> -----Original Message----- > From: crowbar-bounces On Behalf Of Abes, Andi > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 8:00 AM > To: rha...@suse.de; crowbar > Cc: nkrin...@suse.de > Subject: Re: [Crowbar] setting GEM_PATH chef related bits > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ralf Haferkamp [mailto:rha...@suse.de] > > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:13 AM > > To: crowbar > > Cc: Abes, Andi; Nanuk Krinner > > Subject: Re: [Crowbar] setting GEM_PATH chef related bits > > > > Hi, > > > > On Wednesday 06 March 2013 12:36:56 andi_a...@dell.com wrote: > > > Been hitting a funky error (see below), from deep in the bowls of > > > knife. The interesting part is how this was resolved - using the > > > chef server embedded gemsite, rather than the system one ( i.e. > > > adding GEM_PATH=/opt/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems to the env). > > Looking at the IRC backlog from last night it seems that this only > > works when using the omnibus chef installer, right? We are not doing that. > > (Currently we are still even using chef-server 10, but that is > > supposed to change really soon now). And our packages don't embed all > > of chef's requirement into the package, to answer your other question from > IRC. > > > > I am trying to understand the problem but I must admit I am a bit lost with > > this. > > Would you mind giving a little more detail on want exactly the problem > > is and how we can reproduce it? > > I manually did the following sequence: > * run the crowbar installer, which deploys chef and friends (to my > understanding > sever 11, knife and chef-client 10.26) > * run bundle install in the crowbar app > * attempt to run knife. > > That last part generated crazy exceptions about missing methods on > Chef::ChepAPI (missing []). > Adding the GEM_PATH pointing to the embedded gemsite that the omnibus > installer lays down cleared the exception. > > I haven't tracked down the exact cause of the exception (or why setting the > GEM_PATH solves it), but my guesstimate is that there's some sort of gem > collision between the gems that bundler lays down for the app and those that > chef utilities use - that jives with the problem going away when the gem_path > is > set. > > Agree that this is not necessarily the best solution, and that understanding > the > exact source of conflict might be good. Could it be that we're pulling in > (with the > Gemfile) the wrong version of chef gems?
I plan on taking a look at this today. > > > > > Might be worth keeping that in mind as we invoke chef'ist things. > > > > > > > > > The Error: > > > /var/lib/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-10.24.0/lib/chef/knife/client_create.rb: > > > 6 > > > 2:in `run': undefined method `[]' for > > > #<Chef::ApiClient:0x00000002418960> (NoMethodError) > > > > regards, > > Ralf > > _______________________________________________ > Crowbar mailing list > Crowbar@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar > For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/ _______________________________________________ Crowbar mailing list Crowbar@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/
