Hi all,
I was trying to install Chef client on a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 OpenVZ minimal template, but it failed with the error message below. I've seen this a few times before, but figured I'd document it here (I wasn't sure which github repo the installer script ties to). The workaround is to just install curl. If the script has '--no-check-certificate' added to the wget command, that'd work as well, although security-minded folks might not like that.
Downloading Chef for ubuntu...
downloading https://www.opscode.com/chef/metadata?v=&prerelease=false&nightlies=false&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
to file /tmp/install.sh.5682/metadata.txt
trying wget...
trying perl...
Unable to retrieve a valid package!
Version:
Please file a Bug Report at https://github.com/opscode/opscode-omnitruck/issues/new
Alternatively, feel free to open a Support Ticket at https://www.getchef.com/support/tickets
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Metadata URL: https://www.opscode.com/chef/metadata?v=&prerelease=false&nightlies=false&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
\nDEBUG OUTPUT FOLLOWS:\n\nSTDERR from wget:\n\n--2015-01-12 20:44:50-- https://www.opscode.com/chef/metadata?v=&prerelease=false&nightlies=false&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
Resolving www.opscode.com (www.opscode.com)... 184.106.28.90
Connecting to www.opscode.com (www.opscode.com)|184.106.28.90|:443... connected.
ERROR: cannot verify www.opscode.com's certificate, issued by '/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/CN=DigiCert Secure Server CA':
Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
To connect to www.opscode.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.\n\nSTDERR from perl:\n\nCan't locate LWP/Simple.pm in @INC (you may need to install the LWP::Simple module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.18.2 /usr/local/share/perl/5.18.2 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.18 /usr/share/perl/5.18 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.\n