[chef] Re: Re: Re: Can't find any info on this error online: Failedto readthe private key /etc/chef/client.pem: #<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /etc/chef/client.pem>

[Juanje Ojeda Croissier < >]

Actually, he's not, because he is using the option '--sudo' and the
user 'vagrant' has sudo permissions.

Waldemar, have you the proper validation key file at your knife.rb?

I got similar issues sometimes because the 'validation_key' at the
knife.rb was pointing to the wrong file.

I hope this helps.

Cheers.

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Jesse Nelson 
<
 >
 wrote:
> You're running chef-client as the vagrant user and not root. It doesn't have
> permission to read the client key @ /etc/chef/client.pem
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:41 PM, William Herry
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>>
>> seems like a permission issue, try `chown -R your-user-name /etc/chef`
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Waldemar Schwan
>> <
 >
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Let me start by saying: I'm new to chef :) . Now I'm getting this error,
>>> which I can't figure out :( .
>>>
>>> Here is what I have done:
>>>
>>> I used vagrant to create a new VM locally:
>>>
>>> cat Vagrantfile
>>> Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
>>>   config.vm.box = "precise64"
>>>   config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box";
>>>
>>>   config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.20"
>>>   config.vm.share_folder "v-root", "/vagrant", ".", :nfs => true
>>>   config.ssh.forward_agent = true
>>>   #config.vm.boot_mode = :gui
>>>   config.vm.forward_port 80, 8080
>>> end
>>>
>>> and knife boostrap to initialize it
>>>
>>> knife bootstrap 127.0.0.1 -p 2222 -E development-waldemarschwan -d
>>> adcloud -r "role[base]" --sudo -x vagrant -N platform-dev -i
>>> /Users/velrok/.vagrant.d/insecure_private_key
>>>
>>> We have a base role in our company that installs the correct ruby version
>>> and a chef-client.
>>> Up to this point everything is fine.
>>>
>>> But when I connect to the instance via vagrant ssh and call chef-client I
>>> get the following error:
>>>
>>> 
 :~$
>>>  chef-client
>>> [2012-11-12T14:05:13+00:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.14.4 ***
>>> [2012-11-12T14:05:13+00:00] WARN: Failed to read the private key
>>> /etc/chef/client.pem: #<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied -
>>> /etc/chef/client.pem>
>>>
>>>
>>> ================================================================================
>>> Chef encountered an error attempting to create the client
>>> "platform-dev-1352727376"
>>>
>>> ================================================================================
>>>
>>> Private Key Not Found:
>>> ----------------------
>>> Your private key could not be loaded. If the key file exists, ensure that
>>> it is
>>> readable by chef-client.
>>>
>>> Relevant Config Settings:
>>> -------------------------
>>> validation_key "/etc/chef/validation.pem"
>>>
>>> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/file_cache.rb:56:in
>>> `initialize': Permission denied - /var/cache/chef/chef-stacktrace.out
>>> (Errno::EACCES)
>>> from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/file_cache.rb:56:in
>>> `open'
>>> from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/file_cache.rb:56:in
>>> `store'
>>> from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application.rb:144:in
>>> `debug_stacktrace'
>>> from
>>> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:314:in
>>> `rescue in block in run_application'
>>> from
>>> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:271:in
>>> `block in run_application'
>>> from
>>> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:270:in
>>> `loop'
>>> from
>>> /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:270:in
>>> `run_application'
>>> from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/lib/chef/application.rb:70:in
>>> `run'
>>> from /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.14.4/bin/chef-client:26:in `<top
>>> (required)>'
>>> from /usr/local/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
>>> from /usr/local/bin/chef-client:23:in `<main>'
>>>
>>> As far as I know it should not try to load any validation.pem.
>>> Any thoughts / suggestions?
>>>
>>> Any help is very much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Waldemar
>>>
>>>
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