# \`render\_template': uninitialized constant Chef::Knife::Core::BootstrapContext (NameError) ?
**URL:** https://discourse.chef.io/t/render-template-uninitialized-constant-chef-knife-core-bootstrapcontext-nameerror/1819
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)
**Created:** [May 9, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/render-template-uninitialized-constant-chef-knife-core-bootstrapcontext-nameerror/1819 "2011-05-09T19:23:05Z")
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### Author:  [@Denis\_Haskin](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Denis_Haskin)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/render-template-uninitialized-constant-chef-knife-core-bootstrapcontext-nameerror/1819/1 "2011-05-09T19:23:05Z")
(this may be an issue with some 3rd-party cookbooks I’m using, but I figure
I would ask here:)
Does the error below ring any bells for anyone? Any pointers on where I
should be poking to try and figure out why this is happening and fix it?
$ knife cluster bootstrap cm-cassandra datanode
[mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -VV
DEBUG: Using configuration from /Users/dhaskin/.chef/knife.rb
Bootstrapping Chef on [mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
DEBUG: Looking for bootstrap template in
/Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef
/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
DEBUG: Found bootstrap template in
/Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef
/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
/Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:131:in
`render_template': uninitialized constant Chef::Knife::Core::BootstrapContext (NameError) from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:187:in`ssh\_command’
from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:169:in
`knife_ssh' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:147:in`run’
from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/cluster\_bootstrap.rb:81:in
`run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:391:in`run\_with\_pretty\_exceptions’
from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:166:in
`run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:128:in`run’
from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/bin/knife:25:in
`' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in`load’
from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in `’
Thanks,
dwh
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### Author:  [@kallistec](https://discourse.chef.io/u/kallistec)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/render-template-uninitialized-constant-chef-knife-core-bootstrapcontext-nameerror/1819/2 "2011-05-10T06:28:18Z")
On Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Denis Haskin wrote:
(this may be an issue with some 3rd-party cookbooks I'm using, but I figure I would ask here:)
> Does the error below ring any bells for anyone? Any pointers on where I should be poking to try and figure out why this is happening and fix it?
>
> $ knife cluster bootstrap cm-cassandra datanode [mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -VV
> DEBUG: Using configuration from /Users/dhaskin/.chef/knife.rb
> Bootstrapping Chef on [mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
> DEBUG: Looking for bootstrap template in /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
> DEBUG: Found bootstrap template in /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
> /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:131:in `render_template': uninitialized constant Chef::Knife::Core::BootstrapContext (NameError) from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:187:in `ssh\_command'
> from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:169:in `knife_ssh' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:147:in `run'
> from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/cluster\_bootstrap.rb:81:in `run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:391:in `run\_with\_pretty\_exceptions'
> from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:166:in `run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:128:in `run'
> from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/bin/knife:25:in `' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in `load'
> from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in `'
Looks like a bug in your `cluster bootstrap` command. You could put this:
deps { Chef:🔪:Bootstrap.load\_deps }
in the class body to fix it.
--
Dan DeLeo
> Thanks,
>
> dwh
---
### Author:  [@Denis\_Haskin](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Denis_Haskin)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2011, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/render-template-uninitialized-constant-chef-knife-core-bootstrapcontext-nameerror/1819/3 "2011-05-10T11:57:29Z")
Thanks - it seems the cookbooks I'm using (cluster\_chef) aren't real happy
with chef 0.10; downgrading to the last 0.9 version fixed this.
dwh
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On May 10, 2011 2:28 AM, "Daniel DeLeo" [dan@kallistec.com](mailto:dan@kallistec.com) wrote:
> On Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Denis Haskin wrote:
> (this may be an issue with some 3rd-party cookbooks I'm using, but I
> figure I would ask here:)
>
> > Does the error below ring any bells for anyone? Any pointers on where I
> > should be poking to try and figure out why this is happening and fix it?
> >
> > $ knife cluster bootstrap cm-cassandra datanode
> > [mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com) -VV
> > DEBUG: Using configuration from /Users/dhaskin/.chef/knife.rb
> > Bootstrapping Chef on [mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com](http://mumble.compute-1.amazonaws.com)
> > DEBUG: Looking for bootstrap template in
> > /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef
> > /gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
> > DEBUG: Found bootstrap template in
> > /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef
> > /gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap
> > /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:131:in
> > `render_template': uninitialized constant Chef::Knife::Core::BootstrapContext (NameError) from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:187:in `ssh\_command'
> > from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:169:in
> > `knife_ssh' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/bootstrap.rb:147:in `run'
> > from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife/cluster\_bootstrap.rb:81:in
> > `run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:391:in `run\_with\_pretty\_exceptions'
> > from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/knife.rb:166:in
> > `run' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/lib/chef/application/knife.rb:128:in `run'
> > from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/gems/chef-0.10.0/bin/knife:25:in
> > `' from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in `load'
> > from /Users/dhaskin/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180@chef/bin/knife:19:in
> > `'
>
> Looks like a bug in your `cluster bootstrap` command. You could put this:
>
> deps { Chef:🔪:Bootstrap.load\_deps }
>
> in the class body to fix it.
>
> --
> Dan DeLeo
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > dwh