hashicorp/vagrant · error

vagrant.provisioners.chef.missing_node_name

Error message

vagrant.provisioners.chef.missing_node_name

What it means

Error "vagrant.provisioners.chef.missing_node_name" thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.

Source

Thrown at plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_client.rb:149

            "C:/chef/client.pem"
          else
            "/etc/chef/client.pem"
          end
        end

        def guest_client_rb_path
          File.join(guest_provisioning_path, "client.rb")
        end

        def guest_validation_key_path
          File.join(guest_provisioning_path, "validation.pem")
        end

        def delete_from_chef_server(deletable)
          node_name = @config.node_name

          if !present?(node_name)
            @machine.ui.warn(I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.chef.missing_node_name",
              deletable: deletable,
            ))
            return
          end

          @machine.ui.info(I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.chef.deleting_from_server",
            deletable: deletable, name: node_name))

          command =  "knife #{deletable} delete #{node_name}"
          command << " --config '#{guest_client_rb_path}'"
          command << " --yes"

          output = []
          result = @machine.communicate.sudo(command, error_check: false) do |_, data|
            output << data
          end

          if result != 0

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/chef_client.rb:149 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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