[chef] new Chef 0.10.10 server: 500 Internal Server Error: undefined method `couchdb_rev=' for nil:NilClass

["Julian C. Dunn" < >]

I've just set up a new Chef server, but when I try to talk to it with
clients I get the above error. I can talk to it with "knife" and do
administrative operations, it's just that when I try to register a new
server (chef-client -s0 on the box), this occurs.

Anyone know what this means and how to fix it?

The server runs:

ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-linux]

and the chef gems are:

chef (0.10.10)
chef-expander (0.10.10)
chef-server-api (0.10.10)
chef-solr (0.10.10)

- Julian