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


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  • From: Steven Danna < >
  • To: " " < >
  • Subject: [chef] Re: Re: Re: the `name' attribute is required in cookbook metadata
  • Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:01:16 +0000

Hi,

Ha! How did I miss that right there in the error message?  I still
like my grep method though :).

Cheers,

Steven

On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 10:57 AM, AJ Christensen
< >
 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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
>
> Check the 'monit' cookbook at /var/etl-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/monit
> metadata.rb (it's a ruby file), or whatever is putting it there.
>
> to fix, e.g.:
> echo "name 'monit'" >> /var/etl-chef/chef-repo/cookbooks/monit/metadata.rb
>
> You need to add the name attribute.
>
> cheers,
>
> --aj
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Steven Danna 
> < >
>  wrote:
>> 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
>> < >
>>  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>'
>>>



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