# Just spun up an on premise Chef Automate Server, but cannot see the build nodes in the Node tab

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013>\
**Category:** Chef Automate\
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013 "2016-07-25T14:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![carrnat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/carrnat/32/1511_2.png) [@carrnat](https://discourse.chef.io/u/carrnat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/1 "2016-07-25T14:46:31Z")

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I just spun up a Chef Automate server on premise and have connected it to our Chef Server, however even though I bootstrapped a node during the install of Chef Automate I do not see it in the Node tab. How do I assign nodes to environments/stages? I have tried following the tutorials but i dont see them appearing in the nodes list. Let me know if you need anymore information. I have also provisioned environments on the Chef server…but dont see them appearing in Chef Automate, is there a separate step for that?

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**Author:** ![tpetchel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/tpetchel/32/1201_2.png) [@tpetchel](https://discourse.chef.io/u/tpetchel)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/2 "2016-07-25T17:37:24Z")

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Hi @carrnat,

Chef Automate provides a data collector endpoint that you must configure on your node and your Chef server.

[https://docs.chef.io/ingest\_data\_chef\_automate.html](https://docs.chef.io/ingest_data_chef_automate.html)

Regarding the tutorial - although it speaks directly to the pre-configured environment, we want to make sure it connects you to the relevant reference material for folks who are setting this up on-prem. If you have feedback on what you expected (and where), I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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**Author:** ![carrnat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/carrnat/32/1511_2.png) [@carrnat](https://discourse.chef.io/u/carrnat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/3 "2016-07-25T20:03:06Z")

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I followed that tutorial on a new build server and set the properties. However I seem to be getting this error, any ideas?

As for the tutorial…I feel it may be missing a couple points especially what to do after you setup a build node. I setup the build node but didnt know what to do after that, do I need to create environments in the automate server? What specific settings do I need to set in the client.rb file for them to talk? (followed the link you sent and got this error)

Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 02 seconds  
[2016-07-25T14:59:53-05:00] ERROR: POST request was redirected from [https://lin2dv2do1.company.com/data-collector/v0/](https://lin2dv2do1.company.com/data-collector/v0/) to [https://lin2dv2do1.company.com/login](https://lin2dv2do1.company.com/login). Only GET and HEAD support redirects.  
[2016-07-25T14:59:53-05:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)

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**Author:** ![ankurgupta325](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/ankurgupta325/32/1813_2.png) [@ankurgupta325](https://discourse.chef.io/u/ankurgupta325)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/4 "2017-04-28T05:14:46Z")

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@carrnat

Were you abel to resolve this issue ? I am facing a similar problem where even after following the tutorial to setup data collector settings here : [https://docs.chef.io/ingest\_data\_chef\_automate.html](https://docs.chef.io/ingest_data_chef_automate.html) , I am not able to see any updated done in chef-server visible in Chef-atuomate dashboard ?

@tpetchel

Hello , Thomas

I am facing similar issue not seeing any updates done in chef-server ( like cookbook upload to chef server ) visible in chef-automate dashboard . I have setup token and root\_url in chef-server following “Configure your Chef server to point to Chef Automate” section in tutorial : [https://docs.chef.io/setup\_visibility\_chef\_automate.html](https://docs.chef.io/setup_visibility_chef_automate.html)

I am able to see runner and node data in chef-automate , though, after setting data\_url and token in client.rb of each node .

Any que will help ?

Ankur

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**Author:** ![sfalcon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/sfalcon/32/140_2.png) [@sfalcon](https://discourse.chef.io/u/sfalcon)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/5 "2017-04-29T20:56:05Z")

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Hey there,

Can you report the versions of Chef server and Chef Automate that you have installed and provide excerpts of the `chef-server.rb` and `delivery.rb` config?

After updating each of those config files, did you run the corresponding `*-ctl reconfigure` command to apply the config – before converging nodes?

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**Author:** ![ankurgupta325](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/ankurgupta325/32/1813_2.png) [@ankurgupta325](https://discourse.chef.io/u/ankurgupta325)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/6 "2017-05-01T06:21:33Z")

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@sfalcon

Hey ,

I have following versions running :

**Automate server :**

automate-0.7.151

Delivery.rb :

delivery\_fqdn "[chef-auto.corp.adobe.com](http://chef-auto.corp.adobe.com)"  
delivery['chef\_username'] = "delivery"  
delivery['chef\_private\_key'] = "/etc/delivery/delivery.pem"  
delivery['chef\_server'] = "[https://webops-chef.corp.adobe.com/organizations/chef-auto](https://webops-chef.corp.adobe.com/organizations/chef-auto)"  
insights['enable'] = true  
data\_collector['token'] = 'sometoken'  
compliance\_profiles['enable'] = true

**Chef server :**

chef-server-core-12.14.0  
opscode-push-jobs-server-2.1.1

/etc/opscode/chef-server.rb contains:

data\_collector['root\_url'] = '[https://chef-auto.corp.adobe.com/data-collector/v0/](https://chef-auto.corp.adobe.com/data-collector/v0/)'  
data\_collector['token'] = 'sometoken'  
profiles['root\_url'] = '[https://chef-auto.corp.adobe.com](https://chef-auto.corp.adobe.com)'

And then i have run corresponding \*-ctl reconfigure commands :

**Another question :** Does the cookbook has to be associated to a node to get reflected in automate dashboard ?

I just uploaded another cookbook to chef server but "cookbook changes" section under "converge status" section on chef automate dashboard didn't get updated ( snapshot attached ) but this cookbook is not in runlist of any node .

![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/images/transparent.png)

**What i am able to do :**

I was able to setup working project with a pipeline (working fine ) .  
All my Node converge data gets reflected in chef-automate :

![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/images/transparent.png)

Node info reflecting :

![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/images/transparent.png)

Also , which logfile saves the logs of chef-server communicating to chef-automate ?

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**Author:** ![kmacgugan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/kmacgugan/32/1502_2.png) [@kmacgugan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/kmacgugan)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/7 "2017-05-03T18:41:43Z")

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Hi Ankur,  
The cookbook changes count should be updated regardless of if that cookbook is associated with a node or not. I would double check the token configuration and see if there are any errors in the chef-server log regarding sending that information. The logs for that would be in the folder /var/log/opscode/opscode-erchef.

Hope that helps.

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**Author:** ![ankurgupta325](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/ankurgupta325/32/1813_2.png) [@ankurgupta325](https://discourse.chef.io/u/ankurgupta325)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/8 "2017-05-06T08:24:17Z")

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Hello,@kmacgugan

Thanks for looking into this issue .  
Do you want me to send you the logs ?  
Where can i share them ?

Ankur

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**Author:** ![kmacgugan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.chef.io/kmacgugan/32/1502_2.png) [@kmacgugan](https://discourse.chef.io/u/kmacgugan)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/just-spun-up-an-on-premise-chef-automate-server-but-cannot-see-the-build-nodes-in-the-node-tab/9013/9 "2017-05-08T16:02:38Z")

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Sure, send them over. My email is my username @chef.io