[chef] Re: Upgrade to Chef 11: Unsupported `json_class` type 'Chef::WebUIUser'

[Steffen Gebert < >]

Thanks for your quick reply, Ranjib!

$ knife -v
Chef: 11.6.2

> you have to update the chef-client , theres a json related bug which is
> causing this (something related to gem dependencies ). we have reported
> bugs against this in tickets.opscode.com (search that site and u'll get
> more info on the fixes).
>
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-4515 ? Sounds different, but
valid for my case. I probably didn't understand all the implications of
the already existing admin user in [1].
Still wondering why google didn't show this to me.

Seems like upload is working now :-)

Thanks
Steffen

[1] http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/03/12/5106/

On 29/10/13 18:37, Ranjib Dey wrote:
> you have to update the chef-client , theres a json related bug which is
> causing this (something related to gem dependencies ). we have reported
> bugs against this in tickets.opscode.com (search that site and u'll get
> more info on the fixes).
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Steffen Gebert 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been again trying to upgrade our Chef server to 11.
>>
>> `knife upload` fails with
>>
>>> ERROR: JSON::ParserError: Unsupported `json_class` type 'Chef::WebUIUser'
>>
>> When I remove all the .json files from user/, the upload succeeds.
>>
>> `knife user list` also shows them to me, but I can't login to the web
>> interface using the old password.
>>
>> After resetting my password through the API, I'm able to login.
>> We don't have that many users, so it might be possible that everybody
>> does this, however it feels not very convenient and the way to go.
>>
>> Anybody with an idea, what the error might mean?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Steffen
>>
>> --
>>
>> My users/*.json look like this:
>>
>> {
>>   "name": "sgebert",
>>   "admin": true,
>>   "salt": "Fri Oct 28 02:04:18 +0400 2011ynFd1JvDHPpqcws75wpUrmaqvGjVQM",
>>   "password": "76ac14fc1724d99d3XXXXXXXXX94e38df2e51c5",
>>   "_rev": "2-698379d8ab300744dad1811111111b07",
>>   "_id": "2ab2aef5-3220-472f-bd3b-85555550ec0f"
>> }
>>
>>
> 
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