NameError when running chef-client as a service on Windows Server 2008 R2

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  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Unknown Unknown
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 10.12.0
  • Fix Version/s: 10.14.0
  • Component/s: Chef Client
  • Labels:
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  • Environment:

    Windows Server 2008 R2

Description

Using the instructions in CHEF-1736 I configured my chef-client to run as a service in Windows Server 2008 R2.

If the run list is empty the service will start and run without issue.

If there are any items in the run list the service will fail with the following error:

[2012-07-10T16:22:45+10:00] ERROR: NameError: Cannot find a resource for template on windows version 6.1.7600
[2012-07-10T16:22:45+10:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to c:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out

For my testing I used the getting-started recipe from the Fast Start guide.

I have attached the chef.log and chef-stacktrace.out files

  1. File
    chef-stacktrace.out
    18/Jul/12 6:06 AM
    2 kB
    Alun Carp
  2. Text File
    client.log
    18/Jul/12 6:06 AM
    6 kB
    Alun Carp

Issue Links

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Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. CHEF-3313 Resource lookups can silently fail in Chef::Resource::PlatformMap

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Tim Green added a comment - - edited

Exception handler does not provide accurate information, which should also be improved (not part of this fix). If the exception is handled immediately, the message is:

uninitialized constant Chef::Resource::Template

windows_service.rb doesn't load all of the appropriate libraries to run chef-client. A fix is provided here:

https://github.com/timops/chef/tree/CHEF-3301

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Tim Green added a comment - - edited Exception handler does not provide accurate information, which should also be improved (not part of this fix). If the exception is handled immediately, the message is: uninitialized constant Chef::Resource::Template windows_service.rb doesn't load all of the appropriate libraries to run chef-client. A fix is provided here: https://github.com/timops/chef/tree/CHEF-3301
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Marked for merge. CHEF-3313 opened for resource exception issue.

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Marked for merge. CHEF-3313 opened for resource exception issue.
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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment -

Merged to master.

Please try to start off commit messages with a ticket number in the future, e.g.

CHEF-3301: This fixes something

Something was broken because something was wrong. This
fixed something by moving something to somewhere else.

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Bryan McLellan [Opscode] added a comment - Merged to master. Please try to start off commit messages with a ticket number in the future, e.g. CHEF-3301 : This fixes something Something was broken because something was wrong. This fixed something by moving something to somewhere else.

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  • Assignee:
    Tim Green
    Reporter:
    Alun Carp
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