problem ----------- chef-solo failed when trying to run 'template' resource. Debug log can be found here: http://gist.github.com/169434 Recipe can be found here: http://gist.github.com/169437 fixed ------ What I did: Inside solo.rb, I had these 2 lines: file_store_path File.join(File.dirname(_FILE_), '..') file_cache_path File.join(File.dirname(_FILE_), '..') Commenting these 2 fixed my problem.