# Centos clients not updating

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/centos-clients-not-updating/4093>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [June 15, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/centos-clients-not-updating/4093 "2013-06-15T18:57:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Dunphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/tim_dunphy/32/410_2.png) [@Tim\_Dunphy](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Tim_Dunphy)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/centos-clients-not-updating/4093/1 "2013-06-15T18:57:45Z")

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Hello all,

The reason I am writing to you today is because I have a small collection  
of 4 hosts meant to report in to a chef server for updates.

2 of the hosts are Ubuntu 12.04 and two are Centos 5.9. The two Ubuntu  
hosts (one of which is the chef server itself) are checking in to the chef  
server. But the two centos hosts are not.

Chef client is at Chef 10.18.2 on one ubuntu machine and at Chef 11.4.0 on  
the chef server.

Chef client is at Chef 11.4.4 on both centos machines.

I see when I run the chef-client manually on one of the centos hosts I get  
the following output:

On the failed nodes I see this output in the run:

[2013-06-15T14:43:54-04:00] INFO: \*\*\* Chef 11.4.4 \*\*\*  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Run List is [role[base]]  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Run List expands to [apt, nagios::client]  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 404 Not Found: No  
routes match the request: /reports/nodes/cloud.jokefire.com/runs  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for [cloud.jokefire.com](http://cloud.jokefire.com)  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Running start handlers  
[2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.  
[2013-06-15T14:43:56-04:00] INFO: Loading cookbooks [apache2, apt,  
bluepill, build-essential, mysql, nagios, nginx, nginx\_simplecgi, ohai,  
openssl, perl, php, rsyslog, runit, xml]  
e[0m  
================================================================================e[0m  
e[31mRecipe Compile Error in  
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/apt/resources/preference.rbe[0m  
================================================================================e[0m

e[0m  
ArgumentErrore[0m  
-------------e[0m  
wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)e[0m

e[0m  
Cookbook Trace:e[0m  
---------------e[0m

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`const\_defined?’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`build\_from\_file’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:208:in  
`load\_lwrp\_resource’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:193:in  
`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`each’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:120:in  
`compile\_lwrps’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`each’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`compile\_lwrps’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:72:in  
`compile’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context.rb:86:in  
`load’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:224:in  
`setup\_run\_context’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:467:in  
`do\_run’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:200:in  
`run’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:190:in  
`run\_chef\_client’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:297:in  
`run\_application’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`loop’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`run\_application’

/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:73:in  
`run' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/chef-client:26 /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in`load’  
/usr/bin/chef-client:23e[0m

e[0m  
Relevant File Content:e[0m  
----------------------e[0m  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:

35:  
36: # Evaluates the LWRP resource file and instantiates a new  
Resource class.  
37: def self.build\_from\_file(cookbook\_name, filename, run\_context)  
38: rname = filename\_to\_qualified\_string(cookbook\_name, filename)  
39:  
40: # Add log entry if we override an existing light-weight  
resource.  
41: class\_name = convert\_to\_class\_name(rname)  
42\>\> if Resource.const\_defined?(class\_name, false)  
43: old\_class = Resource.send(:remove\_const, class\_name)  
44: # CHEF-3432 – Chef::Resource keeps a list of subclasses;  
need to  
45: # remove old ones from the list when replacing.  
46: resource\_classes.delete(old\_class)  
47: Chef::Log.info("#{class\_name} light-weight resource already  
initialized – overriding!")  
48: end  
49:  
50: resource\_class = Class.new(self)  
51:  
e[0m

e[0m  
[2013-06-15T14:43:57-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
[2013-06-15T14:43:57-04:00] FATAL: Saving node information to  
/var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json  
[2013-06-15T14:43:57-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[2013-06-15T14:43:57-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to  
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
[2013-06-15T14:43:57-04:00] FATAL: ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments  
(2 for 1)

This is the stacktrace output from the file indicated at the end of client  
run output:

Generated at Sat Jun 15 14:43:57 -0400 2013  
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`const_defined?' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource/lwrp_base.rb:42:in`build\_from\_file’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:208:in  
`load_lwrp_resource' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:193:in`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`each' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:192:in`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:120:in  
`compile_lwrps' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:119:in`each’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`compile_lwrps' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:72:in`compile’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context.rb:86:in  
`load' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:224:in`setup\_run\_context’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:467:in  
`do_run' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:200:in`run’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:190:in  
`run_chef_client' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:297:in`run\_application’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`loop' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in`run\_application’  
/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:73:in  
`run' /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/chef-client:26 /usr/bin/chef-client:23:in`load’  
/usr/bin/chef-client:23

On the second centos host I get the following output:

[2013-06-15T18:51:03+00:00] INFO: \*\*\* Chef 11.4.4 \*\*\*  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: Run List is [role[base]]  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: Run List expands to [apt, nagios::client]  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 404 Not Found: No  
routes match the request: /reports/nodes/beta.jokefire.com/runs  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for [beta.jokefire.com](http://beta.jokefire.com)  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: Running start handlers  
[2013-06-15T18:51:08+00:00] INFO: Start handlers complete.  
[2013-06-15T18:51:09+00:00] INFO: Loading cookbooks [apache2, apt,  
bluepill, build-essential, mysql, nagios, nginx, nginx\_simplecgi, ohai,  
openssl, perl, php, rsyslog, runit, xml]  
e[0m  
================================================================================e[0m  
e[31mRecipe Compile Error in  
/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/apt/resources/preference.rbe[0m  
================================================================================e[0m

e[0m  
ArgumentErrore[0m  
-------------e[0m  
wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)e[0m

e[0m  
Cookbook Trace:e[0m  
---------------e[0m

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`const\_defined?’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`build\_from\_file’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:208:in  
`load\_lwrp\_resource’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:193:in  
`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`each’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:120:in  
`compile\_lwrps’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`each’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`compile\_lwrps’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:72:in  
`compile’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context.rb:86:in  
`load' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:224:in`setup\_run\_context’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:467:in  
`do_run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:200:in`run’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:190:in  
`run\_chef\_client’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:297:in  
`run\_application’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`loop’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`run\_application’

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:73:in  
`run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/chef-client:26 /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in`load’  
/usr/bin/chef-client:19e[0m

e[0m  
Relevant File Content:e[0m  
----------------------e[0m  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:

35:  
36: # Evaluates the LWRP resource file and instantiates a new  
Resource class.  
37: def self.build\_from\_file(cookbook\_name, filename, run\_context)  
38: rname = filename\_to\_qualified\_string(cookbook\_name, filename)  
39:  
40: # Add log entry if we override an existing light-weight  
resource.  
41: class\_name = convert\_to\_class\_name(rname)  
42\>\> if Resource.const\_defined?(class\_name, false)  
43: old\_class = Resource.send(:remove\_const, class\_name)  
44: # CHEF-3432 – Chef::Resource keeps a list of subclasses;  
need to  
45: # remove old ones from the list when replacing.  
46: resource\_classes.delete(old\_class)  
47: Chef::Log.info("#{class\_name} light-weight resource already  
initialized – overriding!")  
48: end  
49:  
50: resource\_class = Class.new(self)  
51:  
e[0m

e[0m  
[2013-06-15T18:51:13+00:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers  
[2013-06-15T18:51:13+00:00] FATAL: Saving node information to  
/var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json  
[2013-06-15T18:51:13+00:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete  
[2013-06-15T18:51:13+00:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to  
/var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out  
[2013-06-15T18:51:13+00:00] FATAL: ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments  
(2 for 1)

And this is the stacktrace from the second host:

Generated at Sat Jun 15 18:51:13 +0000 2013  
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
`const_defined?' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource/lwrp_base.rb:42:in`build\_from\_file’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:208:in  
`load_lwrp_resource' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:193:in`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:192:in  
`each' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:192:in`load\_lwrps\_from\_cookbook’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:120:in  
`compile_lwrps' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:119:in`each’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context/cookbook\_compiler.rb:119:in  
`compile_lwrps' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/run_context/cookbook_compiler.rb:72:in`compile’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/run\_context.rb:86:in  
`load' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:224:in`setup\_run\_context’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/client.rb:467:in  
`do_run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/client.rb:200:in`run’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:190:in  
`run_chef_client' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:297:in`run\_application’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in  
`loop' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/application/client.rb:290:in`run\_application’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/…/lib/chef/application.rb:73:in  
`run' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/chef-client:26 /usr/bin/chef-client:19:in`load’  
/usr/bin/chef-client:19

I was just wondering if I can get some tips on how to get the client to run  
smoothly on these hosts.

## Thanks! Tim

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Kiernan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/alex_kiernan/32/473_2.png) [@Alex\_Kiernan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Alex_Kiernan)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/centos-clients-not-updating/4093/2 "2013-06-17T11:38:12Z")

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On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Tim Dunphy [bluethundr@gmail.com](mailto:bluethundr@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> The reason I am writing to you today is because I have a small collection  
> of 4 hosts meant to report in to a chef server for updates.
> 
> 2 of the hosts are Ubuntu 12.04 and two are Centos 5.9. The two Ubuntu hosts  
> (one of which is the chef server itself) are checking in to the chef server.  
> But the two centos hosts are not.
> 
> Chef client is at Chef 10.18.2 on one ubuntu machine and at Chef 11.4.0 on  
> the chef server.
> 
> Chef client is at Chef 11.4.4 on both centos machines.
> 
> I see when I run the chef-client manually on one of the centos hosts I get  
> the following output:

...

> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
> `const\_defined?'

Presumably installed using gems rather than omnibus?

> I was just wondering if I can get some tips on how to get the client to run  
> smoothly on these hosts.

Use the omnibus installer?

> **[Download Chef Infra Client | Chef](https://www.chef.io/downloads/tools/infra-client)**
>
> Chef Infra Client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by Chef Infra.

--  
Alex Kiernan

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**Author:** ![Angus\_Buchanan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Angus\_Buchanan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Angus_Buchanan)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/centos-clients-not-updating/4093/3 "2013-06-17T11:48:29Z")

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Hi,

On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Tim Dunphy [bluethundr@gmail.com](mailto:bluethundr@gmail.com) wrote:

> On the failed nodes I see this output in the run:
> 
> # [2013-06-15T14:43:54-04:00] INFO: \*\*\* Chef 11.4.4 \*\*\* [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Run List is [role[base]] [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Run List expands to [apt, nagios::client] [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: HTTP Request Returned 404 Not Found: No routes match the request: /reports/nodes/cloud.jokefire.com/runs [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Starting Chef Run for [cloud.jokefire.com](http://cloud.jokefire.com) [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Running start handlers [2013-06-15T14:43:55-04:00] INFO: Start handlers complete. [2013-06-15T14:43:56-04:00] INFO: Loading cookbooks [apache2, apt, bluepill, build-essential, mysql, nagios, nginx, nginx\_simplecgi, ohai, openssl, perl, php, rsyslog, runit, xml] [0m
> 
> # [0m [31mRecipe Compile Error in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/apt/resources/preference.rb [0m
> 
> [0m
> 
> [0m  
> ArgumentError [0m  
> ------------- [0m  
> wrong number of arguments (2 for 1) [0m
> 
> [0m  
> Cookbook Trace: [0m  
> --------------- [0m
> 
> /usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-11.4.4/bin/../lib/chef/resource/lwrp\_base.rb:42:in  
> `const\_defined?'

Looks like you're using Ruby 1.8.

Chef is optimized (built?) to run on 1.9.

Install Chef using Opscode's vendored 'omnibus' packages, these provide an  
embedded Ruby interpreter known to work:

> **[Download Chef Infra Client | Chef](https://www.chef.io/downloads/tools/infra-client)**
>
> Chef Infra Client is an agent that runs locally on every node that is under management by Chef Infra.

HTH,

-aob