[chef] RE: Re: template not creating file on Ubuntu 14

["Bannon, Steve" < >]

Actually it doesn't work on ubuntu 12/13 also

They have links in place, which chef removes and replaces based on the 
template.  If I remove the file, it fails.  Here's the stacktrace:

  * template[/etc/motd] action create
================================================================================
Error executing action `create` on resource 'template[/etc/motd]'
================================================================================


Errno::ENOENT
-------------
No such file or directory - /etc/motd


Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/base/recipes/default.rb

 36: template "/etc/motd" do
 37:    source "motd.erb"
 38:    owner "root"
 39:    group "root"
 40:    mode "0644"
 41:    force_unlink true
 42: end
 43: 



Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/base/recipes/default.rb:36:in 
`from_file'

template("/etc/motd") do
  provider Chef::Provider::Template
  action "create"
  retries 0
  retry_delay 2
  path "/etc/motd"
  backup 5
  atomic_update true
  force_unlink true
  source "motd.erb"
  cookbook_name "base"
  recipe_name "default"
  owner "root"
  group "root"
  mode "0644"
end




Running handlers:
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: Report handler MailHandler raised 
#<Errno::ECONNREFUSED: Connection refused - connect(2)>
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:540:in `initialize'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:540:in `open'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:540:in `tcp_socket'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:549:in `block in do_start'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:69:in `timeout'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:100:in `timeout'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:549:in `do_start'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:519:in `start'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mail-2.5.4/lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/smtp.rb:112:in
 `deliver!'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mail-2.5.4/lib/mail/message.rb:248:in
 `deliver!'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pony-1.8/lib/pony.rb:143:in 
`deliver'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pony-1.8/lib/pony.rb:137:in `mail'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: /etc/chef/handlers/mail/mail.rb:58:in 
`report'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:226:in
 `run_report_unsafe'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:214:in
 `run_report_safely'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:118:in
 `block in run_exception_handlers'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:117:in
 `each'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:117:in
 `run_exception_handlers'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/handler.rb:127:in
 `block in <class:Handler>'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:122:in
 `call'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:122:in
 `block in run_failed'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:121:in
 `each'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:121:in
 `run_failed'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:431:in
 `rescue in do_run'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:441:in
 `do_run'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:200:in
 `block in run'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:194:in
 `fork'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/client.rb:194:in
 `run'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/application.rb:215:in
 `run_chef_client'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:314:in
 `block in run_application'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:306:in
 `loop'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/application/client.rb:306:in
 `run_application'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/lib/chef/application.rb:66:in
 `run'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: 
/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-11.10.4/bin/chef-client:26:in
 `<top (required)>'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `load'
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in `<main>'
  - MailHandler
Running handlers complete

[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to 
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 5 resources updated in 1.406818958 seconds
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] ERROR: template[/etc/motd] (base::default line 
36) had an error: Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - /etc/motd
[2014-05-09T13:41:18-04:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef 
run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

 :~$
 


Another thing I didn't mention is that if I touch the file before I run 
chef-client it works just fine.

Thanks
Steve

________________________________________
From: Daniel DeLeo 
<
 >
 on behalf of Daniel DeLeo 
<
 >
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 11:33 AM
To: 

 
Subject: [chef] Re: template not creating file on Ubuntu 14

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Bannon, Steve wrote:
> I have a simple motd rule that is failing on bootstrap because it says the 
> file doesn’t exist. The stack trace says “create” is true. The rule works 
> fine on ubuntu 12/13. Do you think this is a bug?
>
> the code in question:
>
> template "/etc/motd" do
> source "motd.erb"
> owner "root"
> group "root"
> mode "0644"
> force_unlink true
> end

Can we see the error message and stacktrace? This isn’t enough information to 
figure out what’s going on.


--
Daniel DeLeo