We recently upgraded to chef 12.9 - now when doing new packer builds to install chef 12.9 we are getting an error:
root@i-15eca391:~# curl -L https://www.chef.io/chef/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -v 12.9
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ubuntu 14.04 x86_64
Getting information for chef stable 12.9 for ubuntu...
downloading https://omnitruck-direct.chef.io/stable/chef/metadata?v=12.9&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
to file /tmp/install.sh.17783/metadata.txt
trying wget...
ERROR 404
Omnitruck artifact does not exist for version 12.9 on platform ubuntu
Either this means:
- We do not support ubuntu
- We do not have an artifact for 12.9
This is often the latter case due to running a prerelease or RC version of chef
or a gem version which was only pushed to rubygems and not omnitruck.
You may be able to set your knife[:bootstrap_version] to the most recent stable
release of Chef to fix this problem (or the most recent stable major version number).
In order to test the version parameter, adventurous users may take the Metadata URL
below and modify the '&v=<number>' parameter until you successfully get a URL that
does not 404 (e.g. via curl or wget). You should be able to use '&v=11' or '&v=12'
succesfully.
If you cannot fix this problem by setting the bootstrap_version, it probably means
that ubuntu is not supported.
Metadata URL: https://omnitruck-direct.chef.io/stable/chef/metadata?v=12.9&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
If you don’t pass a version number it will actually downgrade chef
downloading https://omnitruck-direct.chef.io/stable/chef/metadata?v=&p=ubuntu&pv=14.04&m=x86_64
to file /tmp/install.sh.17065/metadata.txt
trying wget...
sha1 d202d57512b6a2d795d0fb6df566ca906745c7d8
sha256 92b7f3eba0a62b20eced2eae03ec2a5e382da4b044c38c20d2902393683c77f7
url https://packages.chef.io/stable/ubuntu/14.04/chef_12.8.1-1_amd64.deb
version 12.8.1
downloaded metadata file looks valid...
downloading https://packages.chef.io/stable/ubuntu/14.04/chef_12.8.1-1_amd64.deb
to file /tmp/install.sh.17065/chef_12.8.1-1_amd64.deb
trying wget...
Comparing checksum with sha256sum...
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
You are installing an omnibus package without a version pin. If you are installing
on production servers via an automated process this is DANGEROUS and you will
be upgraded without warning on new releases, even to new major releases.
Letting the version float is only appropriate in desktop, test, development or
CI/CD environments.
WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
Installing chef
installing with dpkg...
dpkg: warning: downgrading chef from 12.9.38-1 to 12.8.1-1
(Reading database ... 180058 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chef_12.8.1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking chef (12.8.1-1) over (12.9.38-1) ...
Setting up chef (12.8.1-1) ...
Thank you for installing Chef!