Creating a Vagrant cluster with chef-metal - any special configuration required around ssh port forwarding?

Chris_Patti · 2014-08-17 22:58:51 UTC

Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ => ‘
https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box
’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I
get:

================================================================================
Error executing action converge on resource ‘machine_batch[default]’

================================================================================

Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In

/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb

 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,

machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self

Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in

/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please? I’m
stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

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Lamont_Granquist_OLD · 2014-08-18 04:41:01 UTC

And +1, I’ve been meaning to ping someone about this. I’m always
seeing the same problems. Also happens on digital ocean droplets, so
doesn’t seem to just be vagrant related.

On Sun Aug 17 15:58:51 2014, Chris Patti wrote:

Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ =>
‘https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no
change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

================================================================================
Error executing action converge on resource ‘machine_batch[default]’

================================================================================
Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please?
I’m stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

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Steffen_Gebert1 · 2014-08-18 07:28:52 UTC

Hi Chris,

I don’t have a real answer for this, but I think my colleague solved
this problem. Maybe by using private networking?

github.com

pniederlag/t3stacks/blob/fa5f56510ddec30f2a7ea6b2ff027e040eec00fa/cookbooks/t3stacks/recipes/default.rb

#
# Cookbook Name:: metaltest
# Recipe:: default
#
# Copyright (C) 2014
#
#
require 'chef_metal'

#def chef_repo_path
#   "/srv/fileserver/projekte/t3-team-server/chef/"
#end

provider = node['t3stacks']['provider']
include_recipe("t3stacks::#{provider}")

# create environment
#chef_environment "pre-production" do
#    action :create
#end

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Does that help?

Yours
Steffen

On 18/08/14 00:58, Chris Patti wrote:

Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ => ‘
https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box
’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I
get:

================================================================================
Error executing action converge on resource ‘machine_batch[default]’

================================================================================
Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please? I’m
stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

Chris_Patti · 2014-08-18 16:21:08 UTC

Lamont and anyone else who’s encountered this - I filed an issue on the
chef-metal Github repo. Maybe pop over there and add your +1 to the
permanent record?

https://github.com/opscode/chef-metal/issues/123

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

require 'chef_metal’
require ‘chef_metal_vagrant’

vagrant_cluster ‘/Users/cpatti/Vagrants’

vagrant_box ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’ do
url '
https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box
’
end

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

I’m going to switch gears and try modeling this cluster in Rackspace, they
have some good docs so hopefully they’ve smoothed away some of the rough
edges

-Chris

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Lamont Granquist lamont@opscode.com
wrote:

And +1, I’ve been meaning to ping someone about this. I’m always seeing
the same problems. Also happens on digital ocean droplets, so doesn’t seem
to just be vagrant related.

On Sun Aug 17 15:58:51 2014, Chris Patti wrote:
Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ =>
‘https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/
provider/virtualbox.box’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no
change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

============================================================
Error executing action `converge` on resource 'machine_batch[default]'
============================================================
Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please?
I’m stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

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Pixar

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Pixar

Chris_Patti · 2014-08-18 19:38:34 UTC

Folks, I spoke with the author on Twitter, and he suggested I use the
master branch of chef-metal. That did indeed allow me to build the cluster

now I can’t get ‘metal execute’ to work - but - progress!

-Chris

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Chris Patti cpatti@gmail.com wrote:

Lamont and anyone else who’s encountered this - I filed an issue on the
chef-metal Github repo. Maybe pop over there and add your +1 to the
permanent record?

https://github.com/opscode/chef-metal/issues/123

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

require 'chef_metal’
require ‘chef_metal_vagrant’

vagrant_cluster ‘/Users/cpatti/Vagrants’

vagrant_box ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’ do
url '
https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box
’
end

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

I’m going to switch gears and try modeling this cluster in Rackspace, they
have some good docs so hopefully they’ve smoothed away some of the rough
edges

-Chris

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Lamont Granquist lamont@opscode.com
wrote:
And +1, I’ve been meaning to ping someone about this. I’m always seeing
the same problems. Also happens on digital ocean droplets, so doesn’t seem
to just be vagrant related.

On Sun Aug 17 15:58:51 2014, Chris Patti wrote:
Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ =>
‘https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/
provider/virtualbox.box’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no
change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

============================================================
Error executing action `converge` on resource
‘machine_batch[default]’

============================================================
Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please?
I’m stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

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mailto:cpatti@gmail.com | AIM: chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI

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Pixar
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John_Keiser1 · 2014-08-18 19:41:31 UTC

yeah, metal execute needs work to get it back up to speed. I’ll get that
fixed before I release the version with the fix.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Chris Patti cpatti@gmail.com wrote:

Folks, I spoke with the author on Twitter, and he suggested I use the
master branch of chef-metal. That did indeed allow me to build the cluster

now I can’t get ‘metal execute’ to work - but - progress!

-Chris

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Chris Patti cpatti@gmail.com wrote:
Lamont and anyone else who’s encountered this - I filed an issue on the
chef-metal Github repo. Maybe pop over there and add your +1 to the
permanent record?

https://github.com/opscode/chef-metal/issues/123

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

require 'chef_metal’
require ‘chef_metal_vagrant’

vagrant_cluster ‘/Users/cpatti/Vagrants’

vagrant_box ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’ do
url '
https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/provider/virtualbox.box
’
end

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

I’m going to switch gears and try modeling this cluster in Rackspace,
they have some good docs so hopefully they’ve smoothed away some of the
rough edges

-Chris

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Lamont Granquist lamont@opscode.com
wrote:
And +1, I’ve been meaning to ping someone about this. I’m always seeing
the same problems. Also happens on digital ocean droplets, so doesn’t seem
to just be vagrant related.

On Sun Aug 17 15:58:51 2014, Chris Patti wrote:
Hello all!

I have a very simple chef metal script:

require ‘chef_metal’

machine ‘skycrank-gearbox’ do
tag 'master’
recipe "skycrank-gearbox::default"
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank01’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

export CHEF_DRIVER=“vagrant:/Users/cpatti/Vagrants”

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

machine_options :vagrant_options => { ‘vm.box’ => ‘chef/ubuntu-14.04’,
‘vm.box_url’ =>
‘https://vagrantcloud.com/chef/ubuntu-14.04/version/1/
provider/virtualbox.box’
}

(I also tried just using vm.box => ‘precise64’ FWIW that yielded no
change)

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

============================================================
Error executing action `converge` on resource
‘machine_batch[default]’

============================================================
Net::SSH::Exception
-------------------
remote forwarding request failed

Resource Declaration:
---------------------
# In
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb
 82:             batch = build_resource(:machine_batch,
machine_batch_default_name) do
83: action resource.action
84: machines [ previous, resource ]
85: end
86: batch.from_recipe self
Compiled Resource:
------------------
# Declared in
/Users/cpatti/.rbenv/versions/2.1.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/
gems/chef-metal-0.13/lib/chef_metal/recipe_dsl.rb:82:in
`machine’

Can anyone give me some clues as to what I’m doing wrong here please?
I’m stuck.

Thanks!
-Chris

–
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mailto:cpatti@gmail.com | AIM: chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI

“Technology challenges art, art inspires technology.” - John Lasseter,
Pixar
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chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI

“Technology challenges art, art inspires technology.” - John Lasseter,
Pixar
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chrisfeohpatti | P: (260) 54PATTI
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Pixar

Creating a Vagrant cluster with chef-metal - any special configuration required around ssh port forwarding?

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried adding it, to no avail:

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

============================================================

============================================================

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried adding it, to no avail:

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

============================================================

============================================================

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried adding it, to no avail:

I have a very simple chef metal script:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do tag 'gear’ converge true end

My CHEF_DRIVER is set thusly:

And my ~/.chef/knife.rb contains the following vagrant/machine options:

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I get:

============================================================

============================================================

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I
get:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit, then I
get:

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get:

Also I found the following in the chef-metal Chefconf talk, and tried
adding it, to no avail:

machine ‘skycrank02’ do
tag 'gear’
converge true
end

Every time I try to run this, it seems to go along nicely for a bit,
then I get: