD
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