[chef] Re: Re: Re: Server 500 errrors from knife environment show

[Daniel DeLeo < >]

On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 12:28 PM, John McMeeking wrote:

> We'll change knife.rb to log to STDERR.
>  
> It unclear to me whether these messages indicate a problem or perhaps just 
> more logging by chef. But as long as the commands aren't failing, we can 
> live with that.
>  
> John M
> IBM


A 500 error might be repeatable (server misconfiguration) or it might be 
transient (temporarily out of DB connections due to high load). In either 
case, chef-client/knife use an exponential retry mechanism with splay (same 
general idea as ethernet collisions), going through all 5 retries will take 
at least a minute (usually longer). So it’s not usually an issue, but it’s 
something the user should be made aware of, so they don’t need to wait 1-2 
minutes for feedback in the case of a persistent error.

--  
Daniel DeLeo