vagrant.provisioners.chef.#{appended_folder}_folder_not_foun

Error message

vagrant.provisioners.chef.#{appended_folder}_folder_not_found_warning

What it means

Error "vagrant.provisioners.chef.#{appended_folder}_folder_not_found_warning" thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.

Source

Thrown at plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb:95

          results = []
          paths.each do |type, path|
            # Create the local/remote path based on whether this is a host
            # or VM path.
            local_path = nil
            remote_path = nil
            if type == :host
              # Get the expanded path that the host path points to
              local_path = File.expand_path(path, @machine.env.root_path)

              if File.exist?(local_path)
                # Path exists on the host, setup the remote path. We use
                # the MD5 of the local path so that it is predictable.
                key         = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(local_path)
                remote_path = "#{guest_provisioning_path}/#{key}"
              else
                appended_folder = "cookbooks" if appended_folder.nil?
                @machine.ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.chef.#{appended_folder}_folder_not_found_warning",
                                       path: local_path.to_s))
                next
              end
            else
              # Path already exists on the virtual machine. Expand it
              # relative to where we're provisioning.

              # Remove drive letter if running on a windows host. This is a bit
              # of a hack but is the most portable way I can think of at the moment
              # to achieve this. Otherwise, Vagrant attempts to share at some crazy
              # path like /home/vagrant/c:/foo/bar
              remote_path = File.expand_path(path.sub(/^[a-zA-Z]:\//, "/"), guest_provisioning_path.sub(/^[a-zA-Z]:\//, "/"))
              remote_path.sub!(/^[a-zA-Z]:\//, "/")
            end

            # If we have specified a folder name to append then append it
            if type == :host
              remote_path += "/#{appended_folder}" if appended_folder

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_solo.rb:95 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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