[chef] Re: failing to feed run_list to first-boot.json from userdata

got a little farther. now i'm getting the run_list contents into a
json file. but the first chef run fails. chef client is natty, 0.10.8.
chef server is natty, 0.10.4. i'll show the end of the debug output
at the bottom.

any help?

knife ec2 launch command is the same.

client.firstboot.rb gist updated: https://gist.github.com/1648988


the first chef run is run like so:

/usr/bin/chef-client -c /etc/chef/client.firstboot.rb -j 
/etc/chef/first-boot.json -l debug -L /var/log/chef/client.log


[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Sending HTTP Request via GET to 
chef.dev.spergatronic.com:443/nodes/cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Synchronizing cookbooks
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Signing the request as 
cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: String to sign: 'Method:GET
Hashed Path:ElB0/CXW2+Oojbo2+os6SdIsdWs=
X-Ops-Content-Hash:2jmj7l5rSw0yVb/vlWAYkK/YBwk=
X-Ops-Timestamp:2012-01-20T23:19:41Z
X-Ops-UserId:cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com'
Header hash: {"X-Ops-Content-Hash"=>"2jmj7l5rSw0yVb/vlWAYkK/YBwk=", 
"X-Ops-Authorization-1"=>"V2fmlwDSnSH5vEiQtPs86OhEsyV567RJ8W6z
zPEdxEFVT0ZKs7VDGptwzo1T", "X-Ops-Userid"=>"cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com", 
"X-Ops-Sign"=>"version=1.0", "X-Ops-Authorization-2"=>"O
Nfrm3C9YxBbqHgeCJcVUemHQb2WLPIBlkUPIcJtqpTsH3gZVnxbK9uGfv4s", 
"X-Ops-Authorization-3"=>"womX5+3X8tntwvnFaQ2KvdzbLIySbHoixWL9ObFGBp
ZXd5sJ0h2zWyI8t0pW", 
"X-Ops-Authorization-4"=>"aOsXzUKrM1CLsU0gOBSamwZgJxZoBn+WmFwehXPn3EalnZPzP9DIjob/8b+I",
 "X-Ops-Authorization
-5"=>"L7ZUj7rSRWfFSLxKNKSwAME/1y3lkJIlnifOKU1zyGQMPwYWXqa97Mb8LD8z", 
"X-Ops-Authorization-6"=>"QtJyIcM6XuNy3CeZk3g6M7rsTAFY95oMcO4
8YHADSA==", "X-Ops-Timestamp"=>"2012-01-20T23:19:41Z"}
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Sending HTTP Request via GET to 
10.xx.xx.xx:443/nodes/cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com/cookbo
oks
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Cookbooks to load: {}
[Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:19:41 +0000] DEBUG: Compiling recipes for node 
cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/client.rb:313:in `converge': undefined method 
`run_list' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/client.rb:87:in `run'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:215:in 
`run_application'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:207:in `loop'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application/client.rb:207:in 
`run_application'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/chef/application.rb:62:in `run'
        from /usr/bin/chef-client:25




 :/etc/chef#
 curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data
{
    "validation_key": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIxx_snip\n",
    "attributes": {
      "role": "chefsrv",
      "node_name": "cheftain03.dev.spergatronic.com",
      "environment": "dev",
      "cluster": "dev",
      "vol_list": [
        "vol-f1xxxxxx",
        "vol-q2xxxxxx"
      ]
    },
    "chef_server": "https://10.xx.xx.xx";,
    "validation_client_name": "chef-validator",
    "run_list": [
      "role[base]",
      "role[postfix-client]",
      "role[syslog-ng-client]"
    ]
}



On Fri, 20 Jan 2012, 

 
 wrote:

> 
> hai. i'm failing to feed a run_list present in ec2 userdata to a
> first-boot.json file. what am i doing wrong? maybe run_list shouldn't
> be within attributes? (see userdata below).
> 
> i'm using a client.rb based on jtimberman's gist. my modification
> is here: https://gist.github.com/1648988
> 
> my knife ec2 launch command:
> 
> knife ec2 server create -N "testme" -S sshkey -f m1.large -I \
> ami-xxx -G sg-xxx,sg-xxx --user-data /tmp/userdata --distro distroX
> 
> # distroX
> bash -c '
> S3CFG="--config=/root/.s3cfg-w-https"
> S3CMDOPT="--force $S3CFG"
> X_ENV=dev
> X_AV_REGION=us-east-1
> S3_BUCKET="x-ops-$X_ENV-$X_AV_REGION"
> s3cmd get $S3CMDOPT s3://$S3_BUCKET/chef/client.frak.rb /etc/chef/client.rb
> /usr/bin/chef-client -j /etc/chef/first-boot.json -l debug -L 
> /var/log/chef/client.log
> '