[chef] Re: Re: How to properly upgrade chef-server from 11.08

[Stephen Delano < >]

Hi Bill,

The latest release of chef-server is 11.0.10. The upgrade path from 11.0.8 is as simple as Steffen mentioned:

dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb

chef-server-ctl reconfigure

You mentioned that the bug is a known bug. Without knowing the specifics of the bug (a link to JIRA would help), it's unclear on whether an upgrade to 11.0.10 will solve the problem you are seeing. Here is the omnibus-level diff between .8 and .10: https://github.com/opscode/omnibus-chef-server/compare/11.0.8...11.0.10

Of specific note is the upgrade to chef-server-webui: https://github.com/opscode/omnibus-chef-server/commit/60dc79bf9314dffcca0731bc51cfe4ab6a4c01f6

Do any of the bugs in that commit message align with the bug that you are seeing?

HTH!

Stephen

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Steffen Gebert < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

Hi Bill,

go to http://www.getchef.com/chef/install/ and pick the "Chef Server"
tab. Then download the package and do what you already did when
installing it:
- install the packet using your OS's package management utility (apt,
yum, ..)
- run `chef-server-ctl reconfigure`

Like described here: http://docs.opscode.com/install_server.html

But I agree that an "Upgrading Chef Server" section the docs would be of
help. I also had to search a lot while doing the update.

Yours
Steffen

On 18/01/14 07:41, William Hatch wrote:
> I've hit a known bug with the web-ui, where the show action on a cookbook results in "ERROR: undefined method `close!' for nil:NilClass". On a somewhat related note, the same cookbooks' changes are not being picked up on a client when converging. Due to the error, I cannot confirm (or I don't know how) whether or not the knife upload is actually resulting in my changes being persisted on the server, although the knife command returns success. So, I'm thinking it might be best to upgrade the server. I've been looking for a definitive resource on the proper means of upgrading chef server, but not finding anything very concrete.
>
> Per the /version, I've got:
>
> chef-server 11.0.8
>
> Component               Installed Version   Version GUID
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> bookshelf               0.2.1               git:0a01f74ffd1313c4dc9bf0d236e03a871add4e01
> chef-expander           11.0.0              git:14b11a96da1273b362f39ab11c411470688a8bd6
> chef-gem                11.4.0
> chef-pedant             1.0.3               git:15de6cd06f16ee5dee501d6aba36f4ba60162e62
> chef-server-cookbooks   11.0.8
> chef-server-ctl         11.0.8
> chef-server-scripts     11.0.8
> chef-server-webui       11.0.4              git:498097c0793e51e4f4e7df9f35ee1a3ed3282841
> chef-solr               11.0.1              git:bcd45175fd402f3082e7146f94c5d571b0620434
> erchef                  1.2.6               git:77ade20f166367b5f0cde468e3c6066b8a327475
> nginx                   1.2.3               md5:0a986e60826d9e3b453dbefc36bf8f6c
> postgresql              9.2.4               md5:6ee5bb53b97da7c6ad9cb0825d3300dd
> preparation             11.0.8
> rabbitmq                2.7.1               md5:34a5f9fb6f22e6681092443fcc80324f
> runit                   2.1.1               md5:8fa53ea8f71d88da9503f62793336bc3
> unicorn                 4.2.0
> version-manifest        11.0.8
>
> I'm on ubuntu 12.04
>
> Are there any solid resources that explain this, or brief summary on steps involved? Pointers to good resources, or brief walk through would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Bill
>
>
>

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