[chef] Re: Re: Chef server will not start

[David Montgomery < >]

Increased to fatal.  Still no entry in server log.

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Will Maier 
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 wrote:
> Hi David-
>
> On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 06:29:35PM +0800, David Montgomery wrote:
>> How do I deal with the below?
>>
>> /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui start
>>  * Starting chef-server-webui
>>  ~ In 15468
>>    ...fail!
>>
>> 
 :/etc/init.d#
>>  /etc/init.d/chef-server start
>>  * Starting chef-server
>>  ~ In 16011
>>    ...fail!
>>
>>
>> There is nothing in the logs files in /var/log/chef/server.log or
>> server-webui.log
>>
>> starting chef client and sorl works.
>>
>> So... how to resolve?
>
> Increase the log level and define an output in /etc/chef/server.rb and try
> starting it again; you should see messages explaining the problem in 
> whatever
> you designated as the log output. Details on the log settings here:
>
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Configuration+Settings#ChefConfigurationSettings-logoutput
>
> --
>
> Will Maier
> http://wcm.aier.us/