Cannot access chef-server-webui and display "ActionView::Template::Error" in chef-server-webui log

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1

Hello,

When I access to chef-server webui, it’s displayed "We’re sorry, but something went wrong”.

And output following log in /var/log/chef-server/chef-server-webui/current

2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method each' for nil:NilClass): 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 15: %select{:name => 'environment-select', :onchange => 'jump(this)', :size => 1, :class => 'title-select'} 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 16: - current_env = session[:environment] 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 17: %option{:value => environment_select_url('_none'), :selected => current_env == nil} None 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 18: - @environments.each do |env| 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 19: %option{:value => environment_select_path(env), :selected => current_env == env}= env 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 20: #user-navigation 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 21: %ul 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/views/layouts/application.html.haml:18:in_app_views_layouts_application_html_haml___4543768237136703618_28923760’
2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/controllers/application_controller.rb:59:in `block in class:ApplicationController’

This phenomenon seems to be similar these cases.
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5301
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5307

Base on above cases I have already tried to modify like this 3 patterns and did “chef-server reconfigure”.

/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘'
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘.mydoman’
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘mydomain’

But still displaying same error message and cannot access chef-server webui.

How can I fix this issue?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

2

I had seen this before in my development environment but not in production.
I've got a pull request open that should fix it:

We'll be doing a release soon with some security updates, so this fix
should also ship with that next release.

Thanks for reporting it!

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:28 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

When I access to chef-server webui, it’s displayed "We're sorry, but
something went wrong”.

And output following log in /var/log/chef-server/chef-server-webui/current

2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method
each' for nil:NilClass): 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 15: %select{:name => 'environment-select', :onchange => 'jump(this)', :size => 1, :class => 'title-select'} 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 16: - current_env = session[:environment] 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 17: %option{:value => environment_select_url('_none'), :selected => current_env == nil} None 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 18: - @environments.each do |env| 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 19: %option{:value => environment_select_path(env), :selected => current_env == env}= env 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 20: #user-navigation 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 21: %ul 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/views/layouts/application.html.haml:18:in _app_views_layouts_application_html_haml___4543768237136703618_28923760'
2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:59:in `block in
class:ApplicationController’

This phenomenon seems to be similar these cases.
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5301
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5307

Base on above cases I have already tried to modify like this 3 patterns
and did "chef-server reconfigure".

/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘'
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘.mydoman'
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘mydomain’

But still displaying same error message and cannot access chef-server
webui.

How can I fix this issue?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

--
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466

3

Hello,

Sure. Understood about the error message.

Currently I cannot login and pass authentication.
Is there any way to avoid this phenomenon in version(11.1)? How can I login to chef-server webui?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

On August 8, 2014 at 11:33:59 AM, Nathan L Smith (smith@getchef.com) wrote:
I had seen this before in my development environment but not in production. I’ve got a pull request open that should fix it: https://github.com/opscode/chef-server-webui/pull/33

We’ll be doing a release soon with some security updates, so this fix should also ship with that next release.

Thanks for reporting it!

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:28 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,

When I access to chef-server webui, it’s displayed "We’re sorry, but something went wrong”.

And output following log in /var/log/chef-server/chef-server-webui/current

2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method each' for nil:NilClass): 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 15: %select{:name => 'environment-select', :onchange => 'jump(this)', :size => 1, :class => 'title-select'} 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 16: - current_env = session[:environment] 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 17: %option{:value => environment_select_url('_none'), :selected => current_env == nil} None 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 18: - @environments.each do |env| 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 19: %option{:value => environment_select_path(env), :selected => current_env == env}= env 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 20: #user-navigation 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 21: %ul 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/views/layouts/application.html.haml:18:in_app_views_layouts_application_html_haml___4543768237136703618_28923760’
2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/controllers/application_controller.rb:59:in `block in class:ApplicationController’

This phenomenon seems to be similar these cases.
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5301
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5307

Base on above cases I have already tried to modify like this 3 patterns and did “chef-server reconfigure”.

/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘'
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘.mydoman’
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘mydomain’

But still displaying same error message and cannot access chef-server webui.

How can I fix this issue?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

–
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466

4

I'm not able to reproduce this (though, like I said, I have seen it
before), so I'm not sure how to correct it. I'd start with deleting cookies
for the site and restarting the Chef server and webui.

If you're feeling brave, you could go in to
/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/chef-server-webui/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
and apply this patch:
https://github.com/opscode/chef-server-webui/commit/8b256f8a458da0c61b6149a4fa9b8fc6977af704.patch,
then restart chef-server-webui.

The next release of open source Chef server contains some security updates
and will be coming very soon, so doing this may be able to get you by for a
short period of time.

Hope that helps.

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:07 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

Sure. Understood about the error message.

Currently I cannot login and pass authentication.
Is there any way to avoid this phenomenon in version(11.1)? How can I
login to chef-server webui?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

On August 8, 2014 at 11:33:59 AM, Nathan L Smith (smith@getchef.com)
wrote:

I had seen this before in my development environment but not in
production. I've got a pull request open that should fix it:
fix layout error and add Pry by smith · Pull Request #33 · chef-boneyard/chef-server-webui · GitHub

We'll be doing a release soon with some security updates, so this fix
should also ship with that next release.

Thanks for reporting it!

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:28 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

When I access to chef-server webui, it’s displayed "We're sorry, but
something went wrong”.

And output following log in
/var/log/chef-server/chef-server-webui/current

2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method
each' for nil:NilClass): 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 15: %select{:name => 'environment-select', :onchange => 'jump(this)', :size => 1, :class => 'title-select'} 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 16: - current_env = session[:environment] 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 17: %option{:value => environment_select_url('_none'), :selected => current_env == nil} None 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 18: - @environments.each do |env| 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 19: %option{:value => environment_select_path(env), :selected => current_env == env}= env 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 20: #user-navigation 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 21: %ul 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/views/layouts/application.html.haml:18:in _app_views_layouts_application_html_haml___4543768237136703618_28923760'
2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842
app/controllers/application_controller.rb:59:in `block in
class:ApplicationController’

This phenomenon seems to be similar these cases.
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5301
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5307

Base on above cases I have already tried to modify like this 3 patterns
and did "chef-server reconfigure".

/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘'
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘.mydoman'
chef_server_webui['cookie_domain'] = ‘mydomain’

But still displaying same error message and cannot access chef-server
webui.

How can I fix this issue?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

--
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466

--
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466

5

Hello,

Although I applied the patch and chef-server reconfigure, chef-server restart and also deleted cookies, still there is same error msg.
Anyway I will wait next release.

Thank you so much.

—
idzzy

On August 10, 2014 at 12:17:57 PM, Nathan L Smith (smith@getchef.com) wrote:

I’m not able to reproduce this (though, like I said, I have seen it before), so I’m not sure how to correct it. I’d start with deleting cookies for the site and restarting the Chef server and webui.

If you’re feeling brave, you could go in to /opt/chef-server/embedded/service/chef-server-webui/app/controllers/users_controller.rb and apply this patch: https://github.com/opscode/chef-server-webui/commit/8b256f8a458da0c61b6149a4fa9b8fc6977af704.patch, then restart chef-server-webui.

The next release of open source Chef server contains some security updates and will be coming very soon, so doing this may be able to get you by for a short period of time.

Hope that helps.

On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:07 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,

Sure. Understood about the error message.

Currently I cannot login and pass authentication.
Is there any way to avoid this phenomenon in version(11.1)? How can I login to chef-server webui?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

On August 8, 2014 at 11:33:59 AM, Nathan L Smith (smith@getchef.com) wrote:
I had seen this before in my development environment but not in production. I’ve got a pull request open that should fix it: https://github.com/opscode/chef-server-webui/pull/33

We’ll be doing a release soon with some security updates, so this fix should also ship with that next release.

Thanks for reporting it!

On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:28 AM, idzzy idezebi@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,

When I access to chef-server webui, it’s displayed "We’re sorry, but something went wrong”.

And output following log in /var/log/chef-server/chef-server-webui/current

2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 ActionView::Template::Error (undefined method each' for nil:NilClass): 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 15: %select{:name => 'environment-select', :onchange => 'jump(this)', :size => 1, :class => 'title-select'} 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53840 16: - current_env = session[:environment] 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 17: %option{:value => environment_select_url('_none'), :selected => current_env == nil} None 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 18: - @environments.each do |env| 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 19: %option{:value => environment_select_path(env), :selected => current_env == env}= env 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 20: #user-navigation 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53841 21: %ul 2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/views/layouts/application.html.haml:18:in_app_views_layouts_application_html_haml___4543768237136703618_28923760’
2014-08-06_06:08:10.53842 app/controllers/application_controller.rb:59:in `block in class:ApplicationController’

This phenomenon seems to be similar these cases.
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5301
https://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-5307

Base on above cases I have already tried to modify like this 3 patterns and did “chef-server reconfigure”.

/etc/chef-server/chef-server.rb
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘'
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘.mydoman’
chef_server_webui[‘cookie_domain’] = ‘mydomain’

But still displaying same error message and cannot access chef-server webui.

How can I fix this issue?

Thank you.

—
idzzy

–
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466

–
Nathan L Smith
smith@getchef.com
(319) 339-0466