[chef] Re: Could not create directory '/nonexistent/.ssh'. (may be red herring)

[AJ Christensen < >]

looks like whichever user you are using for git/deploy, is set home
directory to /nonexistent, which doesn't exist, so ssh_known hosts can
be written. maybe adjust the home directory or instruct SSH where to
store the known hosts in the event the default cannot be written to.

--AJ

On 7 July 2012 09:38, Denis Haskin 
<
 >
 wrote:
> I've been using the application cookbook just fine for a while for
> deployments of my rails app to AWS.  I deploy from a github private repo,
> using a deploy key at github (and have the private key for it in the app
> data bag).
>
> I'm trying to do the first deploy of a major overhaul of my project; it's in
> a new github repo.  I've copied over all of my chef-repo files, created a
> new deploy key at github (see note below), updated the data bag on the chef
> server with the changes.
>
> However, when I try to deploy I get the error below.  Suggestions on what
> I'm doing wrong, how to fix?
>
> [Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000] ERROR: deploy_revision[zmx_app]
> (application::rails line 155) has had an error
> [Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000] ERROR: deploy_revision[zmx_app]
> (/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/application/recipes/rails.rb:155:in `from_file')
> had an error:
> deploy_revision[zmx_app] (application::rails line 155) had an error:
> Chef::Exceptions::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but
> received '128'
> ---- Begin output of git ls-remote 
> 
 :zmxmusic/zmx2.git
>  master
> ----
> STDOUT:
> STDERR: Could not create directory '/nonexistent/.ssh'.
> Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts
> (/nonexistent/.ssh/known_hosts).
> ERROR: Repository not found.
> fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
> ---- End output of git ls-remote 
> 
 :zmxmusic/zmx2.git
>  master
> ----
> Ran git ls-remote 
> 
 :zmxmusic/zmx2.git
>  master returned 128
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/shell_out.rb:206:in
> `invalid!'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/shell_out.rb:192:in
> `error!'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/mixin/shell_out.rb:36:in
> `shell_out!'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/provider/git.rb:189:in
> `remote_resolve_reference'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/provider/git.rb:178:in
> `target_revision'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/provider/deploy/revision.rb:46:in
> `release_slug'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/provider/deploy.rb:45:in
> `load_current_resource'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource.rb:439:in
> `run_action'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:45:in
> `run_action'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block (2
> levels) in converge'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `each'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:81:in `block in
> converge'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in
> `block in execute_each_resource'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in
> `call'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in
> `call_iterator_block'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in
> `step'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in
> `iterate'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in
> `each_with_index'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in
> `execute_each_resource'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:76:in
> `converge'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:312:in
> `converge'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:160:in `run'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/client.rb:239:in
> `block in run_application'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
> `loop'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/client.rb:229:in
> `run_application'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in
> `run'
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top
> (required)>'
> /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in `load'
> /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in `<main>'
>
> Here's the relevant part of my data bag's source JSON:
>
>     "repository": 
> "
 :zmxmusic/zmx2.git",
>     "deploy_key":"-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- ...elided ... -----END RSA
> PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
>
> I suspect maybe the new deploy key isn't being used?  Not sure why that
> would be, though.
>
> Note re: the deploy key: I had to switch to a new deploy key as I didn't
> seem to be able to add my existing deploy key to be a deploy key for a
> different repository.
>
> Thanks!
>
> dwh