[chef] Re: Re: chef-validator authentication fails after Chef server upgrade. How to fix this?

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Ringo De Smet 
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 wrote:
> Yes, builder is the node name. I used that name multiple times before
> without any problems In my Vagrant setup before the Chef Server upgrade. I
> can also create that client in the web UI manually.

I suggested trying a different node_name to see if perhaps there was
some kind of issue with broken objects.

> Any other suggestions?

Do you see chef-validator in knife client list?

knife client delete chef-validator # is the client gone now?
/etc/init.d/chef-server restart
knife client list # Does chef-validator come back?

modify your knife.rb to use a node_name of 'chef-validator' and point
it at that key and see if you can list clients using it?

Check your server.rb validation_key setting and the timestamp on
/etc/chef/validation.pem to make sure the key is being saved where you
expect it to be?

Bryan