# Chef WebUI issues

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [February 13, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613 "2013-02-13T13:07:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/1 "2013-02-13T13:07:23Z")

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Hi folks,

I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
landed to a situation where command line communication  
via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.

Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
the same version.

/etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.

Please let me know where am I going wrong ?

## Thank you,

Ashutosh Narayan

> **[Ashutosh Narayan](https://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)**
>
> Experiences of an Open Source Enthusiast

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/2 "2013-02-13T14:01:04Z")

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What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to install?

It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
[http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
[aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> landed to a situation where command line communication  
> via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> 
> Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> the same version.
> 
> /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> 
> Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> 
> ## Thank you,
> 
> Ashutosh Narayan
> 
> [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/3 "2013-02-13T15:07:08Z")

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I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
I am installing via bootstrap  
method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
.  
No, I am not installing the standalone installer.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:

> What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> install?
> 
> It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > 
> > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > the same version.
> > 
> > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > 
> > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > 
> > ## Thank you,
> > 
> > Ashutosh Narayan
> > 
> > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

--  
Ashutosh Narayan

> **[Ashutosh Narayan](https://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)**
>
> Experiences of an Open Source Enthusiast

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/4 "2013-02-13T15:17:52Z")

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so you put this into a ~/chef.json file:  
{  
"chef\_server": {  
"server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
"webui\_enabled": true  
},  
"run\_list": ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
}

and this in /etc/chef/solo.rb:

file\_cache\_path "/tmp/chef-solo"  
cookbook\_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"

and then you ran:  
sudo chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r [http://s3](http://s3).  
[Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)

and it didn't install chef-server-webui?

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
[aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:

> I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
> I am installing via bootstrap method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
> .  
> No, I am not installing the standalone installer.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> > install?
> > 
> > It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> > [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi folks,
> > > 
> > > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > > 
> > > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > > the same version.
> > > 
> > > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > > 
> > > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > > 
> > > ## Thank you,
> > > 
> > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > 
> > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> 
> --  
> Ashutosh Narayan
> 
> [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

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**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/5 "2013-02-13T15:20:25Z")

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sorry, this should be in ~/chef.json (from the RHEL section last edited  
by... oh... me :] )

{  
"chef\_server": {  
"server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
"webui\_enabled": true  
},  
"build-essential": {  
"compiletime": true  
},  
"run\_list": ["recipe[build-essential]",  
"recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
}

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:

> so you put this into a ~/chef.json file:  
> {  
> "chef\_server": {  
> "server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
> "webui\_enabled": true  
> },  
> "run\_list": ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
> }
> 
> and this in /etc/chef/solo.rb:
> 
> file\_cache\_path "/tmp/chef-solo"  
> cookbook\_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"
> 
> and then you ran:  
> sudo chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r [http://s3](http://s3).  
> [Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)
> 
> and it didn't install chef-server-webui?
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> > I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
> > I am installing via bootstrap method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
> > .  
> > No, I am not installing the standalone installer.
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> > > install?
> > > 
> > > It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> > > [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > > 
> > > > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > > > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > > > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > > > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > > > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > > > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > > > 
> > > > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > > > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > > > the same version.
> > > > 
> > > > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > > > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > > > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > > > 
> > > > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > > > 
> > > > ## Thank you,
> > > > 
> > > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > > 
> > > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> > 
> > --  
> > Ashutosh Narayan
> > 
> > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

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Yes, Exactly

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:

> so you put this into a ~/chef.json file:  
> {  
> "chef\_server": {  
> "server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
> "webui\_enabled": true  
> },  
> "run\_list": ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
> }
> 
> and this in /etc/chef/solo.rb:
> 
> file\_cache\_path "/tmp/chef-solo"  
> cookbook\_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"
> 
> and then you ran:  
> sudo chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r [http://s3](http://s3).  
> [Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)
> 
> and it didn't install chef-server-webui?
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> > I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
> > I am installing via bootstrap method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
> > .  
> > No, I am not installing the standalone installer.
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> > > install?
> > > 
> > > It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> > > [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > > 
> > > > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > > > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > > > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > > > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > > > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > > > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > > > 
> > > > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > > > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > > > the same version.
> > > > 
> > > > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > > > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > > > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > > > 
> > > > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > > > 
> > > > ## Thank you,
> > > > 
> > > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > > 
> > > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> > 
> > --  
> > Ashutosh Narayan
> > 
> > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

--  
Ashutosh Narayan

> **[Ashutosh Narayan](https://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)**
>
> Experiences of an Open Source Enthusiast

---

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if you don't have the build-essentials pieces, try adding that.  
Otherwise, can you paste here or in a gist/pastebin the chef-solo log? This  
is how I deployed all three of our 10.16.2 chef servers on centos6.3  
(centos loaded with the server/shell package group)

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
[aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:

> Yes, Exactly
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:
> 
> > so you put this into a ~/chef.json file:  
> > {  
> > "chef\_server": {  
> > "server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
> > "webui\_enabled": true  
> > },  
> > "run\_list": ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
> > }
> > 
> > and this in /etc/chef/solo.rb:
> > 
> > file\_cache\_path "/tmp/chef-solo"  
> > cookbook\_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"
> > 
> > and then you ran:  
> > sudo chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r [http://s3](http://s3).  
> > [Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)
> > 
> > and it didn't install chef-server-webui?
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
> > > I am installing via bootstrap method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
> > > .  
> > > No, I am not installing the standalone installer.
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com)wrote:
> > > 
> > > > What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> > > > install?
> > > > 
> > > > It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> > > > [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > > > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > > > > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > > > > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > > > > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > > > > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > > > > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > > > > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > > > > the same version.
> > > > > 
> > > > > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > > > > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > > > > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > ## Thank you,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > > > 
> > > > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> > > 
> > > --  
> > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > 
> > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> 
> --  
> Ashutosh Narayan
> 
> [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

---

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**Post date:** [February 14, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/chef-webui-issues/3613/8 "2013-02-14T07:14:25Z")

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Hi Jesse,

chef-server-webui is now working for me.  
There was some permission issue with  
the private key which wasn't readable by  
default user. After I rebooted the server,  
chef-server-webui service was seen under  
/etc/init.d/ directory.

_Where can I find solo log ?_

_sudo find / -iname chef-solo_  
_/usr/lib64/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/chef-10.18.0/bin/chef-solo_  
_/usr/bin/chef-solo_  
_/tmp/chef-solo_

Another issue which am having is w.r.t  
admin password. Every time I login it  
asks me change the password, even  
though I changed it during first login.

I had modified server.rb file by appending  
a line _web\_ui\_admin\_default\_password "xyz"_  
It doesn't allow me to login.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:

> if you don't have the build-essentials pieces, try adding that.  
> Otherwise, can you paste here or in a gist/pastebin the chef-solo log?  
> This is how I deployed all three of our 10.16.2 chef servers on centos6.3  
> (centos loaded with the server/shell package group)
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, Exactly
> > 
> > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > so you put this into a ~/chef.json file:  
> > > {  
> > > "chef\_server": {  
> > > "server\_url": "[http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000)" [http://localhost:4000](http://localhost:4000),  
> > > "webui\_enabled": true  
> > > },  
> > > "run\_list": ["recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]  
> > > }
> > > 
> > > and this in /etc/chef/solo.rb:
> > > 
> > > file\_cache\_path "/tmp/chef-solo"  
> > > cookbook\_path "/tmp/chef-solo/cookbooks"
> > > 
> > > and then you ran:  
> > > sudo chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r [http://s3](http://s3).  
> > > [Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)](http://amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz)
> > > 
> > > and it didn't install chef-server-webui?
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I am installing it on CentOS 6.3.  
> > > > I am installing via bootstrap method[http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo)  
> > > > .  
> > > > No, I am not installing the standalone installer.
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Jesse Campbell [hikeit@gmail.com](mailto:hikeit@gmail.com)wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > What platform are you installing to, and what method did you use to  
> > > > > install?
> > > > > 
> > > > > It sounds like you are not using the standalone installer (  
> > > > > [http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/](http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/), click on Chef Server)
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Ashutosh Narayan \<  
> > > > > [aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com](mailto:aashutoshnarayan@gmail.com)\> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi folks,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I was successfully able to install Chef-10.18.0 on a server.  
> > > > > > My laptop is acting as client for that server.  
> > > > > > I followed the instructions given on OpsCode wiki and  
> > > > > > landed to a situation where command line communication  
> > > > > > via knife is OK. When I click on link for WebUI, the page  
> > > > > > redirects to \< server\_ip:4040 \> which can't be found.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Later, I found that the package itself is not installed, so I  
> > > > > > installed it from here [https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui](https://rubygems.org/gems/chef-server-webui) with  
> > > > > > the same version.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > /etc/init.d/chef-server-webui service doesn't seem to reflect  
> > > > > > in /etc/init.d directory. It means that even after doing a  
> > > > > > gem install on chef-server-webui package service is not up.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Please let me know where am I going wrong ?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ## Thank you,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> > > > 
> > > > --  
> > > > Ashutosh Narayan
> > > > 
> > > > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)
> > 
> > --  
> > Ashutosh Narayan
> > 
> > [http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/](http://ashutoshn.wordpress.com/)

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