[chef] Re: Re: Re: Chef Server incompatible C libyajl libs

[Steven Danna < >]

Hi Douglas,

Did you run `chef-server-ctl reconfigure` after the package installation?

Sincerely,

Steven

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Douglas Garstang
<
 >
 wrote:
> Steven,
>
> It's not starting, or even reporting a status (ie not started).
>
> 
 :~#
>  chef-server-ctl start
> the ffi-yajl and yajl-ruby gems have incompatible C libyajl libs and should
> not be loaded in the same Ruby VM
> falling back to ffi which might work (or might not, no promises)
> ffi-yajl/json_gem is deprecated, these monkeypatches will be dropped shortly
> 
 :~#
>  chef-server-ctl status
> the ffi-yajl and yajl-ruby gems have incompatible C libyajl libs and should
> not be loaded in the same Ruby VM
> falling back to ffi which might work (or might not, no promises)
> ffi-yajl/json_gem is deprecated, these monkeypatches will be dropped shortly
> 
 :~#
>  chef-server-ctl start
> the ffi-yajl and yajl-ruby gems have incompatible C libyajl libs and should
> not be loaded in the same Ruby VM
> falling back to ffi which might work (or might not, no promises)
> ffi-yajl/json_gem is deprecated, these monkeypatches will be dropped shortly
> 
 :~#
>  ps -ef | grep chef
> root      2173  2148  0 18:39 pts/2    00:00:00 grep --color=auto chef
>
> Nothing is logged anywhere that I can see.
>
> 
 :~#
>  find /var/log -name "*chef*"
> /var/log/chef
> 
 :~#
>  ls -l /var/log/chef
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 972 Jan 15 17:19 client-initial.log
>
> That client-initial.log file is unrelated.
>
> So, it's not starting, reporting it's status when not started, or even
> creating any log files that I can see. This is Ubuntu 14.04 with OS updates
> as of a few days ago. Very current, clean install.
>
> Douglas.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Steven Danna 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Douglas,
>>
>> The yajl warnings are a known issue
>> (https://github.com/opscode/chef-server/issues/53).  However, I don't
>> think they should be preventing your Chef server from working.
>> `chef-server-ctl status` should output the warning followed by the
>> status of each service.  Is it doing that?  If so, which services are
>> down? It is likely that your server is not starting for a reason
>> unrelated to these warnings.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Steven
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Douglas Garstang
>> <
 >
>>  wrote:
>> > I just downloaded chef-server-core_12.0.1-1_amd64.deb. I have Ubuntu
>> > 14.04
>> > (with current updates), and that's the download I got when I clicked
>> > 'Ubuntu
>> > 14.04' on the chef web site.
>> >
>> > When attempting to start chef-server...
>> >
>> > 
 :/etc/init.d#
>> >  chef-server-ctl start
>> > the ffi-yajl and yajl-ruby gems have incompatible C libyajl libs and
>> > should
>> > not be loaded in the same Ruby VM
>> > falling back to ffi which might work (or might not, no promises)
>> > ffi-yajl/json_gem is deprecated, these monkeypatches will be dropped
>> > shortly
>> >
>> > Apparently, it does not work. The server does not start. A status
>> > returns
>> > the same result.
>> >
>> > What's going on? Solution?
>> >
>> > Doug
>> >
>
>
>
>
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>
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