[chef] Re: Search not working on new OSS chef server install

[Bryan McLellan < >]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:48 AM, 
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 wrote:
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> Just ran an install of chef server on ubuntu 12.10, things are generaly
> working, but the search is not returning results in some cases when 
> searching
> from webui or knife.

What version of the Chef Server? How did you install it, e.g. using
gems or debs?

There are some general debugging steps here:

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Chef+Indexer#ChefIndexer-ChefExpander

Often issues with indexing Windows nodes surface the solr
maxFieldLength issue: http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-2346

Bryan