[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: chef-server not loading merb-assets

[AJ Christensen < >]

If you're dead set on using the Open Source version of chef, use one of the widely known, supported methods of installation. I mentioned a few in a previous email (Opscode's chef-server cookbook [0], and Fletcher Nichol's Knife Server plugin [1]) on this thread. 

The first response I sent contained a gist with *manual* deployment via Ruby and Bundler, as well. Additionally, the Chef Server 11 "erchef" preview is available as well, although you'll have to build yourself a package and deploy it -- it is Omnibus-style.

Private Chef (from Opscode) is available for behind-the-firewall installation which gives the same features as the Hosted Chef platform, too.

 

Cheers (HTH!),

AJ

[0] http://ckbk.it/chef-server

[1] https://github.com/fnichol/knife-server

On 8 January 2013 17:14, charles Keagle < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

We are behind  a firewall, and are looking at installing the Open Source Version of Chef.

Figuring out how to accommodate these little gotchas is the best way to get it working and learn about it.

What is the reasoning behind trying the free Hosted Chef trial?

On 1/7/2013 5:06 PM, AJ Christensen wrote:

Sign up for the free Hosted Chef trial.

Cheers,

AJ

On 8 January 2013 14:03, < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Not sure knife is working correctly.

Not finding require entries makes chef-server abort before it can even create validation.pem.

I ran shef, and it loaded but any commands indicate "No such file or directory - /etc/chef/client.pem".  Cannot create it without validation.pem.

Is there another way to create validation.pem?

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From: "AJ Christensen" < " target="_blank"> >
To: " target="_blank">
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 1:53:38 PM
Subject: [chef] Re: Re: Re: chef-server not loading merb-assets

Does 'irb -rrubygems -rmerb-assets' work?

Have you considered using one of the automated installers for the Chef Server, like Fletcher's Knife Server plugin? [0] 

Or chef-solo running chef-server cookbook?

AJ

[0] https://github.com/fnichol/knife-server

On 8 January 2013 10:44, < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

env does not show anything ruby/gem related.

gem env looks OK to me.  ~/.gem does not exist, but that should not throw a wrench into the works.  Do you see something odd?

$ gem env

RubyGems Environment:

  - RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.10

  - RUBY VERSION: 1.8.7 (2011-06-30 patchlevel 352) [x86_64-linux]

  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8

  - RUBY EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/ruby

  - EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/bin

  - RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:

    - ruby

    - x86_64-linux

  - GEM PATHS:

     - /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8

     - /home/a-ckeagle/.gem/ruby/1.8

  - GEM CONFIGURATION:

     - :update_sources => true

     - :verbose => true

     - :benchmark => false

     - :backtrace => false

     - :bulk_threshold => 1000

  - REMOTE SOURCES:

     - http://rubygems.org/

Here is a listing of /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/{,gems}.  Looks to me like they should get found.  Do you see something odd?

]$ ls /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/{,gems}

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/:

cache  doc  gems  specifications

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems:

addressable-2.3.2          extlib-0.9.15                moneta-0.6.0

amqp-0.6.7                     fast_xs-0.7.3                net-ssh-2.2.2

bundler-1.2.3                  haml-3.1.7                    net-ssh-gateway-1.1.0

bunny-0.6.0                     highline-1.6.15            net-ssh-multi-1.1

bunny-0.7.9                     ipaddress-0.8.0          ohai-6.14.0

chef-10.16.2                   json-1.6.1                     polyglot-0.3.3

chef-expander-10.16.2 merb-assets-1.1.3       rack-1.4.1

chef-server-10.16.2      merb-core-1.1.3           rake-10.0.3

chef-server-api-10.16.2 merb-haml-1.1.3         rest-client-1.6.7

chef-server-webui-10.16.2 merb-helpers-1.1.3 ruby-openid-2.2.2

chef-solr-10.16.2          merb-param-protection-1.1.3  systemu-2.5.2

coderay-1.0.8               mime-types-1.19          thin-1.5.0

daemons-1.1.9             mixlib-authentication-1.3.0  treetop-1.4.12

dep_selector-0.0.8      mixlib-cli-1.2.2             uuidtools-2.1.3

em-http-request-0.2.15 mixlib-config-1.1.2    yajl-ruby-1.1.0

erubis-2.7.0                 mixlib-log-1.4.1

eventmachine-0.12.10  mixlib-shellout-1.1.0

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From: "Daniel DeLeo" < " target="_blank"> >
To: " target="_blank">
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 12:51:48 PM
Subject: [chef] Re: chef-server not loading merb-assets

On Monday, January 7, 2013 at 12:37 PM, " target="_blank"> wrote:

chef-server -N -e production shows following error:

Merb root at: /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-server-api-10.16.2

Loading init file from ./config/init.rb

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-server-api-10.16.2/config/init.rb:20:in

`require': no such file to load -- merb-assets (LoadError)

chef-server-api-10.16.2 in not in the path to merb-assets. The location of

this file is /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-assets-1.1.3/lib/merb-assets.

Tried using the -m option to chef-server and it did not help:

chef-server -N -e production -m

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/merb-assets-1.1.3

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-server-api-10.16.2/config/init.rb:20:in

`require': no such file to load -- merb-assets (LoadError)

What configuration entries are necessary for chef to find those entries listed

in the init.rb require statements?

There must be something that's pointing ruby gems in the wrong direction when looking for the libraries.

Are you using rvm or rbenv? Does your `env` contain anything ruby/gem related? Does `gem env` include the paths you expect it to?

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Daniel DeLeo

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