[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Knife Bootstrap for installing anf configuring chef client

[GOUTAM CHIRANIA < >]

Hi,

while using knife bootstraping it fails out with these errors could
you please in to it . i've attached the file

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:19 PM, GOUTAM CHIRANIA
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 wrote:
> Thanks a lot Jeremiah.. :)
>
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Jeremiah Snapp
> <
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>  wrote:
>> "knife bootstrap" is run from a system (typically a management
>> workstation) that already has chef-client installed and configured
>> correctly.  "knife bootstrap" is used to install chef-client on other
>> systems (nodes).  During the bootstrap process it uses the information
>> from your management workstation to correctly configure chef-client on
>> the node getting bootstrapped.
>>
>> The rpms you are using are very out of date but if you want to
>> continue down that path for now then I would log into your chef-server
>> and install chef-client using these instructions.
>>
>> http://blog.frameos.org/2011/11/04/installing-chef-client-from-rbel-in-rhelcentos/
>>
>> Then you should be able to run the following command to configure
>> knife on your chef-server.  You may need to run it as root.  You can
>> change chef.admin and '~/chef-repo' to whatever you want.
>> cd ~
>> knife configure -i --defaults -u chef.admin -r ~/chef-repo
>> knife client list
>>
>> Knife should query the server and display 'chef.admin' as proof that
>> it's working.
>>
>> On your workstation you should just use the chef-client install script
>> found at http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/ to install chef-client.
>>
>> Then you can copy the ~/.chef directory from your chef-server to your
>> management workstation.  You will also need to copy the
>> /etc/chef/validation.pem file from your chef-server to your ~/.chef
>> directory on your workstation.  You will need to modify the paths and
>> probably the url in ~/.chef/knife.rb on your workstation.  Now run
>> 'knife client list' from your workstation and see if it works.
>>
>> Now you should be able to run 'knife bootstrap' from your workstation
>> to bootstrap other systems (nodes).
>>
>> This new blog post might help you if you'd rather not use frameos.org's 
>> rpm's.
>> http://jtimberman.housepub.org/blog/2012/11/17/install-chef-10-server-on-centos/

 
 chef]# knife bootstrap 10.190.201.39
Bootstrapping Chef on 10.190.201.39
Failed to authenticate root - trying password auth
Enter your password:
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:17-06:00] INFO: *** Chef 10.16.2 ***
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:18-06:00] INFO: Client key 
/etc/chef/client.pem is not present - registering
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:18-06:00] ERROR: Connection refused 
connecting to localhost:4000 for /clients, retry 1/5
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:23-06:00] ERROR: Connection refused 
connecting to localhost:4000 for /clients, retry 2/5
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:28-06:00] ERROR: Connection refused 
connecting to localhost:4000 for /clients, retry 3/5
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:33-06:00] ERROR: Connection refused 
connecting to localhost:4000 for /clients, retry 4/5
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:38-06:00] ERROR: Connection refused 
connecting to localhost:4000 for /clients, retry 5/5
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 
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10.190.201.39 Chef encountered an error attempting to create the client 
"RHEL_5.3_x64"
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 
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10.190.201.39 Network Error:
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 --------------
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 There was a network error connecting to the Chef Server:
10.190.201.39 Connection refused - Connection refused connecting to 
localhost:4000 for /clients, giving up
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 Relevant Config Settings:
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 -------------------------
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10.190.201.39 chef_server_url  "http://localhost:4000";
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 If your chef_server_url is correct, your network could be down.
10.190.201.39
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:43-06:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
10.190.201.39 [2012-11-18T13:35:43-06:00] FATAL: Errno::ECONNREFUSED: 
Connection refused - Connection refused connecting to localhost:4000 for 
/clients, giving up