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[chef] can't start chef server


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  • From: Mathieu Martin < >
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  • Subject: [chef] can't start chef server
  • Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:39:33 -0500
I've never installed chef server. But could this simply be that you need to run 'bundle install' from the Rails app's directory? This looks like a missing gem.

Mat

On Thursday, December 20, 2012, Tim Dunphy wrote:

Hello, list


I'm having a problem starting chef server under ubutnu 12.04. I hope you don't mind me including the problem in a pastebin format but I think that might be a clearer way to see what may be going on.

Thanks 

Tim



chef server won't start on ubuntu 12.04 


					
		
		
chef-server -N -e production


/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- chef/couchdb (LoadError)
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/environment.rb:25
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/node.rb:31
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/search/query.rb:22
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/mixin/language.rb:19
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/resource.rb:22
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'


  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/resource/file.rb:20
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/provider/file.rb:21
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/provider/cookbook_file.rb:20
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef/providers.rb:20
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/chef.rb:25
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require'
  from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'
  from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-server-api-10.16.2/bin/chef-server:38
  from /usr/bin/chef-server:19:in `load'
  from /usr/bin/chef-server:19


				
		

		

	





followed all the steps in this document successfully 




	






And couchdb is listening on 5984 




	

		

					
		
		
[root@chef:~] #lsof -i :5984
COMMAND   PID    USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
beam    12399 couchdb   10u  IPv4  92559      0t0  TCP localhost:5984 (LISTEN)


				
		

		

	





chef expander went fine 




	

		

[root@chef:/tmp/gecode-3.5.0] #chef-expander -n1
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] WARN: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] WARN: Config file /etc/chef/solr.rb does not exist or cannot be read by user (0)
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] WARN: Default configuration settings will be used
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] WARN: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] INFO: Chef Expander 10.16.2 starting cluster with 1 nodes
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] INFO: Starting cluster worker 1
[Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:28:22 -0500] INFO: Starting Consumers for vnodes 0-1023


				
		

		

	





chef solr is running 




	

		

					
		
		
[root@chef:~] #ps -ef | grep solr | grep -v grep 
root      9106  9091  0 12:31 pts/2    00:00:04 java -Xmx256M -Xms256M -Dsolr.data.dir=/var/chef/solr/data -Dsolr.solr.home=/var/chef/solr -jar /var/chef/solr-jetty/start.jar


# machine info

[root@chef:~] #uname -a
Linux chef 3.2.0-23-generic-pae #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 22:19:09 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"


				
		

		

	





so what could be the prob? 

Thanks,
Tim




	

		

		

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