{"id":2826,"date":"2017-12-09T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T13:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2021-11-18T06:21:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T06:21:42","slug":"fatal-chefexceptionschildconvergeerror-chef-run-process-exited-unsuccessfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/fatal-chefexceptionschildconvergeerror-chef-run-process-exited-unsuccessfully\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Error – Fatal: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully"},"content":{"rendered":"

rajeshkumar created the topic: FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully<\/strong><\/p>\n

FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully
\n[code language=”css”]
\n> knife bootstrap uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr -x root -P Br356YS0iy –sudo<\/p>\n

Doing old-style registration with the validation key at \/Users\/rajesh.kumar\/chef-repo\/.chef\/scmgalaxy-validator.pem…
\nDelete your validation key in order to use your user credentials instead<\/p>\n

Connecting to uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\n> Existing Chef installation detected
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Starting first Chef Client run…
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:01:37-04:00] WARN:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr SSL validation of HTTPS requests is disabled. HTTPS connections are still
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr encrypted, but chef is not able to detect forged replies or man in the middle
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr attacks.
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr To fix this issue add an entry like this to your configuration file:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr # Verify all HTTPS connections (recommended)
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr ssl_verify_mode :verify_peer
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr # OR, Verify only connections to chef-server
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr verify_api_cert true
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr To check your SSL configuration, or troubleshoot errors, you can use the
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr `knife ssl check` command like so:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr knife ssl check -c \/etc\/chef\/client.rb
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Starting Chef Client, version 11.16.2
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr ================================================================================
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Chef encountered an error attempting to load the node data for “C2445575914.domain”
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr ================================================================================
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Authentication Error:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Failed to authenticate to the chef server (http 401).
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Server Response:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Failed to authenticate as ‘C2445575914.domain’. Ensure that your node_name and client key are correct.
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Relevant Config Settings:
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr chef_server_url ” api.opscode.com\/organizations\/scmgalaxy “
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr node_name “C2445575914.domain”
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr client_key “\/etc\/chef\/client.pem”
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr If these settings are correct, your client_key may be invalid, or
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr you may have a chef user with the same client name as this node.
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:01:41-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to \/var\/chef\/cache\/chef-stacktrace.out
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 3.598799916 seconds
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:01:41-04:00] ERROR: 401 “Unauthorized”
\nuvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:01:41-04:00] FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited unsuccessfully (exit code 1)
\n[\/code]<\/p>\n

Regards,
\nRajesh Kumar
\nTwitt me @ twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn<\/p>\n

rajeshkumar replied the topic: FATAL: Chef::Exceptions::ChildConvergeError: Chef run process exited u<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just login to the nodes and deleted all files under \/etc\/chef\/ and rerun the commands and worked like charm.<\/p>\n

Regards,
\nRajesh Kumar
\nTwitt me @ twitter.com\/RajeshKumarIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n