Chef server install on RHEL 6

Hi everyone,

I run into the following issue when executing chef-server-ctl reconfigure. Not
able to pin point the error. This is on chef-server-11.1.5-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Appreciate your time and help.

Recipe: chef-server::bootstrap

  • execute[verify-system-status] action run

  • execute[boostrap-chef-server] action run
    ================================================================================
    Error executing action run on resource ‘execute[boostrap-chef-server]’
    ================================================================================

Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed

Expected process to exit with [0], but received ‘2’
---- Begin output of bin/bootstrap-chef-server ----
STDOUT: error creating client <<“chef-validator”>>: {badrpc,
{‘EXIT’,
{timeout,
{gen_server,call,
[‘chef_index_queue/chef’,
{publish,<<“vnode-768”>>,

<<"{“action”:“add”,“payload”:{“type”:“client”,“id”:“0000000000001795ff1ef97d5f050ad9”,“database”:“chef_00000000000000000000000000000000”,“item”:{“name”:“chef-validator”,“validator”:true,“admin”:false,“public_key”:"-----BEGIN
PUBLIC
KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvfmVbdcEW22655hhfr5e\nsHdn4rgkr3NLGS17Fc4sERnOH6IcE9a8QjAd\/8VhDbLkc2kODZs1NvG05qI6\/2ck\n\/99U+bJYEmQHTyp\/fKffh0wRMZNapi7yrA9uIO6xs9KXN+jJ18O07RlEsivs8AVv\nEIN7p+hM7v0oJJKtvRHItmtJX+s1PJmQDBf5qzH\/V4KRE1Ukw8ogdfMJYnhtprfZ\no8KknHV6ul5H7qxcUTRiLvdk1go\/n4zwrRmaj4qLdEEN1QsO0c8f04I1DY7Hj77A\nclU4OYxb8xIkXe+Y05MNlxg7MuBmf9BO7d8selaaAADrRU5xND4wbZN9c9w0zt1g\nGQIDAQAB\n-----END
PUBLIC KEY-----\n"},“enqueued_at”:1413870657}}">>,
[]}]}}}}
STDERR:
---- End output of bin/bootstrap-chef-server ----
Ran bin/bootstrap-chef-server returned 2

Resource Declaration:

In /opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/recipes/bootstrap.rb

30: execute “boostrap-chef-server” do
31: command "bin/bootstrap-chef-server"
32: cwd erchef_dir
33: not_if { File.exists?(bootstrap_status_file) }
34: environment({ ‘CHEF_ADMIN_USER’ =>
node[‘chef_server’][‘chef-server-webui’][‘web_ui_admin_user_name’],
35: ‘CHEF_ADMIN_PASS’ =>
node[‘chef_server’][‘chef-server-webui’][‘web_ui_admin_default_password’] })
36: notifies :restart, 'service[erchef]'
37: end
38:

Compiled Resource:

Declared in

/opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/chef-server/recipes/bootstrap.rb:30:in
`from_file’

execute(“boostrap-chef-server”) do
action "run"
retries 0
retry_delay 2
guard_interpreter :default
command "bin/bootstrap-chef-server"
backup 5
cwd "/opt/chef-server/embedded/service/erchef"
environment {“CHEF_ADMIN_USER”=>“admin”, “CHEF_ADMIN_PASS”=>“p@ssw0rd1”}
returns 0
cookbook_name :"chef-server"
recipe_name "bootstrap"
not_if { #code block }
end

Running handlers:
[2014-10-21T11:21:02+05:30] ERROR: Running exception handlers
Running handlers complete

[2014-10-21T11:21:02+05:30] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[2014-10-21T11:21:02+05:30] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to
/opt/chef-server/embedded/cookbooks/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
Chef Client failed. 12 resources updated in 16.203605422 seconds
[2014-10-21T11:21:02+05:30] ERROR: execute[boostrap-chef-server]
(chef-server::bootstrap line 30) had an error:
Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but
received ‘2’
---- Begin output of bin/bootstrap-chef-server ----
STDOUT: error creating client <<“chef-validator”>>: {badrpc,
{‘EXIT’,
{timeout,
{gen_server,call,
[‘chef_index_queue/chef’,
{publish,<<“vnode-768”>>,

<<"{“action”:“add”,“payload”:{“type”:“client”,“id”:“0000000000001795ff1ef97d5f050ad9”,“database”:“chef_00000000000000000000000000000000”,“item”:{“name”:“chef-validator”,“validator”:true,“admin”:false,“public_key”:"-----BEGIN
PUBLIC
KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAvfmVbdcEW22655hhfr5e\nsHdn4rgkr3NLGS17Fc4sERnOH6IcE9a8QjAd\/8VhDbLkc2kODZs1NvG05qI6\/2ck\n\/99U+bJYEmQHTyp\/fKffh0wRMZNapi7yrA9uIO6xs9KXN+jJ18O07RlEsivs8AVv\nEIN7p+hM7v0oJJKtvRHItmtJX+s1PJmQDBf5qzH\/V4KRE1Ukw8ogdfMJYnhtprfZ\no8KknHV6ul5H7qxcUTRiLvdk1go\/n4zwrRmaj4qLdEEN1QsO0c8f04I1DY7Hj77A\nclU4OYxb8xIkXe+Y05MNlxg7MuBmf9BO7d8selaaAADrRU5xND4wbZN9c9w0zt1g\nGQIDAQAB\n-----END
PUBLIC KEY-----\n"},“enqueued_at”:1413870657}}">>,
[]}]}}}}
STDERR:
---- End output of bin/bootstrap-chef-server ----
Ran bin/bootstrap-chef-server returned 2
[2014-10-21T11:21:02+05:30] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef
run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

Thanks,
Vikas