unhelpful stacktrace output

chef_run_output

pn@ip-10-28-30-172:/var/tmp$ sudo /usr/bin/chef-solo -l debug -c solo.rb -j node-jettyperf.json -L /var/log/chef/solo.log -r /tmp/Systems-0.0.9.tar.gz
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: Creating path /var/tmp to extract recipes into
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: Executing tar zxvfC /var/tmp/recipes.tgz /var/tmp
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: ---- Begin output of tar zxvfC /var/tmp/recipes.tgz /var/tmp ----
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: STDOUT: cookbooks/
cookbooks/apt/
cookbooks/bib/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/
cookbooks/cassandra/
cookbooks/diamond/
cookbooks/java/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/
cookbooks/logstash/
cookbooks/platform_config/
cookbooks/runit/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/attributes/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/definitions/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/files/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/libraries/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/metadata.rb
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/providers/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/README.md
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/recipes/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/resources/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/templates/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/templates/default/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/files/default/
cookbooks/synchronous_keytab/files/default/krb_client_key.pem
cookbooks/runit/attributes/
cookbooks/runit/CHANGELOG.md
cookbooks/runit/CONTRIBUTING
cookbooks/runit/definitions/
cookbooks/runit/files/
cookbooks/runit/LICENSE
cookbooks/runit/metadata.rb
cookbooks/runit/README.md
cookbooks/runit/recipes/
cookbooks/runit/templates/
cookbooks/runit/templates/gentoo/
cookbooks/runit/templates/gentoo/runit-start.sh.erb
cookbooks/runit/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/runit/files/default/
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-6.10/
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-7.04/
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-7.10/
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-8.04/
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-8.04/runsvdir
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-7.10/runsvdir
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-7.04/runsvdir
cookbooks/runit/files/ubuntu-6.10/runsvdir
cookbooks/runit/files/default/runit.seed
cookbooks/runit/files/default/runsvdir
cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb
cookbooks/runit/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/attributes/
cookbooks/platform_config/definitions/
cookbooks/platform_config/files/
cookbooks/platform_config/libraries/
cookbooks/platform_config/metadata.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/providers/
cookbooks/platform_config/README.md
cookbooks/platform_config/recipes/
cookbooks/platform_config/resources/
cookbooks/platform_config/templates/
cookbooks/platform_config/templates/default/
cookbooks/platform_config/resources/default.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/recipes/disable_chef.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/recipes/disable_ganglia.rb
cookbooks/platform_config/files/default/
cookbooks/platform_config/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/logstash/attributes/
cookbooks/logstash/files/
cookbooks/logstash/LICENSE
cookbooks/logstash/metadata.rb
cookbooks/logstash/README.md
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/
cookbooks/logstash/templates/
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/agent.conf.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/knewton-logstash-agent-server.conf.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/knewton-logstash-agent.conf.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/logstash-agent.init.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/logstash-web.init.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/sv-logstash-agent-log-run.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/sv-logstash-agent-run.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/sv-logstash-web-log-run.erb
cookbooks/logstash/templates/default/sv-logstash-web-run.erb
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/grok.rb
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/knewton_non_platform.rb
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/server.rb
cookbooks/logstash/recipes/zeromq.rb
cookbooks/logstash/files/default/
cookbooks/logstash/files/default/opt_knewton_logstash_grok.tar.gz
cookbooks/logstash/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/attributes/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/definitions/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/files/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/libraries/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/metadata.rb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/providers/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/README.md
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/recipes/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/resources/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/default/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/ubuntu/
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/ubuntu/modules.erb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/default/jetty_limits.erb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/templates/default/jetty_sysctl.erb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/recipes/jetty.rb
cookbooks/knewton-tuning/files/default/
cookbooks/java/attributes/
cookbooks/java/CHANGELOG.md
cookbooks/java/CONTRIBUTING
cookbooks/java/LICENSE
cookbooks/java/metadata.rb
cookbooks/java/providers/
cookbooks/java/README.md
cookbooks/java/recipes/
cookbooks/java/resources/
cookbooks/java/resources/ark.rb
cookbooks/java/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/java/recipes/openjdk.rb
cookbooks/java/recipes/oracle.rb
cookbooks/java/recipes/oracle_i386.rb
cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb
cookbooks/java/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/diamond/attributes/
cookbooks/diamond/definitions/
cookbooks/diamond/files/
cookbooks/diamond/libraries/
cookbooks/diamond/metadata.rb
cookbooks/diamond/providers/
cookbooks/diamond/README.md
cookbooks/diamond/recipes/
cookbooks/diamond/resources/
cookbooks/diamond/templates/
cookbooks/diamond/templates/default/
cookbooks/diamond/templates/default/diamond.conf.erb
cookbooks/diamond/templates/default/sv-diamond-log-run.erb
cookbooks/diamond/templates/default/sv-diamond-run.erb
cookbooks/diamond/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/diamond/files/default/
cookbooks/diamond/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/attributes/
cookbooks/cassandra/files/
cookbooks/cassandra/metadata.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/README.md
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/access.properties.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/cassandra.yaml.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/cassandra_db_seeds.rb.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/cassandra_tools.sh.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/iptables.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/log4j-server.properties.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/passwd.properties.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/rack.properties.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/sv-cassandra-log-run.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/templates/default/sv-cassandra-run.erb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/authentication.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/autoconf.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/bintools.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/client.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/datastax_install_from_package.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/ec2snitch.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/install_from_git.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/install_from_package.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/install_from_release.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/iptables.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/jna_support.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/mx4j.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/ruby_client.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/server.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/zk_autoconf.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/zk_install_from_pacakge.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/recipes/zk_server.rb
cookbooks/cassandra/files/default/
cookbooks/cassandra/files/default/zk_first_or_wait.py
cookbooks/cassandra/files/default/zk_mark_as_done.py
cookbooks/cassandra/attributes/default.rb
cookbooks/big_log_dir/attributes/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/definitions/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/files/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/libraries/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/metadata.rb
cookbooks/big_log_dir/providers/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/README.md
cookbooks/big_log_dir/recipes/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/resources/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/templates/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/templates/default/
cookbooks/big_log_dir/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/big_log_dir/files/default/
cookbooks/bib/libraries/
cookbooks/bib/metadata.rb
cookbooks/bib/README.md
cookbooks/bib/recipes/
cookbooks/bib/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/bib/libraries/bibdiscovery.rb
cookbooks/bib/libraries/mem_calc.rb
cookbooks/apt/.git/
cookbooks/apt/files/
cookbooks/apt/metadata.rb
cookbooks/apt/providers/
cookbooks/apt/README.md
cookbooks/apt/recipes/
cookbooks/apt/resources/
cookbooks/apt/resources/repository.rb
cookbooks/apt/recipes/cacher-client.rb
cookbooks/apt/recipes/cacher.rb
cookbooks/apt/recipes/default.rb
cookbooks/apt/providers/repository.rb
cookbooks/apt/files/default/
cookbooks/apt/files/default/apt-cacher
cookbooks/apt/files/default/apt-cacher.conf
cookbooks/apt/files/default/apt-proxy-v2.conf
cookbooks/apt/.git/branches/
cookbooks/apt/.git/config
cookbooks/apt/.git/description
cookbooks/apt/.git/FETCH_HEAD
cookbooks/apt/.git/HEAD
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/
cookbooks/apt/.git/index
cookbooks/apt/.git/info/
cookbooks/apt/.git/logs/
cookbooks/apt/.git/objects/
cookbooks/apt/.git/ORIG_HEAD
cookbooks/apt/.git/packed-refs
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/heads/
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/remotes/
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/tags/
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/remotes/origin/
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
cookbooks/apt/.git/refs/heads/master
cookbooks/apt/.git/objects/info/
cookbooks/apt/.git/objects/pack/
cookbooks/apt/.git/objects/pack/pack-e7b4e97c6c02664563f17d0513f0f872440690f5.idx
cookbooks/apt/.git/objects/pack/pack-e7b4e97c6c02664563f17d0513f0f872440690f5.pack
cookbooks/apt/.git/logs/HEAD
cookbooks/apt/.git/logs/refs/
cookbooks/apt/.git/logs/refs/heads/
cookbooks/apt/.git/logs/refs/heads/master
cookbooks/apt/.git/info/exclude
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/applypatch-msg.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/commit-msg.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/post-commit.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/post-receive.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/post-update.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/pre-applypatch.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/pre-commit.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/pre-rebase.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg.sample
cookbooks/apt/.git/hooks/update.sample
systems_bundle.sh
solo.rb
node-base.json
node-cassandra.json
node-diamond.json
node-java.json
node-jettyperf.json
node-logstash-server.json
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: STDERR: 
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: ---- End output of tar zxvfC /var/tmp/recipes.tgz /var/tmp ----
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] DEBUG: Ran tar zxvfC /var/tmp/recipes.tgz /var/tmp returned 0
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:35 +0000] INFO: *** Chef 0.10.8 ***
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Building node object for ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Extracting run list from JSON attributes provided on command line
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Setting the run_list to ["recipe[knewton-tuning::jetty]"] from JSON
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Applying attributes from json file
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Platform is ubuntu version 11.04
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Run List is [recipe[knewton-tuning::jetty]]
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Run List expands to [knewton-tuning::jetty]
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Starting Chef Run for ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Running start handlers
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Start handlers complete.
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: No chefignore file found at /var/tmp/cookbooks/chefignore no files will be ignored
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook bib's library file: /var/tmp/cookbooks/bib/libraries/mem_calc.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook bib's library file: /var/tmp/cookbooks/bib/libraries/bibdiscovery.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook apt's providers from /var/tmp/cookbooks/apt/providers/repository.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loaded contents of /var/tmp/cookbooks/apt/providers/repository.rb into a provider named apt_repository defined in Chef::Provider::AptRepository
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook java's providers from /var/tmp/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loaded contents of /var/tmp/cookbooks/java/providers/ark.rb into a provider named java_ark defined in Chef::Provider::JavaArk
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook apt's resources from /var/tmp/cookbooks/apt/resources/repository.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loaded contents of /var/tmp/cookbooks/apt/resources/repository.rb into a resource named apt_repository defined in Chef::Resource::AptR[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook platform_config's resources from /var/tmp/cookbooks/platform_config/resources/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loaded contents of /var/tmp/cookbooks/platform_config/resources/default.rb into a resource named platform_config defined in Chef::Resource::PlatformConfig
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook cassandra's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/cassandra/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook diamond's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/diamond/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook java's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/java/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook logstash's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/logstash/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook platform_config's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/platform_config/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal loading cookbook runit's attribute file /var/tmp/cookbooks/runit/attributes/default.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading cookbook runit's definitions from /var/tmp/cookbooks/runit/definitions/runit_service.rb
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading Recipe knewton-tuning::jetty via include_recipe
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Found recipe jetty in cookbook knewton-tuning
["tcp_htcp", "tcp_cubic"]
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Loading from cookbook_path: /var/tmp/cookbooks
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Converging node ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Processing template[/etc/modules] on ip-10-28-30-172.ec2.internal
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] INFO: Processing template[/etc/modules] action create (knewton-tuning::jetty line 33)
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] ERROR: template[/etc/modules] (knewton-tuning::jetty line 33) has had an error
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: Re-raising exception: NoMethodError - undefined method `-' for nil:NilClass
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/mixin/template.rb:74:in `source_listing'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/mixin/template.rb:90:in `to_s'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:83:in `rescue in block in converge'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:77:in `block in converge'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `block in execute_each_resource'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:76:in `converge'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:312:in `converge'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:160:in `run'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:192:in `block in run_application'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `loop'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `run_application'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/chef-solo:25:in `<top (required)>'
  /usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `load'
  /usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `<main>'
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/tmp/chef-stacktrace.out
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] DEBUG: NoMethodError: undefined method `-' for nil:NilClass
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/mixin/template.rb:74:in `source_listing'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/mixin/template.rb:90:in `to_s'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:83:in `rescue in block in converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:77:in `block in converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:94:in `block in execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:116:in `call_iterator_block'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:85:in `step'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:104:in `iterate'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection/stepable_iterator.rb:55:in `each_with_index'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/resource_collection.rb:92:in `execute_each_resource'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/runner.rb:76:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:312:in `converge'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/client.rb:160:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:192:in `block in run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `loop'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application/solo.rb:183:in `run_application'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/lib/chef/application.rb:67:in `run'
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/chef-0.10.8/bin/chef-solo:25:in `<top (required)>'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `load'
/usr/bin/chef-solo:23:in `<main>'
[Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:01:37 +0000] FATAL: NoMethodError: undefined method `-' for nil:NilClass

cookbook

# Tuning cookbook for a jetty server,
# per http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/High_Load

# Set active sysctl settings, and write the same settings to
# /etc/sysctl.d/20-knewton-jetty.conf


sysctl_settings = [
"net.core.rmem_max=16777216",
"net.core.wmem_max=16777216",
"net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=\"4096 87380 16777216\"",
"net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=\"4096 16384 16777216\"",
"net.core.somaxconn=8196",
# Increase the range of ephemeral ports available, but try to keep it
# well above the range we use for our own local services (8k-10k or so)
"net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=\"12000 65535\"",
"net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle=1",
"net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=htcp"
]

modprobe_list = %w{
tcp_htcp
tcp_cubic
}

limits_conf_limits = [
  ['*', 'hard', 'nofile', '60000' ],
  ['*', 'soft', 'nofile', '60000' ]
]

p modprobe_list
# Configure modules, and run the associated modprobe commands
template "/etc/modules" do
  source "modules.erb"
  variables ({ :modprobe_list => modprobe_list
             })
  owner "root"
  group "root"
  mode "0644"
end

#  module_list.each do |m|
#    execute "modprobe" do
#      command "modprobe #{m}"
#    end
#  end
#
#  # Configure sysctl.d, and run the associated sysctl commands
#  template "/etc/sysctl.d/20-jetty.conf" do
#    source "jetty_sysctl.erb"
#    variables  ({:settings => sysctl_settings
#                })
#    owner "root"
#    group "root"
#    mode "0644"
#  end
#
#  sysctl_settings .each do |ss|
#    execute "sysctl" do
#      command "sysctl -w #{ss}"
#    end
#  end
#
#
#  # Set up the mod_limits pam module configs,
#  # so there's an increased default limit
#  template "/etc/security/limits.d/jetty.conf" do
#    source "jetty_limits.erb"
#    variables ({ :limits => limits_conf_limits
#               })
#    owner "root"
#    group "root"
#    mode "0644"
#  end

template

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

# This file managed by chef.  Changes may be lost without notice

# LP: #450463
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<%= p @modprobe_list %>

<% @modprobe_list.each |m| do %>
<%= m %>
<% end %>