[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: bootstraping a new client authorization error

[Kelly Goedert < >]

Well, I am pretty sure I dont have another client with this same name,
and I even tried to give a different node name on the bootstrap
command, and the result was the same. You mention have chef generate a
new client key. How do I do that?

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:17 AM, andi abes 
<
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 wrote:
> Any chance you already registered kelly15 on another machine? Or
> registered this client with another name?
>
> Try to delete client.pem, and have chef generate a new client key.
> Double check there's no kelly15 client on the server. If there is,
> either delete it or use a different name
>
> On Jan 16, 2012, at 4:57, Kelly Goedert 
> <
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>  wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> sorry for taking so long to answer, I was out of the office and didnt
>> have access to the machines. I installed my own chef server, the open
>> source version.
>>
>> Inside the /etc/chef in the client machine I have
>>
>> client.pem
>> client.rb
>> first-boot.json
>> validation.pem
>>
>> In /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out I have this:
>>
>> Generated at Mon Jan 16 07:49:22 -0200 2012
>> Net::HTTPServerException: 401 "Unauthorized"
>> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2105:in `error!'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/rest.rb:245:in
>> `api_request'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/rest.rb:296:in
>> `retriable_rest_request'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/rest.rb:226:in
>> `api_request'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/rest.rb:114:in
>> `get_rest'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/node.rb:603:in 
>> `load'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/node.rb:587:in
>> `find_or_create'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:234:in
>> `build_node'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:151:in 
>> `run'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:239:in
>> `run_application'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>> `loop'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>> `run_application'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>> `loop'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
>> `run_application'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/../lib/chef/application.rb:67:in
>> `run'
>> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/chef-client:26
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Jesse Campbell 
>> <
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>>  wrote:
>>> You shouldn't need to create the client first, it should use the
>>> validator.pem key to create the client.
>>> Are you connecting to hosted chef or open source chef?
>>> Can you look on the client machine in /etc/chef and see what is in there?
>>> -Jesse
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 07:50, Kelly Goedert 
>>> <
 >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to bootstrap a new chef client on a newly installed
>>>> machine. I'm using the following command:
>>>>
>>>>     knife bootstrap -x kelly -P changeme -d ubuntu10.04-gems -N
>>>> kelly15 --sudo -r 'role[developer]' 10.1.1.15
>>>>
>>>> The installation seem to go ok, but this message appears
>>>>
>>>> [Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:42:53 -0200] INFO: *** Chef 0.10.8 ***
>>>> 10.1.1.15
>>>> 10.1.1.15 [Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:42:54 -0200] INFO: HTTP Request
>>>> Returned 401 Unauthorized: Failed to authenticate. Ensure that your
>>>> client key is valid.
>>>> 10.1.1.15
>>>> 10.1.1.15 [Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:42:54 -0200] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped
>>>> to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
>>>> 10.1.1.15
>>>> 10.1.1.15 [Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:42:54 -0200] FATAL:
>>>> Net::HTTPServerException: 401 "Unauthorized"
>>>>
>>>> Do I have to create the client on chef server first?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Kelly
>>>
>>>