Chef server error on create user (/etc/opscode/pivotal.rb does not exist)

configuration chef-infra ubuntu-14.04 vps
lochlanna picture lochlanna · Feb 19, 2015 · Viewed 9k times · Source

I am extremely new to chef and I am attempting to create a chef server running on a Digital Ocean Ubuntu 14.04 droplet. I am using this guide for the install. I download the .deb and installed it fine. I then run chef-server-ctl reconfigure which runs without an issue. When I go to create my user I enter in all the details and run it, it then waits a few seconds and returns the error ERROR: CONFIGURATION ERROR:Specified config file /etc/opscode/pivotal.rb does not exist

I have scoured the internet to try and find a fix but haven't been able to find a thing. I have also tried doing these exact steps on a VPS running Ubuntu 12.04.5 and getting identical results.

Answer

user295364 picture user295364 · Mar 12, 2016

For /etc/opscode/pivotal.pem is missing error use following command.

cp /opt/opscode/embedded/service/omnibus-ctl/spec/fixtures/pivotal.pem /etc/opscode/

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