[chef] Re: the `name' attribute is required in cookbook metadata

[Steven Danna < >]

Hi,

I agree we could have a better error message, but to help right now,
your best bet might be to use grep(1).  The -L option will print files
without a match.  Thus, if I have 5 cookbooks:

    > ls -d cookbooks/*
    cookbooks/ckbk1 cookbooks/ckbk2 cookbooks/ckbk3 cookbooks/ckbk4
cookbooks/ckbk5


I can do something like:

    > grep -L name cookbooks/*/metadata.rb
    cookbooks/ckbk3/metadata.rb

and it finds the cookbook without "name" in the metadata.  You might
get some false positives if you use the word "name" elsewhere in the
metadata.  Also, you may need to include metadata.json files as well.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Steven

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:36 AM, David Montgomery
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 >
 wrote:
> Hi Opscode!
>
> How do I debug the error? the `name' attribute is required in cookbook
> metadata
>
> Totally leaves me with nowhere to go. What recipe? What metadata?  What?\
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Generated at 2014-12-05 10:29:01 +0000
> Chef::Exceptions::MetadataNotValid: Cookbook loaded at path(s)
> [/var/etl-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/monit] has invalid metadata: The `name'
> attribute is required in cookbook metadata
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook/cookbook_version_loader.rb:190:in
> `raise_metadata_error!'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook/cookbook_version_loader.rb:79:in
> `load'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:83:in `block in
> load_cookbook'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:82:in `each'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:82:in
> `load_cookbook'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:72:in `block in
> load_cookbooks'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:71:in `each'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/cookbook_loader.rb:71:in
> `load_cookbooks'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/policy_builder/expand_node_object.rb:61:in
> `setup_run_context'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/client.rb:235:in `setup_run_context'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/client.rb:397:in `run'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:261:in `block in
> fork_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:249:in `fork'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:249:in
> `fork_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:215:in `block in
> run_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/local_mode.rb:38:in
> `with_server_connectivity'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:201:in
> `run_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:245:in `block in
> interval_run_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:234:in `loop'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:234:in
> `interval_run_chef_client'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:224:in
> `run_application'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/lib/chef/application.rb:58:in `run'
> /opt/chef/embedded/apps/chef/bin/chef-solo:25:in `<top (required)>'
> /usr/bin/chef-solo:40:in `load'
> /usr/bin/chef-solo:40:in `<main>'
>