[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: 403 errors when bootstrapping

["Ian D. Rossi" < >]

Hi Adam,

I have the same error and problem. Instead of editing nginx.conf, I found the chef server config file (/etc/chef-server/chef-server-running.json) on the chef server and changed the nginx config there:

    "nginx": {

      "enable": true,

      "ha": false,

      "dir": "/var/opt/chef-server/nginx",

      "log_directory": "/var/log/chef-server/nginx",

      "ssl_port": 443,

 ---->"enable_non_ssl": true,

      "non_ssl_port": 80,

After making this change and rebooting, the nginx.conf file seems no longer to be configured for SSL. However, my problem still remains, I still receive the following error. I have verified that the file /etc/chef-server/chef-validator.pem on the Chef Server and /etc/chef/validation.pem on the workstation are identical. Anybody?

node01 ================================================================================

node01 

node01 Chef encountered an error attempting to create the client "node01"

node01 

node01 ================================================================================

node01 

node01 

node01 Authorization Error:

node01 

node01 --------------------

node01 

node01 Your validation client is not authorized to create the client for this node (HTTP 403).

node01 

node01 Possible Causes:

node01 

node01 ----------------

node01 

node01 * There may already be a client named "node01"

node01 * Your validation client (chef-validator) may have misconfigured authorization permissions.