[chef] Re: Creating a Vagrant cluster with chef-metal - any special configuration required around ssh port forwarding?

[Lamont Granquist < >]

And +1, I've been meaning to ping someone about this.  I'm always 
seeing the same problems.  Also happens on digital ocean droplets, so 
doesn't seem to just be vagrant related.

On Sun Aug 17 15:58:51 2014, Chris Patti wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I have a very simple chef metal script:
> ---
> require 'chef_metal'
>
> machine 'skycrank-gearbox' do
>   tag 'master'
>   recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
>   converge true
> end
>
> machine 'skycrank01' do
>   tag 'gear'
>   converge true
> end
>
> machine 'skycrank02' do
>   tag 'gear'
>   converge true
> end
> -------
>
> My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:
> -------
> export CHEF_DRIVER="vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants"
>
> And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:
> -------
> machine_options  :vagrant_options => { 'vm.box' => 'chef/ubuntu-14.04',
>                                        'vm.box_url' =>
> 'https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box'
> }
>
> (I also tried just using vm.box => 'precise64' FWIW that yielded no
> change)
>
> Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
> then I get:
> -----
>
> ================================================================================
>     Error executing action `converge` on resource 'machine_batch[default]'
>
> ================================================================================
>
>     Net::SSH::Exception
>     -------------------
>     remote forwarding request failed
>
>     Resource Declaration:
>     ---------------------
>     # In
> /Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
>
>      82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
> machine_batch_default_name) do
>      83:               action resource.action
>      84:               machines [ previous, resource ]
>      85:             end
>      86:             batch.from_recipe self
>
>     Compiled Resource:
>     ------------------
>     # Declared in
> /Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
> `machine'
>
>
> ---
>
> Can anyone give me some clues as to what I'm doing wrong here please?
> I'm stuck.
>
> Thanks!
> -Chris
>
>
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