[chef] 403 errors when bootstrapping

[Adam Leff < >]

Ohai, Chefs!

On a fresh open-source Chef 11 server install on CentOS 5.8, I'm receiving 403 errors when bootstrapping a new client, at the step when the bootstrap process attempts to create the client.  The issue appears to be when the client makes a "GET /clients" call.

I have attempted to create a new validator client/key/cert, and an admin client/key/cert (to be used as a validator) with no luck.  The bootstrapping does indeed install the proper validator certificate and a valid client.rb.

Server logs:

==> /var/log/chef-server/nginx/access.log <==

192.168.100.3 - - [06/Feb/2013:18:34:59 +0000]  "GET /clients HTTP/1.1" 403 "0.010" 54 "-" "Chef Client/11.0.0 (ruby-1.9.3-p286; ohai-6.16.0; x86_64-linux; +http://opscode.com)" "127.0.0.1:8000" "403" "0.006" "11.0.0" "algorithm=sha1;version=1.0;" "chef-validator" "2013-02-06T18:34:56Z" "2jmj7l5rSw0yVb/vlWAYkK/YBwk=" 931

==> /var/log/chef-server/erchef/erchef.log.1 <==

2013-02-06T18:34:59Z "> INFO req_id=Uz6MB8/WWFUMIPUdWD3TqQ==; status=403; method=GET; path=/clients; user=chef-validator; msg={forbidden}; req_time=3; rdbms_time=0; rdbms_count=1

Client logs:

192.168.100.3 Authorization Error:

192.168.100.3 --------------------

192.168.100.3 Your validation client is not authorized to create the client for this node (HTTP 403).

192.168.100.3 

192.168.100.3 Possible Causes:

192.168.100.3 ----------------

192.168.100.3 * There may already be a client named "chef-client-11"

192.168.100.3 * Your validation client (chef-validator) may have misconfigured authorization permissions.

192.168.100.3 [2013-02-06T18:34:56+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out

192.168.100.3 [2013-02-06T18:34:56+00:00] FATAL: Net::HTTPServerException: 403 "Forbidden"

I have confirmed that no client named "chef-client-11" exists, but I'm stuck on the authorization permissions that may need to be addressed.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated - many thanks. :)

~Adam